Nick Dennis

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

44

Gender

Male

Birthday

1904-04-26

Deathday

1980-11-14 (76 years old)

Place of Birth

Volos, Thessaly, Greece

Nick Dennis

Biography

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

Spartacus
7.5%

Spartacus

Oct 13, 1960

A Streetcar Named Desire
7.6%

A Streetcar Named Desire

Sep 19, 1951

East of Eden
7.5%

East of Eden

Apr 10, 1955

Columbo
8.1%

Columbo

Sep 15, 1971

Kiss Me Deadly
7.2%

Kiss Me Deadly

Apr 28, 1955

Birdman of Alcatraz
7.5%

Birdman of Alcatraz

Jul 4, 1962

Kojak
7.0%

Kojak

Oct 24, 1973

Kojak
7.0%

Kojak

Oct 24, 1973

Kojak
7.0%

Kojak

Oct 24, 1973

Kojak
7.0%

Kojak

Oct 24, 1973

The Big Knife
6.0%

The Big Knife

Oct 25, 1955

A Double Life
6.3%

A Double Life

Dec 25, 1947

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Acting

1973
Kojak as Constantine
1973
Kojak as Uncle Constantino
1973
Kojak as Charley
1973
Kojak as Charlie
1973
The Night of the Cat
1973
Lotsa Luck as Mario
1971
Columbo as Guard
1969
The Good Guys and the Bad Guys as Engineer #2
1967
Ironside
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
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
1959
Alaska Passage as Pete Harris
1957
Have Gun, Will Travel
1957
Slaughter on 10th Avenue as Midget
1957
Richard Diamond, Private Detective as Chico Burns
1956
The Adventures of Jim Bowie
1956
Hot Blood
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)
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