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

Rantani

East of Eden

Dionysius

Spartacus

Pablo Gonzales

A Streetcar Named Desire

Nasir Aboud

Sirocco

Stagehand (uncredited)

A Double Life

Mickey Feeney

The Big Knife

Angel

4 for Texas

Nick

Kiss Me Deadly

Cookie

Man in the Dark

Engineer #2

The Good Guys and the Bad Guys

Nick Bubalinas

Too Late Blues

Cpl. Marakis

The Glory Brigade

Nicos

Gunpoint

Cappi

Top of the World

Pete Harris

Alaska Passage

Pvt. Sapiros

Eight Iron Men

Crazed Prisoner (uncredited)

Birdman of Alcatraz

Mouse

Ten Tall Men

Nez Coupe

The Iron Mistress

Chancho

Anything Can Happen

Midget

Slaughter on 10th Avenue

Hot Blood

The Night of the Cat