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

Columbo

Ironside

The Alfred Hitchcock Hour

The Rebel

The Rebel

The Rebel

Have Gun, Will Travel

Richard Diamond, Private Detective

All Movies (24)

• The Night of the Cat1973
• The Good Guys and the Bad Guys1969 · as Engineer #2
• The Legend of Lylah Clare1968 · as Nick
• Gunpoint1966 · as Nicos
• 4 for Texas1963 · as Angel
• Birdman of Alcatraz1962 · as Crazed Prisoner (uncredited)
• Too Late Blues1961 · as Nick Bubalinas
• Spartacus1960 · as Dionysius
• Alaska Passage1959 · as Pete Harris
• Slaughter on 10th Avenue1957 · as Midget
• Hot Blood1956 · as Korka (uncredited)
• The Big Knife1955 · as Mickey Feeney
• Top of the World1955 · as Cappi
• Kiss Me Deadly1955 · as Nick
• East of Eden1955 · as Rantani
• The Glory Brigade1953 · as Cpl. Marakis
• Man in the Dark1953 · as Cookie
• Eight Iron Men1952 · as Pvt. Sapiros
• The Iron Mistress1952 · as Nez Coupe
• Anything Can Happen1952 · as Chancho
• Ten Tall Men1951 · as Mouse
• A Streetcar Named Desire1951 · as Pablo Gonzales
• Sirocco1951 · as Nasir Aboud
• A Double Life1947 · as Stagehand (uncredited)

All TV Shows (22)

• Kojak1973 · as Constantine
• Kojak1973 · as Uncle Constantino
• Kojak1973 · as Charley
• Kojak1973 · as Charlie
• Lotsa Luck1973 · as Mario
• Columbo1971 · as Guard
• Ironside1967
• The Alfred Hitchcock Hour1962 · as Danny
• The Investigators1961
• Ben Casey1961
• Ben Casey1961 · as Nick Kanavaras
• The Rebel1959 · as Sheriff Rocky Spiropolous
• The Rebel1959 · as Trapper
• The Rebel1959 · as Greco
• Johnny Staccato1959
• Have Gun, Will Travel1957
• Richard Diamond, Private Detective1957 · as Chico Burns
• The Adventures of Jim Bowie1956
• Cavalcade of America1952 · as Sgt. Chiaco
• Four Star Playhouse1952 · as Waiter
• Four Star Playhouse1952 · as Sgt. Juliana
• Lux Video Theatre1950 · as Tony