Nick Dennis
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.
Acted in
Kojak
1973
as Constantine
Kojak
1973
as Uncle Constantino
Kojak
1973
as Charley
Kojak
1973
as Charlie
The Night of the Cat
1973
Lotsa Luck
1973
as Mario
Columbo
1971
as Guard
The Good Guys and the Bad Guys
1969
as Engineer #2
Ironside
1967
Gunpoint
1966
as Nicos
4 for Texas
1963
as Angel
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
1962
as Danny
Birdman of Alcatraz
1962
as Crazed Prisoner (uncredited)
Too Late Blues
1961
as Nick Bubalinas
Ben Casey
1961
Ben Casey
1961
as Nick Kanavaras
Spartacus
1960
as Dionysius
The Rebel
1959
as Sheriff Rocky Spiropolous
The Rebel
1959
as Trapper
The Rebel
1959
as Greco
Johnny Staccato
1959
Alaska Passage
1959
as Pete Harris
Have Gun, Will Travel
1957
Slaughter on 10th Avenue
1957
as Midget
Richard Diamond, Private Detective
1957
as Chico Burns
The Adventures of Jim Bowie
1956
Hot Blood
1956
The Big Knife
1955
as Mickey Feeney
Top of the World
1955
as Cappi
Kiss Me Deadly
1955
as Nick
East of Eden
1955
as Rantani
The Glory Brigade
1953
as Cpl. Marakis
Man in the Dark
1953
as Cookie
Eight Iron Men
1952
as Pvt. Sapiros
The Iron Mistress
1952
as Nez Coupe
Cavalcade of America
1952
as Sgt. Chiaco
Four Star Playhouse
1952
as Waiter
Four Star Playhouse
1952
as Sgt. Juliana
Anything Can Happen
1952
as Chancho
Ten Tall Men
1951
as Mouse
A Streetcar Named Desire
1951
as Pablo Gonzales
Sirocco
1951
as Nasir Aboud
Lux Video Theatre
1950
as Tony
A Double Life
1947
as Stagehand (uncredited)