Nick Dennis

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

45

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

  • Ironside

    Ironside

  • Have Gun, Will Travel

    Have Gun, Will Travel

  • Four Star Playhouse

    Four Star Playhouse

  • Four Star Playhouse

    Four Star Playhouse

  • The Alfred Hitchcock Hour

    The Alfred Hitchcock Hour

  • Ben Casey

    Ben Casey

  • Ben Casey

    Ben Casey

  • Kojak

    Kojak

  • Kojak

    Kojak

  • Kojak

    Kojak

  • Kojak

    Kojak

  • Richard Diamond, Private Detective

    Richard Diamond, Private Detective

  • The Rebel

    The Rebel

  • The Rebel

    The Rebel

  • The Rebel

    The Rebel

  • The Adventures of Jim Bowie

    The Adventures of Jim Bowie

  • Lux Video Theatre

    Lux Video Theatre

  • Spartacus

    Spartacus

  • East of Eden

    East of Eden

  • Cavalcade of America

    Cavalcade of America

  • A Streetcar Named Desire

    A Streetcar Named Desire

  • Ten Tall Men

    Ten Tall Men

  • Alaska Passage

    Alaska Passage

  • Kiss Me Deadly

    Kiss Me Deadly

  • Johnny Staccato

    Johnny Staccato

  • Gunpoint

    Gunpoint

  • Birdman of Alcatraz

    Birdman of Alcatraz

  • 4 for Texas

    4 for Texas

  • Anything Can Happen

    Anything Can Happen

  • Eight Iron Men

    Eight Iron Men

  • The Good Guys and the Bad Guys

    The Good Guys and the Bad Guys

  • Slaughter on 10th Avenue

    Slaughter on 10th Avenue

  • Lotsa Luck

    Lotsa Luck

  • Man in the Dark

    Man in the Dark

  • The Big Knife

    The Big Knife

  • Top of the World

    Top of the World

  • The Glory Brigade

    The Glory Brigade

  • Sirocco

    Sirocco

  • The Legend of Lylah Clare

    The Legend of Lylah Clare

  • Too Late Blues

    Too Late Blues

  • The Iron Mistress

    The Iron Mistress

  • Hot Blood

    Hot Blood

  • The Night of the Cat

    The Night of the Cat

  • A Double Life

    A Double Life