Nick Dennis
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 |
|---|---|
| Most Rating | 1.2724 |
| Birthday | 1904-04-26 |
| Place of Birth | Volos, Thessaly, Greece |
| Also Known As | Nicholas Canavaras, Nicolas Caravidas, |
1955
East of Eden
7.538/813
In the Salinas Valley in and around World War I, Cal Trask feels he must compete against overwhelming odds with his brother for the love of their fath...
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East of Eden
1960
Spartacus
7.537/2375
The rebellious Thracian Spartacus, born and raised a slave, is sold to Gladiator trainer Batiatus. After weeks of being trained to kill for the arena,...
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Spartacus
1951
A Streetcar Named Desire
7.619/1469
A disturbed, aging Southern belle moves in with her sister for solace — but being face-to-face with her brutish brother-in-law accelerates her downwar...
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A Streetcar Named Desire
1951
Sirocco
6/47
A mysterious American gets mixed up with gunrunners in Syria.
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Sirocco
1947
A Double Life
6.355/83
A Shakespearian actor starring as Othello opposite his wife finds the character's jealous rage taking over his mind off-stage.
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A Double Life
1955
The Big Knife
5.99/96
Movie star Charlie Castle draws the ire of Hollywood producer Stanley Hoff when he refuses to sign a new seven-year contract. Castle is sick of the lo...
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The Big Knife
1963
4 for Texas
5.115/61
In the 1870s, two rival businessmen, Zack Thomas and Joe Jarrett, on a stagecoach heading to Galveston, Texas, must pull together to protect $100,000...
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4 for Texas
1955
Kiss Me Deadly
7.2/407
One evening, Hammer gives a ride to Christina, an attractive hitchhiker on a lonely country road, who has escaped from the nearby lunatic asylum. Thug...
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Kiss Me Deadly
1953
Man in the Dark
6.18/25
Many interested parties are after the loot from a factory payroll heist but the mobster who hid it has amnesia after undergoing experimental brain sur...
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Man in the Dark
1969
The Good Guys and the Bad Guys
5.621/29
An aging lawman and an aging outlaw join forces when their respective positions in society are usurped by a younger, but incompetent Marshal, and a yo...
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The Good Guys and the Bad Guys
1961
Too Late Blues
6.385/48
Ghost is an ideological musician and leader of a jazz band who would rather play his blues in the park to the birds than compromise himself. His perip...
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Too Late Blues
1953
The Glory Brigade
6.286/7
During the Korean War Lt. Sam Pryor volunteers his platoon to escort Greek troops to perform a reconnaissance mission behind Communist lines. Due to h...
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The Glory Brigade
1966
Gunpoint
6.16/25
A young, determined sheriff and his posse chase a gang of murderous train robbers, and a kidnapped woman into New Mexico.
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Gunpoint
1955
Top of the World
6.5/4
A team of Air Force servicemen become stranded after setting up a weather station on an island of ice in Alaska.
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Top of the World
1959
Alaska Passage
4.917/6
Al Graham runs a trucking business in Alaska, America’s final frontier which confronts him with washed out bridges, female hitchhikers and mayhem conc...
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Alaska Passage
1952
Eight Iron Men
6.571/7
During the World War II in Italy, Sergeant Joe Mooney is leading his small squad on the front-lines but is ordered to avoid rescuing a soldier trapped...
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Eight Iron Men
1962
Birdman of Alcatraz
7.518/340
After killing a prison guard, convict Robert Stroud faces life imprisonment in solitary confinement. Driven nearly mad by loneliness and despair, Stro...
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Birdman of Alcatraz
1951
Ten Tall Men
6.528/18
Sgt. Mike Kincaid of the French Foreign Legion learns, from a Riff prisoner, that an attack will soon be made by the villainous Hussin on the Legion's...
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Ten Tall Men
1952
The Iron Mistress
5.269/13
In this biopic, Jim Bowie goes to New Orleans, where he falls for Judalon and befriends her brother, Narcisse. Soon, Jim is forced to avenge Narcisse'...
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The Iron Mistress
1952
Anything Can Happen
10/1
A quirky relationship unfolds between an immigrant and an all-American folk music fan.
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Anything Can Happen
1957
Slaughter on 10th Avenue
5.778/9
A rookie assistant DA is assigned to investigate the murder of a longshoreman, killed for exposing gangster involvement on the piers, and meets up wit...
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Slaughter on 10th Avenue
1956
Hot Blood
5.714/7
Stephen Torino, who is tricked by his brother Marco into an arranged marriage with tempestuous Annie Caldash. Annie is willing to give the union a go,...
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Hot Blood
1973
The Night of the Cat
2.417/6
When her sister is murdered by a group of goons working for a local mobster, Beth goes on the fritz, donning a wig, taking martial arts lessons, and u...
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The Night of the Cat
1968
The Legend of Lylah Clare
6.017/30
A dictatorial film director hires an unknown actress to play the lead role in a planned movie biography of a late, great Hollywood star.
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