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Akim Tamiroff

Akim Tamiroff

Born: 1899-10-27 • Tiflis, Russian Empire [now Tbilisi, Republic of Georgia]

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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.

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Filmography
La Classe américaine poster
La Classe américaine
1993 • Dino's Friend (archive footage)
Don Quixote poster
Don Quixote
1992 • Sancho Panza
The Great Bank Robbery poster
The Great Bank Robbery
1969 • Papa (Juan's father)
Marquis de Sade: Justine poster
Marquis de Sade: Justine
1969 • Du Harpin
Then Came Bronson poster
Then Came Bronson
1969 • Papa Bear
Death of a Jew poster
Death of a Jew
1969 • Inspector Mehdaloun
Great Catherine poster
Great Catherine
1968 • Sergeant
Either All or None poster
Either All or None
1968 • Pigsty / Dean Light
The Girl Who Couldn't Say No poster
The Girl Who Couldn't Say No
1968 • Uncle Egidio
A Rose for Everyone poster
A Rose for Everyone
1967 • Basilio
The Vulture poster
The Vulture
1966 • Prof. Hans Koniglich
A Gangster From Brooklyn poster
A Gangster From Brooklyn
1966 • Joe Montano
After the Fox poster
After the Fox
1966 • Okra
Our Husbands poster
Our Husbands
1966 • Cesare
Lt. Robin Crusoe U.S.N. poster
Lt. Robin Crusoe U.S.N.
1966 • Tanamashu
Adultery Italian Style poster
Adultery Italian Style
1966 • Max Portesi
Hotel Paradiso poster
Hotel Paradiso
1966 • Hotel Proprietor
The Liquidator poster
The Liquidator
1965 • Sheriek
The Blue Panther poster
The Blue Panther
1965 • Prof. Lambaré / Dr. Kha
Marco the Magnificent poster
Marco the Magnificent
1965 • The Old Man of the Mountain
Alphaville poster
Alphaville
1965 • Henri Dickson
Crime on a Summer Morning poster
Crime on a Summer Morning
1965 • Frank Kramer
Lord Jim poster
Lord Jim
1965 • Schomberg
The Dolls poster
The Dolls
1965 • Monsignor Arendi (segment "Monsignor Cupido")
Andy... Andy Silly Andy poster
Andy... Andy Silly Andy
1964 • Bakker, brandmeester
Topkapi poster
Topkapi
1964 • Gerven the Cook
Panic Button poster
Panic Button
1964 • Pandowski
The Black Tulip poster
The Black Tulip
1964 • Marquis de Vigogne
A Queen for Caesar poster
A Queen for Caesar
1962 • Pompey
The Reluctant Saint poster
The Reluctant Saint
1962 • Bishop Durso
The Trial poster
The Trial
1962 • Bloch
Invasion 1700 poster
Invasion 1700
1962 • Mielski Zasloba
Ursus and the Tartar Princess poster
Ursus and the Tartar Princess
1961 • Khan of the Tartars
Seduction Of The South poster
Seduction Of The South
1961 • O Zingaro
The Last Judgment poster
The Last Judgment
1961 • Play director
Romanoff and Juliet poster
Romanoff and Juliet
1961 • Vadim Romanoff
The Bacchantes poster
The Bacchantes
1961 • Teiresias
La moglie di mio marito poster
La moglie di mio marito
1961
Ocean's Eleven poster
Ocean's Eleven
1960 • Spyros Acebos
Desert Desperadoes poster
Desert Desperadoes
1959 • The Merchant
Me and the Colonel poster
Me and the Colonel
1958 • Szabuniewicz
Touch of Evil poster
Touch of Evil
1958 • 'Uncle' Joe Grandi
Yangtse Incident: The Story of H.M.S. Amethyst poster
Yangtse Incident: The Story of H.M.S. Amethyst
1957 • Colonel Peng
The Miracle Worker poster
The Miracle Worker
1957 • Mr. Anagnos
Anastasia poster
Anastasia
1956 • Boris Adreivich Chernov
The Black Sleep poster
The Black Sleep
1956 • Odo the Gypsy
The Widow poster
The Widow
1955 • The Uncle
Cartouche poster
Cartouche
1955 • Il marchese di Salpiere
Mr. Arkadin poster
Mr. Arkadin
1955 • Jakob Zouk
You Know What Sailors Are poster
You Know What Sailors Are
1954
They Who Dare poster
They Who Dare
1954 • Captain George One
Desert Legion poster
Desert Legion
1953 • Pvt. Plevko
Black Magic poster
Black Magic
1949 • Gitano
Outpost in Morocco poster
Outpost in Morocco
1949 • Lieutenant Glysko
Relentless poster
Relentless
1948 • Joe Faringo
My Girl Tisa poster
My Girl Tisa
1948 • Mr. Grumbach
The Gangster poster
The Gangster
1947 • Nick Jammey
Fiesta poster
Fiesta
1947 • Chato Vasquez
A Scandal in Paris poster
A Scandal in Paris
1946 • Emile Vernet
Pardon My Past poster
Pardon My Past
1945 • Jim Arnold
Can't Help Singing poster
Can't Help Singing
1944 • Prince Gregory Stroganovsky
The Miracle of Morgan's Creek poster
The Miracle of Morgan's Creek
1944 • The Boss
Dragon Seed poster
Dragon Seed
1944 • Wu Lien
The Bridge of San Luis Rey poster
The Bridge of San Luis Rey
1944 • Uncle Pio
Twenty Years After poster
Twenty Years After
1944 • (archive footage)
His Butler's Sister poster
His Butler's Sister
1943 • Popoff
For Whom the Bell Tolls poster
For Whom the Bell Tolls
1943 • Pablo
Five Graves to Cairo poster
Five Graves to Cairo
1943 • Farid
Tortilla Flat poster
Tortilla Flat
1942 • Pablo
Reap the Wild Wind poster
Reap the Wild Wind
1942 • The Lamb (uncredited) (voice)
The Corsican Brothers poster
The Corsican Brothers
1941 • Baron Colonna
New York Town poster
New York Town
1941 • Stefan Janowski
The Texas Rangers Ride Again poster
The Texas Rangers Ride Again
1940 • Mio Pio
North West Mounted Police poster
North West Mounted Police
1940 • Dan Duroc
The Great McGinty poster
The Great McGinty
1940 • The Boss
Untamed poster
Untamed
1940 • Joe Easter
The Way of All Flesh poster
The Way of All Flesh
1940 • Paul Kriza
Disputed Passage poster
Disputed Passage
1939 • Dr. 'Tubby' Forster
Honeymoon in Bali poster
Honeymoon in Bali
1939 • Tony
No Image
Screen Snapshots Series 19, No. 1
1939 • Self
The Magnificent Fraud poster
The Magnificent Fraud
1939 • Jules LaCroix / President Alvarado
Union Pacific poster
Union Pacific
1939 • Fiesta
King of Chinatown poster
King of Chinatown
1939 • Frank Baturin
Paris Honeymoon poster
Paris Honeymoon
1939 • Mayor Peter Karloca
Ride a Crooked Mile poster
Ride a Crooked Mile
1938 • Mike Balan
Spawn of the North poster
Spawn of the North
1938 • Red Skain
Dangerous to Know poster
Dangerous to Know
1938 • Stephen Recka
The Buccaneer poster
The Buccaneer
1938 • Dominique You
This Way Please poster
This Way Please
1937 • Tartar Chieftain (uncredited)
High, Wide and Handsome poster
High, Wide and Handsome
1937 • Joe Varese
The Great Gambini poster
The Great Gambini
1937 • The Great Gambini
King of Gamblers poster
King of Gamblers
1937 • Steve Kalkas
The Soldier and the Lady poster
The Soldier and the Lady
1937 • Ivan Ogareff
Her Husband Lies poster
Her Husband Lies
1937 • Big Ed Bullock
Breakdowns of 1936 poster
Breakdowns of 1936
1936 • Self
The Jungle Princess poster
The Jungle Princess
1936 • Karen Neg
The General Died at Dawn poster
The General Died at Dawn
1936 • General Yang
Anthony Adverse poster
Anthony Adverse
1936 • Carlo Cibo
Desire poster
Desire
1936 • Avilia
Woman Trap poster
Woman Trap
1936 • Joe Ramirez de la Valle