{{Short description|American film and television actor (1933–2021)}} {{Infobox person | name = Nicholas Georgiade | image = Nicholas Georgiade 1960 (cropped).JPG | caption = Georgiade in 1960 | birth_date = {{Birth date|1933|3|25}} | birth_place = New York City, New York, U.S. | death_date = {{Death date and age|2021|12|19|1933|03|25}} | death_place = Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S. | occupation = Actor | years_active = 1958–2007 | children = 1 | spouse = {{Plainlist | * {{marriage|Anita Khanzadian|1956||end=divorced}} * {{marriage|Davee Decker|1964|1967|end=divorced}} * {{marriage|Alicia Razaf|1977|2017|end=died}} }} }}
'''Nicholas Georgiade''' (March 25, 1933 – December 19, 2021) was an American film and television actor, best known for playing Agent Rico Rossi in the television series ''The Untouchables''.
==Early life and education== Georgiade was born in New York City on March 25, 1933, of Greek ancestry. After serving four years with the U.S. Army in Berlin,<ref name="Hendricks">{{cite news |title=Hendricks Chapel Scene of Wedding |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/90963666/the-post-standard/ |access-date=December 22, 2021 |publisher=The Post-Standard |date=December 23, 1956 |pages=10}}</ref> he attended Syracuse University, where he was a heavyweight boxer for three years. Intending to become a teacher, he majored in sociology and psychology, and graduated 1956.<ref name="Hendricks"/><ref name="Democrat">{{cite news |last1=Nichols |first1=Harold A. |title=Clean Fight, Firm Friendship |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/90964155/democrat-and-chronicle/ |access-date=22 December 2021 |publisher=Democrat and Chronicle |date=June 5, 1960}} {{Open access}}</ref> Lucille Ball discovered him when he acted in a little theatre production in Hollywood, which led to his participation in the Desilu Workshop theater.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Purcelli|first1=Marion|title=Nick Georgiade Plays Himself In Role as Elliot Ness' Sidekick|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/15681110/nicholas_georgiade/|work=Chicago Tribune|date=June 26, 1960|location=Illinois, Chicago|via = Newspapers.com|accessdate = December 9, 2017}} {{Open access}}</ref>
==Career== ;Television
Georgiade's career in television began on the December 11, 1958 ''Playhouse 90'' episode titled ''Seven Against the Wall'', about the Saint Valentine's Day Massacre, featuring actors Warren Oates, Tige Andrews, and Paul Lambert.<ref name="TVph90">[http://www.tv.com/Playhouse+90/Seven+Against+the+Wall/episode/260448/summary.html Playhouse 90: Seven Against the Wall]</ref>
In April 1959, he made an appearance as Frank Kotter, who is caught during a brewery raid on the CBS anthology, ''Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse'' in the episode, "The Untouchables: Part 1" which serves as the pilot for the ABC series of the same name.<ref name="HR" /> Georgiade's best-known role is Federal Agent Enrico "Rico" Rossi on 105 episodes of the 1959-1963 hit program, ''The Untouchables''.
Also on ''Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse'', he played Tommy on the January 23, 1960 episode ''Meeting at Appalachia'' which included Cameron Mitchell and Jack Warden.<ref name="TVwhph">[http://www.tv.com/Westinghouse+Desilu+Playhouse/Meeting+at+Apalachin/episode/178289/summary.html Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse: Meeting at Appalachia], tv.com; accessed March 17, 2016.</ref> Other appearances were on such notable programs as ''Hawaiian Eye'' (1959), ''Daniel Boone'' (1966), ''I Spy'' (1966), ''Batman'' (1967), ''Hawaii Five-O'' (1970), ''The Rockford Files'' (1976), ''Kojak'' (1978), and ''The Equalizer'' (1987).
;Film In theatrical films, he had a small uncredited role as a police detective in ''It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World'' (1963).<ref name="HR" /> He also had a brief uncredited appearance as a prisoner in ''Hang 'Em High''.{{Citation needed|date=July 2025|reason="Uncredited" - "All [Role] names should be referred to as CREDITED, or...supported by a RELIABLE SOURCE" as per WP:FILMOGRAPHY}} Georgiade had roles in ''The Young Runaways'' (1968), ''Stacey'' (1973), ''Seven'' (1979), ''Mugsy's Girls'' (1985), ''Picasso Trigger'' (1988) and ''Indecent Proposal'' (1993).
From May 2016 until his death, Georgiade was the last living regular cast member of '' The Untouchables'',<ref name="Syracuse">{{cite news |last1=Herbert |first1=Geoff |title=Nicholas Georgiade, 'The Untouchables' actor and Syracuse University alumnus, dies at 88 |url=https://www.syracuse.com/entertainment/2021/12/nicholas-georgiade-the-untouchables-actor-and-syracuse-university-alumnus-dies-at-88.html |access-date=22 December 2021 |publisher=Syracuse |date=21 December 2021}}</ref> as well as one of two surviving cast members of ''It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World'', the other being Barrie Chase.
==Personal life and death== Georgiade married Anita Khanzadian in 1956,<ref name="Hendricks"/> whilst he was a senior in college.<ref>{{cite news|title='Untouchable' Discovered by Lucille Ball|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/15681481/nicholas_georgiade/|work=The Titusville Herald|date=12 November 1960|location=Pennsylvania, Titusville|page=8|via = Newspapers.com|accessdate = December 9, 2017}} {{Open access}}</ref> In 1964, he remarried after meeting New York model, Davee Decker, who was then 28.<ref name="LAECN">{{cite news |title="Untouchables" Man Weds Model |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/90964885/los-angeles-evening-citizen-news/ |access-date= December 22, 2021 |publisher=Los Angeles Evening Citizen News |date=25 August 1964 |pages=22}}</ref> In 1977, he married Alicia Razaf, who was 18 years his senior. They remained married until her death in January 2017, at the age of 102.<ref>{{cite web |title=Alicia Georgiade |url=https://www.legacy.com/amp/obituaries/lvrj/183603160 |website=Legacy |access-date=December 22, 2021 |date= January 15, 2017}}</ref>
He died in Las Vegas on December 19, 2021, at the age of 88.<ref name="Syracuse"/><ref name="HR">{{cite news |last1=Barnes |first1=Mikes |title=Nicholas Georgiade, One of Eliot Ness' Agents on 'The Untouchables,' Dies at 88 |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/nicholas-georgiade-dead-untouchables-1235066456/ |access-date=December 22, 2021 |publisher=The Hollywood Reporter |date=22 December 2021}}</ref> He was survived by his daughter, Anastazia Juliet Georgiade.<ref name="Syracuse"/>
==Filmography== ===Film=== <!-- Do NOT list "uncredited" works/cast without an RS cite ref. "All [Role] names should be referred to as Credited, OR by common name supported by a Reliable Source..." as per WP:FILMOGRAPHY "television films belong in the television table" per WP:FILMOGRAPHY * 1968: ''Hang 'Em High'' – Prisoner in Wagon (uncredited){{Citation needed|date=July 2025|reason="Uncredited" - "All [Role] names should be referred to as CREDITED, or...supported by a RELIABLE SOURCE" as per WP:FILMOGRAPHY}} --> {{Div col}} * 1963: ''It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World'' – Detective at Grogan's Crash Site (uncredited)<ref name="HR" /> * 1968: ''The Young Runaways'' – Driver * 1973: ''Stacey'' – Matthew * 1979: ''Seven'' – Niko * 1985: ''Mugsy's Girls'' (aka ''Delta Pi'') – Cupcake * 1988: ''Picasso Trigger'' – Schiavo * 1993: ''Indecent Proposal'' – Croupler {{div col end}}
===Television=== <!-- Do NOT list "uncredited" works without an RS cite ref. "All [Role] names should be referred to as Credited, OR by common name supported by a Reliable Source..." as per WP:FILMOGRAPHY --> {{Inc-tv|date=July 2025}} {| class="wikitable sortable" |+ {{Screen reader-only|Nicholas Georgiade television credits}}<!-- WP:ACCESSIBILITY & MOS:TABLECAPTION --> |- ! Year !! Title !! Role !! Notes ! scope="col" class="unsortable" | {{Abbr|Ref.|Reference(s)}} |- | 1958 || ''Playhouse 90'' || Rocco || Episode: "Seven Against the Wall" {{small|(S3.E11)}} || <ref name="TVph90" /> |- | 1958 || ''Whirlybirds'' || Anders || 1 episode || <ref name="HR" /> |- | 1959 || ''Hawaiian Eye'' || Kala || 1 episode || |- | 1960 || ''Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse'' || Frank Kotter || Episode: "The Untouchables: Part 1" {{small|(S1.E20)}} || <ref name="HR" /> |- | 1959 || ''The Untouchables'' || Frank Kotter (uncredited) || Episode: "Pilot" || <ref name="HR" /> |- | 1959–1963 || ''The Untouchables'' || Agent Enrico "Rico" Rossi || Main cast || <ref name="HR" /> |- | 1960 || ''Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse'' || Tommy || Episode: "Meeting at Appalachia" {{small|(S2.E11)}} || <ref name="TVwhph" /> |- | 1963 || ''Combat!'' || Londos || 1 episode || <ref name="HR" /> |- | 1966 || ''I Spy'' || 1st Guard || 1 episode || <ref name="HR" /> |- | 1966 || ''Daniel Boone'' || Chief White Wolf || 1 episode || |- | 1966 || ''Run, Buddy, Run'' || Mobster || Episode: "Steam Bath & Chicken Little" || <ref name="HR" /> |- | 1966 || ''Run, Buddy, Run'' || Wendell || 3 episodes || <ref name="HR" /> |- | 1967 || ''Batman'' || Kayo || 1 episode || |- | 1968 || ''Mannix'' || Logan || 2 episodes: "Deadfall", "Deadfall: Part II" || <ref name="HR" /> |- | 1970 || ''Hawaii Five-O'' || Andreas || 1 episode || |- | 1976 || ''The Rockford Files'' || Danny || 1 episode || |- | 1978 || ''Kojak'' || Gino || 1 episode || |- | 1978–1982 || ''Quincy, M.E.'' || Andros / Lew Malloy / Bob Gooden / Vince Lasker || 4 episodes || <ref name="HR" /> |- | 1987 | ''The Equalizer'' | FBI Agent #2 | Episode: "Blood and Wine (Part 1)" {{small|(S3.E1)}} | <ref name="HR" /> |}
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==External links== {{commons category}} * {{IMDb name|0313730|Nicholas Georgiade}}
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Georgiade, Nicholas}} Category:1933 births Category:2021 deaths Category:American male film actors Category:American male television actors Category:American people of Greek descent Category:Male actors from New York City Category:Military personnel from New York City Category:Syracuse University College of Arts and Sciences alumni