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.
Filmography
Cast Credits

Kojak
Character: Constantine
TV • 1973

Kojak
Character: Uncle Constantino
TV • 1973

Kojak
Character: Charley
TV • 1973

Kojak
Character: Charlie
TV • 1973

The Night of the Cat
Character:
MOVIE • 1973

Lotsa Luck
Character: Mario
TV • 1973

Columbo
Character: Guard
TV • 1971

The Good Guys and the Bad Guys
Character: Engineer #2
MOVIE • 1969

The Legend of Lylah Clare
Character: Nick
MOVIE • 1968

Ironside
Character:
TV • 1967

Gunpoint
Character: Nicos
MOVIE • 1966

4 for Texas
Character: Angel
MOVIE • 1963

The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
Character: Danny
TV • 1962

Birdman of Alcatraz
Character: Crazed Prisoner (uncredited)
MOVIE • 1962

Too Late Blues
Character: Nick Bubalinas
MOVIE • 1961

Ben Casey
Character:
TV • 1961

Ben Casey
Character: Nick Kanavaras
TV • 1961

Spartacus
Character: Dionysius
MOVIE • 1960

The Rebel
Character: Sheriff Rocky Spiropolous
TV • 1959

The Rebel
Character: Trapper
TV • 1959