Nick Dennis
25 movies · 16 TV shows
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Apr 26, 1904
- Died
- Nov 14, 1980 (age 76)
- Place of birth
- Volos, Thessaly, Greece
- Also known as
- Nicholas Canavaras · Nicolas Caravidas
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.
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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.
Profiles IMDb
Known for
Nick Dennis: movies and TV shows
Acting (41)
- 1974 The Death Squad
as Greek
- 1973
- 1973
- 1973
- 1971
- 1969 The Good Guys and the Bad Guys
as Engineer #2
- 1968 The Legend of Lylah Clare
as Nick
- 1967
- 1967
- 1966 Gunpoint
as Nicos
- 1963 4 for Texas
as Angel
- 1962
- 1962 Birdman of Alcatraz
as Crazed Prisoner (uncredited)
- 1961 Too Late Blues
as Nick Bubalinas
- 1961
- 1961
- 1960 Spartacus
as Dionysius
- 1959
- 1959
- 1959 Alaska Passage
as Pete Harris
- 1957
- 1957 Slaughter on 10th Avenue
as Midget
- 1957
- 1956
- 1956 Hot Blood
as Korka (uncredited)
- 1955 The Big Knife
as Mickey Feeney
- 1955 Top of the World
as Cappi
- 1955 Kiss Me Deadly
as Nick
- 1955 East of Eden
as Rantani
- 1953 The Glory Brigade
as Cpl. Marakis
- 1953 Man in the Dark
as Cookie
- 1952 Eight Iron Men
as Pvt. Sapiros
- 1952 The Iron Mistress
as Nez Coupe
- 1952
- 1952
- 1952 Anything Can Happen
as Chancho
- 1951 Ten Tall Men
as Mouse
- 1951 A Streetcar Named Desire
as Pablo Gonzales
- 1951 Sirocco
as Nasir Aboud
- 1950
- 1947 A Double Life
as Stagehand (uncredited)