Nicholas Georgiade
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Nicholas Georgiade is an American actor
Actor
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 of television
Television program
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 and film.

He is a veteran of 37 movies and television programs. His television career began on the December 11, 1958 Playhouse 90
Playhouse 90
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episode titled Seven Against the Wall with Warren Oates
Warren Oates
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, Tige Andrews
Tige Andrews
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, and Paul Lambert
Paul Lambert (actor)
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. Georgiade followed this with playing Tommy on the January 23, 1960 Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse is an American television anthology series produced by Desilu Productions. The show ran on CBS television between 1958 and 1960...

episode Meeting at Appalachia which included Cameron Mitchell
Cameron Mitchell (actor)
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 and Jack Warden
Jack Warden
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. Other appearances on such notable programs as Hawaiian Eye
Hawaiian Eye
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, Hawaii Five-O
Hawaii Five-O
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, Batman
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, I Spy, Kojak
Kojak
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, and The Rockford Files
The Rockford Files
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.
His best-known role was that of Federal Agent Enrico "Rico" Rossi on 105 episodes of the 1959-1963 hit ABC TV program, The Untouchables
The Untouchables (1959 TV series)
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.

Georgiade had a minor role as a detective in the star studded 1963 film, It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
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which starred Sid Caesar
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, Ethel Merman
Ethel Merman
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, Spencer Tracy
Spencer Tracy
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, Mickey Rooney
Mickey Rooney
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, and Milton Berle
Milton Berle
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 among others. He also had minor roles in the 1985 film Mugsy's Girls
Mugsy's Girls
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with Ruth Gordon
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 and 1993 film Indecent Proposal
Indecent Proposal
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with Robert Redford
Robert Redford
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 and Demi Moore
Demi Moore
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