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Nicholas Georgiade
Georgiade in 1960
Born(1933-03-25)March 25, 1933
DiedDecember 19, 2021(2021-12-19) (aged 88)
OccupationActor
Years active1958–2007
Spouses

Anita Khanzadian

(m. 1956, divorced)

Davee Decker

(m. 1964; div. 1967)

Alicia Razaf

(m. 1977; died 2017)
Children1

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[edit]

Georgiade was born in New York City on March 25, 1933, of Greek ancestry. After serving four years with the U.S. ArmyinBerlin,[1] 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.[1][2] Lucille Ball discovered him when he acted in a little theatre production in Hollywood, which led to his participation in the Desilu Workshop theater.[3]

Career[edit]

Georgiade featured in 37 movies and television programs. His career in television began on the December 11, 1958 Playhouse 90 episode titled Seven Against the Wall with Warren Oates, Tige Andrews, and Paul Lambert.[4] 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.[5]

Other appearances were on such notable programs as Hawaiian Eye, Hawaii Five-O, Daniel Boone, Batman, I Spy, Kojak, and The Rockford Files. He also had a brief appearance as a prisoner in "Hang 'Em High". 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).

From May 2016 until his death, Georgiade was the last living regular cast member of The Untouchables,[6] 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[edit]

Georgiade married Anita Khanzadian in 1956,[1] whilst he was a senior in college.[7] In 1964, he remarried after meeting New York model, Davee Decker, who was then 28.[8] 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.[9]

He died in Las Vegas on December 19, 2021, at the age of 88.[6][10] He was survived by his daughter, Anastazia Juliet Georgiade.[6]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c "Hendricks Chapel Scene of Wedding". The Post-Standard. December 23, 1956. p. 10. Retrieved December 22, 2021.
  • ^ Nichols, Harold A. (June 5, 1960). "Clean Fight, Firm Friendship". Democrat and Chronicle. Retrieved 22 December 2021. Open access icon
  • ^ Purcelli, Marion (June 26, 1960). "Nick Georgiade Plays Himself In Role as Elliot Ness' Sidekick". Chicago Tribune. Illinois, Chicago. Retrieved December 9, 2017 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  • ^ Playhouse 90: Seven Against the Wall
  • ^ Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse: Meeting at Appalachia, tv.com; accessed March 17, 2016.
  • ^ a b c Herbert, Geoff (21 December 2021). "Nicholas Georgiade, 'The Untouchables' actor and Syracuse University alumnus, dies at 88". Syracuse. Retrieved 22 December 2021.
  • ^ "'Untouchable' Discovered by Lucille Ball". The Titusville Herald. Pennsylvania, Titusville. 12 November 1960. p. 8. Retrieved December 9, 2017 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  • ^ ""Untouchables" Man Weds Model". Los Angeles Evening Citizen News. 25 August 1964. p. 22. Retrieved December 22, 2021.
  • ^ "Alicia Georgiade". Legacy. January 15, 2017. Retrieved December 22, 2021.
  • ^ Barnes, Mikes (22 December 2021). "Nicholas Georgiade, One of Eliot Ness' Agents on 'The Untouchables,' Dies at 88". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved December 22, 2021.
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