Nick Dennis

Nick Dennis

  • Birthday: 1904-04-26
  • Deathday: 1980-11-14
  • Place of birth: Volos, Thessaly, Greece

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

East of Eden

1955

As Rantani

A Streetcar Named Desire

1951

As Pablo Gonzales

Spartacus

1960

As Dionysius

Sirocco

1951

As Nasir Aboud

4 for Texas

1963

As Angel

The Big Knife

1955

As Mickey Feeney

Kiss Me Deadly

1955

As Nick

Man in the Dark

1953

As Cookie

Too Late Blues

1961

As Nick Bubalinas

The Glory Brigade

1953

As Cpl. Marakis

Gunpoint

1966

As Nicos

Top Of The World

1955

As Cappi

Alaska Passage

1959

As Pete Harris

Eight Iron Men

1952

As Pvt. Sapiros

Birdman of Alcatraz

1962

As Crazed Prisoner (uncredited)

Ten Tall Men

1951

As Mouse

The Iron Mistress

1952

As Nez Coupe

Anything Can Happen

1952

As Chancho

Hot Blood

1956

As

The Good Guys and the Bad Guys

1969

As Engineer #2

A Double Life

1947

As Stagehand (uncredited)

A Piece of the Action

1962

As Danny

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