Nick Dennis
Known for: Acting
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.
Filmography
Series
Columbo
Guard
1971
Series
Ironside
1967
Series
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
Danny
1962
Series
Have Gun, Will Travel
1957
Series
Ben Casey
1961
Series
Ben Casey
Nick Kanavaras
1961
Four Star Playhouse
Waiter
1952
Four Star Playhouse
Sgt. Juliana
1952
Series
Kojak
Constantine
1973
Series
Kojak
Uncle Constantino
1973
Series
Kojak
Charley
1973
Series
Kojak
Charlie
1973
Series
The Rebel
Sheriff Rocky Spiropolous
1959
Series
The Rebel
Trapper
1959
Series
The Rebel
Greco
1959
Series
Richard Diamond, Private Detective
Chico Burns
1957
Lux Video Theatre
Tony
1950
Series
The Adventures of Jim Bowie
1956
Series
Cavalcade of America
Sgt. Chiaco
1952
Film
Spartacus
Dionysius
1960
Series
Johnny Staccato
1959
Series
Lotsa Luck
Mario
1973
Film
A Streetcar Named Desire
Pablo Gonzales
1951
Series
The Investigators
1961
Film
East of Eden
Rantani
1955
Film
Gunpoint
Nicos
1966
Film
Birdman of Alcatraz
Crazed Prisoner (uncredited)
1962
Film
Sirocco
Nasir Aboud
1951
Film
Kiss Me Deadly
Nick
1955
Film
4 for Texas
Angel
1963
Film
Hot Blood
Korka (uncredited)
1956
Film
A Double Life
Stagehand (uncredited)
1947
Film
The Legend of Lylah Clare
Nick
1968
Film
Too Late Blues
Nick Bubalinas
1961
Film
Ten Tall Men
Mouse
1951
Film
The Good Guys and the Bad Guys
Engineer #2
1969
Film
Man in the Dark
Cookie
1953
Film
The Big Knife
Mickey Feeney
1955
Film
Slaughter on 10th Avenue
Midget
1957
Film
The Iron Mistress
Nez Coupe
1952
Film
The Glory Brigade
Cpl. Marakis
1953
Film
Eight Iron Men
Pvt. Sapiros
1952
Film
Top of the World
Cappi
1955
Film
Alaska Passage
Pete Harris
1959
Film
The Night of the Cat
1973
Film
Anything Can Happen
Chancho
1952