Nick Dennis

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

46

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.

Known For

  • Columbo

    Columbo

  • The Alfred Hitchcock Hour

    The Alfred Hitchcock Hour

  • Ironside

    Ironside

  • Have Gun, Will Travel

    Have Gun, Will Travel

  • Four Star Playhouse

    Four Star Playhouse

  • Four Star Playhouse

    Four Star Playhouse

  • Ben Casey

    Ben Casey

  • Ben Casey

    Ben Casey

  • Richard Diamond, Private Detective

    Richard Diamond, Private Detective

  • Kojak

    Kojak

  • Kojak

    Kojak

  • Kojak

    Kojak

  • Kojak

    Kojak

  • Sirocco

    Sirocco

  • The Rebel

    The Rebel

  • The Rebel

    The Rebel

  • The Rebel

    The Rebel

  • Spartacus

    Spartacus

  • The Big Knife

    The Big Knife

  • A Double Life

    A Double Life

  • The Adventures of Jim Bowie

    The Adventures of Jim Bowie

  • Cavalcade of America

    Cavalcade of America

  • Johnny Staccato

    Johnny Staccato

  • Top of the World

    Top of the World

  • Eight Iron Men

    Eight Iron Men

  • Lux Video Theatre

    Lux Video Theatre

  • Too Late Blues

    Too Late Blues

  • Hot Blood

    Hot Blood

  • A Streetcar Named Desire

    A Streetcar Named Desire

  • Gunpoint

    Gunpoint

  • East of Eden

    East of Eden

  • Ten Tall Men

    Ten Tall Men

  • The Investigators

    The Investigators

  • Birdman of Alcatraz

    Birdman of Alcatraz

  • The Night of the Cat

    The Night of the Cat

  • Kiss Me Deadly

    Kiss Me Deadly

  • Lotsa Luck

    Lotsa Luck

  • The Legend of Lylah Clare

    The Legend of Lylah Clare

  • 4 for Texas

    4 for Texas

  • The Good Guys and the Bad Guys

    The Good Guys and the Bad Guys

  • Man in the Dark

    Man in the Dark

  • Alaska Passage

    Alaska Passage

  • The Iron Mistress

    The Iron Mistress

  • The Glory Brigade

    The Glory Brigade

  • Slaughter on 10th Avenue

    Slaughter on 10th Avenue

  • Anything Can Happen

    Anything Can Happen