Nick Dennis

Birthday: 1904-04-26
Deathday: 1980-11-14
Birthplace: Volos, Thessaly, Greece
Gender: Male
Owned By: Unowned

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.

Credits

Year Title Character
1973-09-11 The Night of the Cat
1969-10-10 The Good Guys and the Bad Guys Engineer #2
1966-04-25 Gunpoint Nicos
1963-12-21 4 for Texas Angel
1962-07-04 Birdman of Alcatraz Crazed Prisoner (uncredited)
1961-11-01 Too Late Blues Nick Bubalinas
1960-10-13 Spartacus Dionysius
1959-02-11 Alaska Passage Pete Harris
1957-09-01 Slaughter on 10th Avenue Midget
1956-03-07 Hot Blood
1955-10-25 The Big Knife Mickey Feeney
1955-05-01 Top of the World Cappi
1955-04-28 Kiss Me Deadly Nick
1955-04-10 East of Eden Rantani
1953-05-20 The Glory Brigade Cpl. Marakis
1953-04-09 Man in the Dark Cookie
1952-12-01 Eight Iron Men Pvt. Sapiros
1952-11-19 The Iron Mistress Nez Coupe
1952-04-03 Anything Can Happen Chancho
1951-10-26 Ten Tall Men Mouse
1951-09-19 A Streetcar Named Desire Pablo Gonzales
1951-06-13 Sirocco Nasir Aboud
1947-12-25 A Double Life Stagehand (uncredited)