Nicholas Georgiade

Georgiade is of Greek ancestry, and he graduated from Syracuse University.[1] Lucille Ball discovered him when he acted in a little theatre production in Hollywood, which led to his participation in the Desilu Workshop theater.[2]

Georgiade is a veteran of 37 movies and television programs. His television career began on the December 11, 1958 Playhouse 90 episode titled Seven Against the Wall with Warren Oates, Tige Andrews, and Paul Lambert.[3] Georgiade followed this with playing Tommy on the January 23, 1960 Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse episode Meeting at Appalachia which included Cameron Mitchell and Jack Warden.[4]

Other appearances on such notable programs as Hawaiian Eye, Hawaii Five-O, Daniel Boone, Batman, I Spy, Kojak, and The Rockford Files. 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. He had a small uncredited role as a police detective in It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (1963). He also had roles in The Young Runaways (1968), Stacey (1973), Seven (1979), Mugsy's Girls (1985), Picasso Trigger (1988) and Indecent Proposal (1993).

As of May, 2016, Georgiade is the last living regular cast member of The Untouchables.

Georgiade married Anita Khanzadian when he was a senior in college.[5] He was divorced from Davee Decker and married Alicia Razaf, with whom he was married for 40 years - since 1977 to January 10, 2017. He also had a daughter born May 31, 1996, by the name of Anastazia Juliet Georgiade. He has a nephew named Nick Georgiade who is also an actor.

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