
Nick Dennis
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1904-04-26
Day of Death
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.
Acting
(1973)
(1969)
The Good Guys and the Bad Guys
as Engineer #2
(1966)
Gunpoint
as Nicos
(1963)
4 for Texas
as Angel
(1962)
Birdman of Alcatraz
as Crazed Prisoner (uncredited)
(1961)
Too Late Blues
as Nick Bubalinas
(1960)
Spartacus
as Dionysius
(1959)
Alaska Passage
as Pete Harris
(1957)
Slaughter on 10th Avenue
as Midget
(1956)
(1955)
Kiss Me Deadly
as Nick
(1955)
East of Eden
as Rantani
(1955)
The Big Knife
as Mickey Feeney
(1955)
Top of the World
as Cappi
(1953)
Man in the Dark
as Cookie
(1953)
The Glory Brigade
as Cpl. Marakis
(1952)
The Iron Mistress
as Nez Coupe
(1952)
Eight Iron Men
as Pvt. Sapiros
(1952)
Anything Can Happen
as Chancho
(1951)
A Streetcar Named Desire
as Pablo Gonzales
(1951)
Ten Tall Men
as Mouse
(1951)
Sirocco
as Nasir Aboud
(1947)
A Double Life
as Stagehand (uncredited)