Nick Dennis
{{Short description|Greek-American film actor}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Nick Dennis
| image = Nick Dennis in Lock Up (The Frame Up).jpg
| alt =
| caption = Dennis in an episode of Lock-Up (1960)
| birth_name =
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1904|04|26}}
| birth_place = Thessaly, Greece
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1980|11|14|1904|04|26}}
| death_place = Los Angeles, California, U.S.
| nationality = American
| other_names =
| occupation = Actor
| years_active = 1947-1978
| known_for =
| notable_works =
}}
Nick Dennis (April 26, 1904 – November 14, 1980) was a Greek American film actor born in Thessaly, Greece.{{cite book |last=Pultar |first=Gönül |title=Imagined Identities: Identity Formation in the Age of Globalization p. 149 |publisher=Syracuse University Press |year=2014 |isbn=978-0-8156-3342-6}}
Biography
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 1950s, 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.{{cite news |last=Frangos |first=Steve |url= https://www.thenationalherald.com/10606/finding-greek-american-tv-stars-on-dvd/ |title=Finding Greek American TV Stars on DVD |work=The National Herald |date=April 4, 2008 |access-date=June 27, 2018}}
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.{{cite news |url= https://variety.com/1951/film/reviews/a-streetcar-named-desire-3-1200417045/ |title=A Streetcar Named Desire |work=Variety |date=June 20, 1951 |access-date=June 27, 2018}}
Filmography
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| Year
! Title ! Role ! Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1947 | A Double Life | Stagehand | Uncredited |
| 1951 | Sirocco | Nasir Aboud | |
| 1951 | A Streetcar Named Desire | Pablo | |
| 1951 | Ten Tall Men | Mouse | |
| 1952 | Anything Can Happen | Chancho | |
| 1952 | The Iron Mistress | Nez Coupe | |
| 1952 | Eight Iron Men | Pvt. Sapiros | |
| 1953 | Man in the Dark | Cookie | |
| 1953 | The Glory Brigade | Cpl. Marakis | |
| 1955 | East of Eden | Rantani | |
| 1955 | Top of the World | Master Sgt. Cappi | |
| 1955 | Kiss Me Deadly | Nick Va Va Voom | |
| 1955 | The Big Knife | Mickey Feeney | |
| 1956 | Hot Blood | Korka | Uncredited |
| 1957 | Slaughter on Tenth Avenue | Midget Dock Worker | |
| 1959 | Alaska Passage | Pete Harris | |
| 1960 | Spartacus | Dionysius | |
| 1961 | Too Late Blues | Nick Bubalinas | |
| 1962 | Birdman of Alcatraz | Crazed Prisoner | Uncredited |
| 1963 | 4 for Texas | Angel | |
| 1966 | Gunpoint | Nicos | |
| 1968 | The Legend of Lylah Clare | Nick | |
| 1969 | The Good Guys and the Bad Guys | Engineer #2 |
References
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External links
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- {{IMDb name|0219528|Nick Dennis}}
- {{IBDB name|37851}}
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Category:Greek emigrants to the United States
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