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Nick Dennis

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Birthdate

1904-04-26

Day of Death

1980-11-14

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.

Filmography (24)

⭐ 2.4 Role: Unknown

The Night of the Cat

1973
⭐ 5.6 Role: Engineer #2

The Good Guys and the Bad Guys

1969
⭐ 6.0 Role: Nick

The Legend of Lylah Clare

1968
⭐ 6.2 Role: Nicos

Gunpoint

1966
⭐ 5.1 Role: Angel

4 for Texas

1963
⭐ 7.5 Role: Crazed Prisoner (uncredited)

Birdman of Alcatraz

1962
⭐ 6.4 Role: Nick Bubalinas

Too Late Blues

1961
⭐ 7.5 Role: Dionysius

Spartacus

1960
⭐ 4.9 Role: Pete Harris

Alaska Passage

1959
⭐ 5.8 Role: Midget

Slaughter on 10th Avenue

1957
⭐ 5.7 Role: Korka (uncredited)

Hot Blood

1956
⭐ 6.0 Role: Mickey Feeney

The Big Knife

1955
⭐ 6.5 Role: Cappi

Top of the World

1955
⭐ 7.2 Role: Nick

Kiss Me Deadly

1955
⭐ 7.5 Role: Rantani

East of Eden

1955