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Personal Info

Gender

Male

Birthday

1904-04-26 (120 years old)

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.

Known For

Acting

1973

Kojak as Constantine
Lotsa Luck as Mario
Kojak as Uncle Constantino
Kojak as Charley
Kojak as Charlie

1971

Columbo as Guard

1969

1967

1966

Gunpoint as Nicos

1963

4 for Texas as Angel

1962

Birdman of Alcatraz as Crazed Prisoner (uncredited)

1961

Too Late Blues as Nick Bubalinas
Ben Casey as Nick Kanavaras

1960

Spartacus as Dionysius

1959

Alaska Passage as Pete Harris
The Rebel as Sheriff Rocky Spiropolous
The Rebel as Trapper
The Rebel as Greco

1957

1956

1955

East of Eden as Rantani
The Big Knife as Mickey Feeney

1953

Man in the Dark as Cookie
The Glory Brigade as Cpl. Marakis

1952

Eight Iron Men as Pvt. Sapiros
The Iron Mistress as Nez Coupe
Cavalcade of America as Sgt. Chiaco
Four Star Playhouse as Sgt. Juliana

1951

A Streetcar Named Desire as Pablo Gonzales
Sirocco as Nasir Aboud
Ten Tall Men as Mouse

1950

1947

A Double Life as Stagehand (uncredited)