Nick Dennis

Born: 1904-04-26, Volos, Thessaly, Greece

Died: 1980-11-14

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.

Filmography

• Ironside (1967)
• The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (1962)
• Four Star Playhouse (1952)
• Have Gun, Will Travel (1957)
• Ben Casey (1961)
• Richard Diamond, Private Detective (1957)
• Kojak (1973)
• The Rebel (1959)
• Cavalcade of America (1952)
• The Adventures of Jim Bowie (1956)
• East of Eden (1955)
• Johnny Staccato (1959)
• A Streetcar Named Desire (1951)
• The Investigators (1961)
• Lotsa Luck (1973)
• Sirocco (1951)
• The Good Guys and the Bad Guys (1969)
• Birdman of Alcatraz (1962)
• 4 for Texas (1963)
• Kiss Me Deadly (1955)
• Too Late Blues (1961)
• A Double Life (1947)
• The Big Knife (1955)
• The Legend of Lylah Clare (1968)
• Ten Tall Men (1951)
• Hot Blood (1956)
• The Glory Brigade (1953)
• Eight Iron Men (1952)
• The Iron Mistress (1952)
• The Death Squad (1974)