Nick Dennis
Actor
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
A Streetcar Named Desire
as Pablo Gonzales 1951
East of Eden
as Rantani 1955
Kiss Me Deadly
as Nick 1955
Birdman of Alcatraz
as Crazed Prisoner (uncredited) 1962
The Big Knife
as Mickey Feeney 1955
A Double Life
as Stagehand (uncredited) 1947
4 for Texas
as Angel 1963
Too Late Blues
as Nick Bubalinas 1961
Sirocco
as Nasir Aboud 1951
The Good Guys and the Bad Guys
as Engineer #2 1969
The Legend of Lylah Clare
as Nick 1968
Man in the Dark
as Cookie 1953
Gunpoint
as Nicos 1966
Ten Tall Men
as Mouse 1951
The Iron Mistress
as Nez Coupe 1952
Slaughter on 10th Avenue
as Midget 1957