
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
April 26, 1904
Died
November 14, 1980 (76 years old)
Volos, Thessaly, Greece
Also Known As
- Nicholas Canavaras
- Nicolas Caravidas
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.
Known For
Acting

Kojak
1973

Kojak
1973

Kojak
1973

Kojak
1973

Columbo
1971

The Good Guys and the Bad Guys
1969

The Legend of Lylah Clare
1968

Ironside
1967

Gunpoint
1966

4 for Texas
1963

The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
1962

Birdman of Alcatraz
1962

Too Late Blues
1961

Ben Casey
1961

Ben Casey
1961

Spartacus
1960

Have Gun, Will Travel
1957

The Big Knife
1955

Kiss Me Deadly
1955

East of Eden
1955

Man in the Dark
1953

The Iron Mistress
1952

Ten Tall Men
1951

A Streetcar Named Desire
1951







