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Nick Dennis

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

Born: Volos, Thessaly, Greece, 1904-04-26

Died: 1980-11-14

Film

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1947	A Double Life	Stagehand (uncredited)	63
2	1951	Sirocco	Nasir Aboud	58
3	1951	A Streetcar Named Desire	Pablo Gonzales	76
4	1951	Ten Tall Men	Mouse	64
5	1952	Anything Can Happen	Chancho	0
6	1952	The Iron Mistress	Nez Coupe	48
7	1952	Eight Iron Men	Pvt. Sapiros	68
8	1953	Man in the Dark	Cookie	61
9	1953	The Glory Brigade	Cpl. Marakis	57
10	1955	East of Eden	Rantani	76
11	1955	Kiss Me Deadly	Nick	72
12	1955	Top of the World	Cappi	63
13	1955	The Big Knife	Mickey Feeney	59
14	1956	Hot Blood		53
15	1957	Slaughter on 10th Avenue	Midget	54
16	1959	Alaska Passage	Pete Harris	49
17	1960	Spartacus	Dionysius	75
18	1961	Too Late Blues	Nick Bubalinas	65
19	1962	Birdman of Alcatraz	Crazed Prisoner (uncredited)	75
20	1963	4 for Texas	Angel	51
21	1966	Gunpoint	Nicos	60
22	1969	The Good Guys and the Bad Guys	Engineer #2	55
23	1973	The Night of the Cat		31

Television

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1950	Lux Video Theatre	Tony	63
2	1952	Four Star Playhouse	Waiter	63
3	1952	Four Star Playhouse	Sgt. Juliana	63
4	1952	Cavalcade of America	Sgt. Chiaco	35
5	1956	The Adventures of Jim Bowie		45
6	1957	Richard Diamond, Private Detective	Chico Burns	62
7	1957	Have Gun, Will Travel		74
8	1959	Johnny Staccato		56
9	1959	The Rebel	Sheriff Rocky Spiropolous	51
10	1959	The Rebel	Trapper	51
11	1959	The Rebel	Greco	51
12	1961	Ben Casey		56
13	1961	Ben Casey	Nick Kanavaras	56
14	1962	The Alfred Hitchcock Hour	Danny	78
15	1967	Ironside		68
16	1971	Columbo	Guard	81
17	1973	Lotsa Luck	Mario	64
18	1973	Kojak	Constantine	70
19	1973	Kojak	Uncle Constantino	70
20	1973	Kojak	Charley	70
21	1973	Kojak	Charlie	70