Nico Minardos

Nico Minardos was a Greek-American actor who was born in Pangrati, Athens, and made his first Hollywood screen appearance as an extra in Monkey Business (1952). His film credits also included Holiday for Lovers, Twelve Hours to Kill, It Happened in Athens and Cannon for Cordoba (1970). Most of his work came in television, where his dark looks and accent often led to Mexican roles. He played Carlos in a 1960 episode of Have Gun Will Travel, a thief in Maverick, a doctor in The Twilight Zone's The Gift, and two parts in Alias Smith and Jones. In 1965 he was cast as an Italian in a Perry Mason episode, and he later appeared in Barnaby Jones. In 1975 he produced and took the lead in Assault on Agathon, adapted from a book by Alan Caillou. His last screen appearance was in a 1983 episode of The A-Team. He died in 2011.