Nick Dennis

Actor

1904-04-26 – 1980-11-14 · Volos, Thessaly, Greece

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.

• Espartaco (1960) — Dionysius
• Un tranvía llamado deseo (1951) — Pablo Gonzales
• Al este del Edén (1955) — Rantani
• El beso mortal (1955) — Nick
• El hombre de Alcatraz (1962) — Crazed Prisoner (uncredited)
• La podadora (El gran cuchillo) (1955) — Mickey Feeney
• Doble vida (1947) — Stagehand (uncredited)
• Cuatro tíos de Texas (1963) — Angel
• Siroco (1951) — Nasir Aboud
• Too Late Blues (1961) — Nick Bubalinas
• Un hombre impone la ley (1969) — Engineer #2
• La leyenda de Lylah Clare (1968) — Nick
• Man in the Dark (1953) — Cookie
• Traición y olvido (1966) — Nicos
• Diez valientes (1951) — Mouse
• La novia de acero (1952) — Nez Coupe
• Matanza en la Décima Avenida (1957) — Midget
• The Death Squad (1974) — Greek
• The Glory Brigade (1953) — Cpl. Marakis
• Eight Iron Men (1952) — Pvt. Sapiros
• Sangre caliente (1956) — Korka (uncredited)
• Alaska Passage (1959) — Pete Harris
• The Night of the Cat (1973)
• Top of the World (1955) — Cappi