Nick Dennis
ActingNick 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.
Movies
Greek
The Death Squad
1974
The Night of the Cat
1973
Engineer #2
The Good Guys and the Bad Guys
1969
Nick
The Legend of Lylah Clare
1968
Nicos
Gunpoint
1966
Angel
4 for Texas
1963
Crazed Prisoner (uncredited)
Birdman of Alcatraz
1962
Nick Bubalinas
Too Late Blues
1961
Dionysius
Spartacus
1960
Pete Harris
Alaska Passage
1959
Midget
Slaughter on 10th Avenue
1957
Korka (uncredited)
Hot Blood
1956
Mickey Feeney
The Big Knife
1955
Cappi
Top of the World
1955
Nick
Kiss Me Deadly
1955
Rantani
East of Eden
1955
Cpl. Marakis
The Glory Brigade
1953
Cookie
Man in the Dark
1953
Pvt. Sapiros
Eight Iron Men
1952
Nez Coupe
The Iron Mistress
1952
TV Shows
Constantine
Kojak
1973
Uncle Constantino
Kojak
1973
Charley
Kojak
1973
Charlie
Kojak
1973
Mario
Lotsa Luck
1973
Guard
Columbo
1971
Mr. Alexandros
The Danny Thomas Hour
1967
Ironside
1967
Danny
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
1962
The Investigators
1961
Ben Casey
1961
Nick Kanavaras
Ben Casey
1961
Sheriff Rocky Spiropolous
The Rebel
1959
Trapper
The Rebel
1959
Greco
The Rebel
1959
Johnny Staccato
1959
Have Gun, Will Travel
1957
Chico Burns
Richard Diamond, Private Detective
1957
The Adventures of Jim Bowie
1956
Sgt. Chiaco
Cavalcade of America
1952