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Known For
Acting
Birthday
April 26, 1904
Died
November 14, 1980
Place of Birth
Volos, Thessaly, Greece
Nick Dennis
0.5 Popularity
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
Credits
Kojak
as Constantine
1973
7.0
Kojak
as Uncle Constantino
1973
7.0
Kojak
as Charley
1973
7.0
Kojak
as Charlie
1973
7.0
The Night of the Cat
1973
3.1
Lotsa Luck
as Mario
1973
6.4
Columbo
as Guard
1971
8.1
The Good Guys and the Bad Guys
as Engineer #2
1969
5.5
Ironside
1967
6.8
Gunpoint
as Nicos
1966
6.0
4 for Texas
as Angel
1963
5.1
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
as Danny
1962
7.8
Birdman of Alcatraz
as Crazed Prisoner (uncredited)
1962
7.5
Too Late Blues
as Nick Bubalinas
1961
6.5
Ben Casey
1961
5.6
Ben Casey
as Nick Kanavaras
1961
5.6
Spartacus
as Dionysius
1960
7.5
The Rebel
as Sheriff Rocky Spiropolous
1959
5.1
The Rebel
as Trapper
1959
5.1
The Rebel
as Greco
1959
5.1
Johnny Staccato
1959
5.6
Alaska Passage
as Pete Harris
1959
4.9
Have Gun, Will Travel
1957
7.4
Slaughter on 10th Avenue
as Midget
1957
5.4
Richard Diamond, Private Detective
as Chico Burns
1957
6.2
The Adventures of Jim Bowie
1956
3.7
Hot Blood
1956
5.3
The Big Knife
as Mickey Feeney
1955
6.0
Top of the World
as Cappi
1955
6.3
Kiss Me Deadly
as Nick
1955
7.2
East of Eden
as Rantani
1955
7.5
The Glory Brigade
as Cpl. Marakis
1953
5.7
Man in the Dark
as Cookie
1953
6.1
Eight Iron Men
as Pvt. Sapiros
1952
6.8
The Iron Mistress
as Nez Coupe
1952
4.8
Cavalcade of America
as Sgt. Chiaco
1952
3.5
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Four Star Playhouse
as Waiter
1952
6.3
🎬
Four Star Playhouse
as Sgt. Juliana
1952
6.3
Anything Can Happen
as Chancho
1952
0.0
Ten Tall Men
as Mouse
1951
6.4
A Streetcar Named Desire
as Pablo Gonzales
1951
7.6
Sirocco
as Nasir Aboud
1951
5.8
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Lux Video Theatre
as Tony
1950
6.3
A Double Life
as Stagehand (uncredited)
1947
6.3