Nick Dennis

from Volos, Thessaly, Greece

Artwork for SpartacusImage of 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.

Timeline

1974Aged 70

  • Poster for The Death Squad

    Greek

1973Aged 69

  • Poster for The Night of the Cat

    (Unknown)

1969Aged 65

  • Poster for The Good Guys and the Bad Guys

    Engineer #2

1968Aged 64

  • Poster for The Legend of Lylah Clare

    Nick

1966Aged 62

  • Poster for Gunpoint

    Nicos

1963Aged 59

  • Poster for 4 for Texas

    Angel

1962Aged 58

  • Poster for Birdman of Alcatraz

    Crazed Prisoner (uncredited)

1961Aged 57

  • Poster for Too Late Blues

    Nick Bubalinas

1960Aged 56

  • Poster for Spartacus

    Dionysius

1959Aged 55

  • Poster for Alaska Passage

    Pete Harris

1957Aged 53

  • Poster for Slaughter on 10th Avenue

    Midget

1956Aged 52

  • Poster for Hot Blood

    Korka (uncredited)

1955Aged 51

  • Poster for East of Eden

    Rantani

  • Poster for Kiss Me Deadly

    Nick

  • Poster for Top of the World

    Cappi

  • Poster for The Big Knife

    Mickey Feeney

1953Aged 49

  • Poster for Man in the Dark

    Cookie

  • Poster for The Glory Brigade

    Cpl. Marakis

1952Aged 48

  • Poster for Anything Can Happen

    Chancho

  • Poster for The Iron Mistress

    Nez Coupe

  • Poster for Eight Iron Men

    Pvt. Sapiros

1951Aged 47

  • Poster for Sirocco

    Nasir Aboud

  • Poster for A Streetcar Named Desire

    Pablo Gonzales

  • Poster for Ten Tall Men

    Mouse

1947Aged 43

  • Poster for A Double Life

    Stagehand (uncredited)