Akim Tamiroff
Actor
- Born
- October 27, 1899 · Tiflis, Russian Empire [now Tbilisi, Republic of Georgia]
- Died
- September 17, 1972 (age 72)
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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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Known for
Touch of Evil
March 30, 1958
Alphaville
May 5, 1965
The Trial
August 25, 1962
Ocean's Eleven
August 10, 1960
La Classe américaine
December 31, 1993
Topkapi
September 2, 1964
For Whom the Bell Tolls
July 12, 1943
Mr. Arkadin
August 9, 1955
Anastasia
December 13, 1956
Five Graves to Cairo
May 26, 1943
The Black Tulip
February 28, 1964
The Scarlet Empress
May 9, 1934
Acting130
- 1993La Classe américaine as Dino's Friend (archive footage)
- 1992Don Quixote as Sancho Panza
- 1977Kolossal - The Magnificent Macisti
- 1969The Great Bank Robbery as Papa (Juan's father)
- 1969Marquis de Sade: Justine as Du Harpin
- 1969Then Came Bronson as Papa Bear
- 1969Death of a Jew as Inspector Mehdaloun
- 1968Great Catherine as Sergeant
- 1968Either All or None as Pigsty / Dean Light
- 1968The Girl Who Couldn't Say No