Nick Dennis
April 26, 1904 (120 years old) in Volos, Thessaly, Greece
Nick Dennis (April 26, 1904 – November 14, 1980) was a Greek American film actor born in Thessaly, Greece. The supporting actor, who began in films in 1947, was known for playing ethnic types (usually Greek) in films such as Kiss Me Deadly and the Humphrey Bogart film Sirocco. Dennis, who spoke Greek fluently, appeared in a number of television programs in the 1960s and 1970s including playing the parts of Orderly Nick Kanavaras on the medical drama Ben Casey and Uncle Constantine on the detective show Kojak. Nick Dennis also played the role of Pablo Gonzales in Tennessee Williams' play, A Streetcar Named Desire, as well as its subsequent film version in 1951.
Known For
Credits
- 1973 · Kojak as Constantine
- 1973 · Kojak as Uncle Constantino
- 1973 · Kojak as Charley
- 1973 · Kojak as Charlie
- 1973 · The Night of the Cat as
- 1973 · Lotsa Luck as Mario
- 1971 · Columbo as Guard
- 1969 · The Good Guys and the Bad Guys as Engineer #2
- 1967 · Ironside as
- 1966 · Gunpoint as Nicos
- 1963 · 4 for Texas as Angel
- 1962 · The Alfred Hitchcock Hour as Danny
- 1962 · Birdman of Alcatraz as Crazed Prisoner (uncredited)
- 1961 · Too Late Blues as Nick Bubalinas
- 1961 · Ben Casey as
- 1961 · Ben Casey as Nick Kanavaras
- 1960 · Spartacus as Dionysius
- 1959 · The Rebel as Sheriff Rocky Spiropolous
- 1959 · The Rebel as Trapper
- 1959 · The Rebel as Greco
- 1959 · Johnny Staccato as
- 1959 · Alaska Passage as Pete Harris
- 1957 · Have Gun, Will Travel as
- 1957 · Slaughter on 10th Avenue as Midget
- 1957 · Richard Diamond, Private Detective as Chico Burns
- 1956 · The Adventures of Jim Bowie as
- 1956 · Hot Blood as
- 1955 · The Big Knife as Mickey Feeney
- 1955 · Top of the World as Cappi
- 1955 · Kiss Me Deadly as Nick
- 1955 · East of Eden as Rantani
- 1953 · The Glory Brigade as Cpl. Marakis
- 1953 · Man in the Dark as Cookie
- 1952 · Eight Iron Men as Pvt. Sapiros
- 1952 · The Iron Mistress as Nez Coupe
- 1952 · Cavalcade of America as Sgt. Chiaco
- 1952 · Four Star Playhouse as Waiter
- 1952 · Four Star Playhouse as Sgt. Juliana
- 1952 · Anything Can Happen as Chancho
- 1951 · Ten Tall Men as Mouse
- 1951 · A Streetcar Named Desire as Pablo Gonzales
- 1951 · Sirocco as Nasir Aboud
- 1950 · Lux Video Theatre as Tony
- 1947 · A Double Life as Stagehand (uncredited)