Nicholas Georgiade

Georgiade, a Greek-American, quit school in 1948 and joined the United States Army, lying about his age. A boxer in high school, he continued in the service. In 1952, he won the European Heavyweight title for the U.S. Army. After leaving the U.S. Army, he returned to New York City where he attained an athletic scholarship to Syracuse University although as he had not graduated from high school he had to pass an entrance exam. He majored in sociology and psychology. In his senior year, he married a fellow student, Anita Khanzadian (later known as Anita Raffi). He graduated in 1957. His best-known role was likely that of Eliot Ness's efficient, unsmiling, hunky right-hand man, Enrico Rossi, on The Untouchables (1959).