Nick Dennis
Acting
Born: 1904-04-26 in Volos, Thessaly, Greece
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
Columbo
Guard
Ironside
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
Danny
Four Star Playhouse
Waiter
Four Star Playhouse
Sgt. Juliana
Have Gun, Will Travel
Richard Diamond, Private Detective
Chico Burns
Ben Casey
Ben Casey
Nick Kanavaras
Kojak
Constantine
Kojak
Uncle Constantino
Kojak
Charley
Kojak
Charlie
Spartacus
Dionysius
The Rebel
Sheriff Rocky Spiropolous
The Rebel
Trapper
The Rebel
Greco
The Adventures of Jim Bowie
Cavalcade of America
Sgt. Chiaco
A Streetcar Named Desire
Pablo Gonzales
The Investigators
East of Eden
Rantani
Johnny Staccato
The Danny Thomas Hour
Mr. Alexandros
4 for Texas
Angel
Sirocco
Nasir Aboud
Lotsa Luck
Mario
The Good Guys and the Bad Guys
Engineer #2
Kiss Me Deadly
Nick
Birdman of Alcatraz
Crazed Prisoner (uncredited)
Too Late Blues
Nick Bubalinas
The Big Knife
Mickey Feeney
Hot Blood
Korka (uncredited)
Gunpoint
Nicos
Ten Tall Men
Mouse
A Double Life
Stagehand (uncredited)
The Legend of Lylah Clare
Nick
The Iron Mistress
Nez Coupe
Top of the World
Cappi