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
The Death Squad
1974
as Greek
The Night of the Cat
1973
The Good Guys and the Bad Guys
1969
as Engineer #2
The Legend of Lylah Clare
1968
as Nick
Gunpoint
1966
as Nicos
4 for Texas
1963
as Angel
Birdman of Alcatraz
1962
as Crazed Prisoner (uncredited)
Too Late Blues
1961
as Nick Bubalinas
Spartacus
1960
as Dionysius
Alaska Passage
1959
as Pete Harris
Slaughter on 10th Avenue
1957
as Midget
Hot Blood
1956
as Korka (uncredited)
The Big Knife
1955
as Mickey Feeney
Top of the World
1955
as Cappi
Kiss Me Deadly
1955
as Nick
East of Eden
1955
as Rantani
The Glory Brigade
1953
as Cpl. Marakis
Man in the Dark
1953
as Cookie
Eight Iron Men
1952
as Pvt. Sapiros
The Iron Mistress
1952
as Nez Coupe
Anything Can Happen
1952
as Chancho
Ten Tall Men
1951
as Mouse
A Streetcar Named Desire
1951
as Pablo Gonzales
Sirocco
1951
as Nasir Aboud