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

  • Ironside

    Ironside

  • Four Star Playhouse

    Four Star Playhouse

  • Four Star Playhouse

    Four Star Playhouse

  • Have Gun, Will Travel

    Have Gun, Will Travel

  • The Alfred Hitchcock Hour

    The Alfred Hitchcock Hour

  • Kojak

    Kojak

  • Kojak

    Kojak

  • Kojak

    Kojak

  • Kojak

    Kojak

  • The Rebel

    The Rebel

  • The Rebel

    The Rebel

  • The Rebel

    The Rebel

  • Ben Casey

    Ben Casey

  • Ben Casey

    Ben Casey

  • The Good Guys and the Bad Guys

    The Good Guys and the Bad Guys

  • Spartacus

    Spartacus

  • Richard Diamond, Private Detective

    Richard Diamond, Private Detective

  • Alaska Passage

    Alaska Passage

  • The Adventures of Jim Bowie

    The Adventures of Jim Bowie

  • Lux Video Theatre

    Lux Video Theatre

  • Cavalcade of America

    Cavalcade of America

  • A Streetcar Named Desire

    A Streetcar Named Desire

  • Sirocco

    Sirocco

  • Gunpoint

    Gunpoint

  • Johnny Staccato

    Johnny Staccato

  • The Investigators

    The Investigators

  • Birdman of Alcatraz

    Birdman of Alcatraz

  • East of Eden

    East of Eden

  • 4 for Texas

    4 for Texas

  • Ten Tall Men

    Ten Tall Men

  • Lotsa Luck

    Lotsa Luck

  • The Big Knife

    The Big Knife

  • The Glory Brigade

    The Glory Brigade

  • Man in the Dark

    Man in the Dark

  • Hot Blood

    Hot Blood

  • A Double Life

    A Double Life

  • Anything Can Happen

    Anything Can Happen

  • Slaughter on 10th Avenue

    Slaughter on 10th Avenue

  • The Legend of Lylah Clare

    The Legend of Lylah Clare

  • Top of the World

    Top of the World

  • Kiss Me Deadly

    Kiss Me Deadly

  • Eight Iron Men

    Eight Iron Men

  • The Iron Mistress

    The Iron Mistress

  • The Night of the Cat

    The Night of the Cat

  • Too Late Blues

    Too Late Blues