
Nick Dennis
Actor
- Born
- April 26, 1904 · Volos, Thessaly, Greece
- Died
- November 14, 1980 (age 76)
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.
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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
Acting25
- 1974The Death Squad as Greek
- 1973The Night of the Cat
- 1969The Good Guys and the Bad Guys as Engineer #2
- 1968The Legend of Lylah Clare as Nick
- 1966Gunpoint as Nicos
- 19634 for Texas as Angel
- 1962Birdman of Alcatraz as Crazed Prisoner (uncredited)
- 1961Too Late Blues as Nick Bubalinas
- 1960Spartacus as Dionysius
- 1959Alaska Passage as Pete Harris











