Nick Dennis
Known for ActingBorn 1904-04-26 — died 1980-11-14Volos, Thessaly, Greece
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.
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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
1960 · as Dionysius
A Streetcar Named Desire
1951 · as Pablo Gonzales
East of Eden
1955 · as Rantani
Birdman of Alcatraz
1962 · as Crazed Prisoner (uncredited)
Sirocco
1951 · as Nasir Aboud
Kiss Me Deadly
1955 · as Nick
Too Late Blues
1961 · as Nick Bubalinas
4 for Texas
1963 · as Angel
The Big Knife
1955 · as Mickey Feeney
Ten Tall Men
1951 · as Mouse
Hot Blood
1956 · as Korka (uncredited)
A Double Life
1947 · as Stagehand (uncredited)
The Good Guys and the Bad Guys
1969 · as Engineer #2
The Legend of Lylah Clare
1968 · as Nick
Gunpoint
1966 · as Nicos
The Iron Mistress
1952 · as Nez Coupe
Eight Iron Men
1952 · as Pvt. Sapiros
Man in the Dark
1953 · as Cookie