Akim Tamiroff
Acting
Born: 1899-10-27 in Tiflis, Russian Empire [now Tbilisi, Republic of Georgia]
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Akim Mikhailovich Tamiroff (Russian: Аким Михайлович Тамиров; 29 October 1899 – 17 September 1972), Tiflis, Russian Empire (now Tbilisi, Georgia) was an Armenian actor. He won the first Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor. He was born of Armenian ethnicity, trained at the Moscow Art Theatre drama school. He arrived in the US in 1923 on a tour with a troupe of actors and decided to stay. Tamiroff managed to develop a career in Hollywood despite his thick Russian accent. Description above from the Wikipedia article Akim Tamiroff, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia
Known For
Touch of Evil
'Uncle' Joe Grandi
Alphaville
Henri Dickson
The Trial
Bloch
Ocean's Eleven
Spyros Acebos
La Classe américaine
Dino's Friend (archive footage)
Topkapi
Gerven the Cook
For Whom the Bell Tolls
Pablo
Mr. Arkadin
Jakob Zouk
Anastasia
Boris Adreivich Chernov
Five Graves to Cairo
Farid
The Black Tulip
Marquis de Vigogne
The Scarlet Empress
Bit Part (uncredited)
Queen Christina
Pedro (uncredited)
The Miracle of Morgan's Creek
The Boss
After the Fox
Okra
Lord Jim
Schomberg
The Great McGinty
The Boss
Union Pacific
Fiesta
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
Chairman Georgi Koz
Reap the Wild Wind
The Lamb (uncredited) (voice)
Marquis de Sade: Justine
Du Harpin
The Story of Louis Pasteur
Dr. Zaranoff
The Lives of a Bengal Lancer
Otamanu
Desire
Avilia
The Rifleman
North West Mounted Police
Dan Duroc
The Black Sleep
Odo the Gypsy
China Seas
Paul Romanoff
The Last Judgment
Play director
Anthony Adverse
Carlo Cibo
Don Quixote
Sancho Panza
A Scandal in Paris
Emile Vernet
Lt. Robin Crusoe U.S.N.
Tanamashu
Tortilla Flat
Pablo
Black Magic
Gitano
The Blue Panther
Prof. Lambaré / Dr. Kha
Black Fury
Sokolsky
Sadie McKee
Riccori
They Who Dare
Captain George One
Now and Forever
French Jeweller (uncredited)