Nick Dennis
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.
Acting
Movie
Spartacus
as Dionysius
1960
Movie
A Streetcar Named Desire
as Pablo Gonzales
1951
TV
Columbo
as Guard
1971
Movie
East of Eden
as Rantani
1955
Movie
Kiss Me Deadly
as Nick
1955
Movie
Birdman of Alcatraz
as Crazed Prisoner (uncredited)
1962
TV
Kojak
as Constantine
1973
TV
Kojak
as Uncle Constantino
1973
TV
Kojak
as Charley
1973
TV
Kojak
as Charlie
1973
Movie
The Big Knife
as Mickey Feeney
1955
Movie
A Double Life
as Stagehand (uncredited)
1947
TV
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
as Danny
1962
TV
Ironside
1967
Movie
4 for Texas
as Angel
1963
Movie
Too Late Blues
as Nick Bubalinas
1961
Movie
Sirocco
as Nasir Aboud
1951
TV
Have Gun, Will Travel
1957
Movie
The Legend of Lylah Clare
as Nick
1968
Movie
The Good Guys and the Bad Guys
as Engineer #2
1969
Movie
Man in the Dark
as Cookie
1953
Movie
Gunpoint
as Nicos
1966
Movie
Ten Tall Men
as Mouse
1951
TV
Ben Casey
1961