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Akim Tamiroff

Born: 1899-10-27

From: Tiflis, Russian Empire [now Tbilisi, Republic of Georgia]

About: 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

Film credits:

Ocean's Eleven

Spyros Acebos

Touch of Evil

'Uncle' Joe Grandi

The Trial

Bloch

Topkapi

Gerven the Cook

Lord Jim

Schomberg

Alphaville

Henri Dickson

Don Quixote

Sancho Panza

The Black Tulip

Marquis de Vigogne

The Gangster

Nick Jammey

For Whom the Bell Tolls

Pablo

The Black Sleep

Odo the Gypsy

The Great McGinty

The Boss

Five Graves to Cairo

Farid

The Miracle of Morgan's Creek

The Boss

The Corsican Brothers

Baron Colonna

Union Pacific

Fiesta

Sadie McKee

Riccori

The Lives of a Bengal Lancer

Otamanu

Yangtse Incident: The Story of H.M.S. Amethyst

Colonel Peng

Fiesta

Chato Vasquez

Mr. Arkadin

Jakob Zouk

Anastasia

Boris Adreivich Chernov

His Butler's Sister

Popoff

The Soldier and the Lady

Ivan Ogareff

Chained

Pablo, the Ranch Chef

Can't Help Singing

Prince Gregory Stroganovsky

High, Wide and Handsome

Joe Varese

Lt. Robin Crusoe U.S.N.

Tanamashu

North West Mounted Police

Dan Duroc

The Gay Deception

Spellek

The Story of Louis Pasteur

Dr. Zaranoff

The Winning Ticket

Guiseppe

Black Magic

Gitano

Spawn of the North

Red Skain

Desire

Avilia

Our Husbands

Cesare

New York Town

Stefan Janowski

Tortilla Flat

Pablo

This Way Please

Tartar Chieftain (uncredited)

Honeymoon in Bali

Tony

The Vulture

Prof. Hans Koniglich

Dragon Seed

Wu Lien

The Great Bank Robbery

Papa (Juan's father)

Romanoff and Juliet

Vadim Romanoff

The Bridge of San Luis Rey

Uncle Pio

Great Catherine

Sergeant

The General Died at Dawn

General Yang

Me and the Colonel

Szabuniewicz

Reap the Wild Wind

The Lamb (uncredited) (voice)

The Reluctant Saint

Bishop Durso

They Who Dare

Captain George One

The Buccaneer

Dominique You

Hotel Paradiso

Hotel Proprietor

A Scandal in Paris

Emile Vernet

Clear All Wires!

Hotel desk clerk (uncredited)

The Magnificent Fraud

Jules LaCroix / President Alvarado

Cartouche

Il marchese di Salpiere

Here Is My Heart

Manager of Hotel

La moglie di mio marito

The Jungle Princess

Karen Neg

Then Came Bronson

Papa Bear

Outpost in Morocco

Lieutenant Glysko

The Big Broadcast of 1936

Boris

Relentless

Joe Faringo

Pardon My Past

Jim Arnold

Go Into Your Dance

Mexican in La Cucaracha Cantina

The Bacchantes

Teiresias

Two-Fisted

Taxi Driver

Paris in Spring

Cafe Manager

Desert Legion

Pvt. Plevko

Her Husband Lies

Big Ed Bullock

King of Chinatown

Frank Baturin

Paris Honeymoon

Mayor Peter Karloca

The Texas Rangers Ride Again

Mio Pio

Reckless

Chef at Wedding (uncredited)

Invasion 1700

Mielski Zasloba

Marquis de Sade: Justine

Du Harpin

Whom the Gods Destroy

Peter Korotoff

Dangerous to Know

Stephen Recka

Marco the Magnificent

The Old Man of the Mountain

The Captain Hates the Sea

General Salazaro

The Girl Who Couldn't Say No

Uncle Egidio

The Devil's in Love

Adjutant

Panic Button

Pandowski

You Know What Sailors Are

Storm at Daybreak

Gypsy Fiddler (uncredited)

China Seas

Paul Romanoff

Seduction Of The South

O Zingaro

Now and Forever

French Jeweller (uncredited)

Untamed

Joe Easter

The Great Gambini

The Great Gambini

Ride a Crooked Mile

Mike Balan

A Rose for Everyone

Basilio

The Liquidator

Sheriek

Woman Trap

Joe Ramirez de la Valle

King of Gamblers

Steve Kalkas

Breakdowns of 1936

Self

Queen Christina

Pedro (uncredited)

Either All or None

Pigsty / Dean Light

After the Fox

Okra

The Way of All Flesh

Paul Kriza

Andy... Andy Silly Andy

Bakker, brandmeester

The Last Judgment

Play director

Gabriel Over the White House

Delegate to the Debt Conference (uncredited)

Desert Desperadoes

The Merchant

Disputed Passage

Dr. 'Tubby' Forster

Fugitive Lovers

Deaf-Mute Bus Passenger (uncredited)

Straight Is the Way

Mr. Slavko (uncredited)

The Scarlet Empress

Bit Part (uncredited)

Lady by Choice

Poupolis (uncredited)

Adultery Italian Style

Max Portesi

Ursus and the Tartar Princess

Khan of the Tartars

The Widow

The Uncle

My Girl Tisa

Mr. Grumbach

Twenty Years After

(archive footage)

Anthony Adverse

Carlo Cibo

The Great Flirtation

Paul Wengler

Naughty Marietta

Rudolpho

The Dolls

Monsignor Arendi (segment "Monsignor Cupido")

The Merry Widow

Manager at Maxim's

A Gangster From Brooklyn

Joe Montano

Screen Snapshots Series 19, No. 1

Self

Crime on a Summer Morning

Frank Kramer

La Classe américaine

Dino's Friend (archive footage)

Okay, America!

Bit Role (uncredited)

The Blue Panther

Prof. Lambaré / Dr. Kha

A Queen for Caesar

Pompey

Death of a Jew

Inspector Mehdaloun

Black Fury

Sokolsky

The Miracle Worker

Mr. Anagnos

Don Quixote