Nick Dennis
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- April 26, 1904, Volos, Thessaly, Greece
- Died
- November 14, 1980
- Movies
- 25
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.
Best-Known Movies
Filmography
| 1974 | The Death Squad | Greek |
| 1973 | The Night of the Cat | |
| 1969 | The Good Guys and the Bad Guys | Engineer #2 |
| 1968 | The Legend of Lylah Clare | Nick |
| 1966 | Gunpoint | Nicos |
| 1963 | 4 for Texas | Angel |
| 1962 | Birdman of Alcatraz | Crazed Prisoner (uncredited) |
| 1961 | Too Late Blues | Nick Bubalinas |
| 1960 | Spartacus | Dionysius |
| 1959 | Alaska Passage | Pete Harris |
| 1957 | Slaughter on 10th Avenue | Midget |
| 1956 | Hot Blood | Korka (uncredited) |
| 1955 | The Big Knife | Mickey Feeney |
| 1955 | Top of the World | Cappi |
| 1955 | Kiss Me Deadly | Nick |
| 1955 | East of Eden | Rantani |
| 1953 | The Glory Brigade | Cpl. Marakis |
| 1953 | Man in the Dark | Cookie |
| 1952 | Eight Iron Men | Pvt. Sapiros |
| 1952 | The Iron Mistress | Nez Coupe |
| 1952 | Anything Can Happen | Chancho |
| 1951 | Ten Tall Men | Mouse |
| 1951 | A Streetcar Named Desire | Pablo Gonzales |
| 1951 | Sirocco | Nasir Aboud |
| 1947 | A Double Life | Stagehand (uncredited) |
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