Acting credits
37
Established
Large and steady acting portfolio.
Actor
Nick Dennis
Acting
Career Snapshot
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Movies: 24Series: 13
TMDB ID: 2757
IMDb ID: nm0219528
Known for: Acting
Born: April 26, 1904
Died: November 14, 1980
Age: 76
Place of birth: Volos, Thessaly, Greece
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1947 - 1973
Years active: 27
Average TMDB rating: 6.71
Wikidata: Q389728
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. 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.
Movies
Movies
Movie credits linked with Nick Dennis.
2.7
The Night of the Cat
1973 Movie
5.5
The Good Guys and the Bad Guys
as Engineer #2
1969 Movie
5.9
The Legend of Lylah Clare
as Nick
1968 Movie
6.0
Gunpoint
as Nicos
1966 Movie
5.1
4 for Texas
as Angel
1963 Movie
7.5
Birdman of Alcatraz
as Crazed Prisoner (uncredited)
1962 Movie
6.5
Too Late Blues
as Nick Bubalinas
1961 Movie
7.5
Spartacus
as Dionysius
1960 Movie
4.1
Alaska Passage
as Pete Harris
1959 Movie
5.4
Slaughter on 10th Avenue
as Midget
1957 Movie
5.3
Hot Blood
as Korka (uncredited)
1956 Movie
6.0
The Big Knife
as Mickey Feeney
1955 Movie
6.3
Top of the World
as Cappi
1955 Movie
7.2
Kiss Me Deadly
as Nick
1955 Movie
7.5
East of Eden
as Rantani
1955 Movie
5.7
The Glory Brigade
as Cpl. Marakis
1953 Movie
6.0
Man in the Dark
as Cookie
1953 Movie
6.5
Eight Iron Men
as Pvt. Sapiros
1952 Movie
5.0
The Iron Mistress
as Nez Coupe
1952 Movie
Anything Can Happen
as Chancho
1952 Movie
6.4
Ten Tall Men
as Mouse
1951 Movie
7.6
A Streetcar Named Desire
as Pablo Gonzales
1951 Movie
5.9
Sirocco
as Nasir Aboud
1951 Movie
6.3
A Double Life
as Stagehand (uncredited)
1947 Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Nick Dennis.
7.1
Kojak
as Constantine • 5 eps
1973 Series
6.4
Lotsa Luck
as Mario • 1 eps
1973 Series
8.1
Columbo
as Guard • 1 eps
1971 Series
6.8
Ironside
1 eps
1967 Series
7.8
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
as Danny • 1 eps
1962 Series
5.0
The Investigators
1 eps
1961 Series
5.6
Ben Casey
1 eps
1961 Series
4.7
The Rebel
as Sheriff Rocky Spiropolous • 1 eps
1959 Series
5.0
Johnny Staccato
1 eps
1959 Series
7.3
Have Gun, Will Travel
1 eps
1957 Series
6.2
Richard Diamond, Private Detective
as Chico Burns • 1 eps
1957 Series
5.0
The Adventures of Jim Bowie
1 eps
1956 Series
3.5
Cavalcade of America
as Sgt. Chiaco • 1 eps
1952 Series