Akim Tamiroff
ActingFrom 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
Ocean's Eleven
Spyros Acebos
Touch of Evil
'Uncle' Joe Grandi
Marquis de Sade: Justine
Du Harpin
The Black Tulip
Marquis de Vigogne
For Whom the Bell Tolls
Pablo
The Trial
Bloch
Alphaville
Henri Dickson
Lord Jim
Schomberg
Anastasia
Boris Adreivich Chernov
The Scarlet Empress
Bit Part (uncredited)
Filmography — Acting
Ocean's Eleven
Spyros Acebos
Touch of Evil
'Uncle' Joe Grandi
Marquis de Sade: Justine
Du Harpin
The Black Tulip
Marquis de Vigogne
For Whom the Bell Tolls
Pablo
The Trial
Bloch
Alphaville
Henri Dickson
Lord Jim
Schomberg
Anastasia
Boris Adreivich Chernov
The Scarlet Empress
Bit Part (uncredited)
Topkapi
Gerven the Cook
Union Pacific
Fiesta
Mr. Arkadin
Jakob Zouk
Five Graves to Cairo
Farid
Reap the Wild Wind
The Lamb (uncredited) (voice)
Queen Christina
Pedro (uncredited)
The Lives of a Bengal Lancer
Otamanu
Anthony Adverse
Carlo Cibo
La Classe américaine
Dino's Friend (archive footage)
Lt. Robin Crusoe U.S.N.
Tanamashu
The Merry Widow
Manager at Maxim's
North West Mounted Police
Dan Duroc
Desire
Avilia
The Soldier and the Lady
Ivan Ogareff
China Seas
Paul Romanoff
The Miracle of Morgan's Creek
The Boss
Paris Honeymoon
Mayor Peter Karloca
The Texas Rangers Ride Again
Mio Pio
They Who Dare
Captain George One
The Gangster
Nick Jammey
Yangtse Incident: The Story of H.M.S. Amethyst
Colonel Peng
Chained
Pablo, the Ranch Chef
The Last Judgment
Play director
Dragon Seed
Wu Lien
Fiesta
Chato Vasquez
Reckless
Chef at Wedding (uncredited)
Untamed
Joe Easter
Black Magic
Gitano
The Liquidator
Sheriek
The Great Bank Robbery
Papa (Juan's father)
Sadie McKee
Riccori
Here Is My Heart
Manager of Hotel
Black Fury
Sokolsky
Marco the Magnificent
The Old Man of the Mountain
Crime on a Summer Morning
Frank Kramer
King of Chinatown
Frank Baturin
After the Fox
Okra
The Reluctant Saint
Bishop Durso
The Blue Panther
Prof. Lambaré / Dr. Kha
Can't Help Singing
Prince Gregory Stroganovsky
Hotel Paradiso
Hotel Proprietor
Naughty Marietta
Rudolpho
A Scandal in Paris
Emile Vernet
The Corsican Brothers
Baron Colonna
The Gay Deception
Spellek
Spawn of the North
Red Skain
The Jungle Princess
Karen Neg
Tortilla Flat
Pablo
Storm at Daybreak
Gypsy Fiddler (uncredited)
The Black Sleep
Odo the Gypsy
The General Died at Dawn
General Yang
Twenty Years After
(archive footage)
The Big Broadcast of 1936
Boris
New York Town
Stefan Janowski
Now and Forever
French Jeweller (uncredited)
The Buccaneer
Dominique You
Dangerous to Know
Stephen Recka
Then Came Bronson
Papa Bear
Disputed Passage
Dr. 'Tubby' Forster
Don Quixote
Sancho Panza
Honeymoon in Bali
Tony
Great Catherine
Sergeant
Gabriel Over the White House
Delegate to the Debt Conference (uncredited)
Panic Button
Pandowski
Outpost in Morocco
Lieutenant Glysko
The Girl Who Couldn't Say No
Uncle Egidio
High, Wide and Handsome
Joe Varese
The Story of Louis Pasteur
Dr. Zaranoff
Invasion 1700
Mielski Zasloba
The Bacchantes
Teiresias
The Captain Hates the Sea
General Salazaro
Two-Fisted
Taxi Driver
Woman Trap
Joe Ramirez de la Valle
Her Husband Lies
Big Ed Bullock
The Devil's in Love
Adjutant
Adultery Italian Style
Max Portesi
Me and the Colonel
Szabuniewicz
A Queen for Caesar
Pompey
Kolossal - The Magnificent Macisti
Clear All Wires!
Hotel desk clerk (uncredited)
His Butler's Sister
Popoff
Romanoff and Juliet
Vadim Romanoff
The Bridge of San Luis Rey
Uncle Pio
Lady by Choice
Poupolis (uncredited)
My Girl Tisa
Mr. Grumbach
The Dolls
Monsignor Arendi (segment "Monsignor Cupido")
The Great Gambini
The Great Gambini
La moglie di mio marito
The Great McGinty
The Boss
This Way Please
Tartar Chieftain (uncredited)
Relentless
Joe Faringo
The Way of All Flesh
Paul Kriza
Whom the Gods Destroy
Peter Korotoff
Fugitive Lovers
Deaf-Mute Bus Passenger (uncredited)
A Rose for Everyone
Basilio
Desert Legion
Pvt. Plevko
Ride a Crooked Mile
Mike Balan
Go Into Your Dance
Mexican in La Cucaracha Cantina
Seduction Of The South
O Zingaro
You Know What Sailors Are
Okay, America!
Bit Role (uncredited)
Death of a Jew
Inspector Mehdaloun
The Widow
The Uncle
Cartouche
Il marchese di Salpiere
Breakdowns of 1936
Self
Our Husbands
Cesare
Screen Snapshots Series 19, No. 1
Self
Desert Desperadoes
The Merchant
Paris in Spring
Cafe Manager
The Great Flirtation
Paul Wengler
A Gangster From Brooklyn
Joe Montano
The Magnificent Fraud
Jules LaCroix / President Alvarado
Pardon My Past
Jim Arnold
King of Gamblers
Steve Kalkas
The Winning Ticket
Guiseppe
Ursus and the Tartar Princess
Khan of the Tartars
Straight Is the Way
Mr. Slavko (uncredited)
Either All or None
Pigsty / Dean Light
Andy... Andy Silly Andy
Bakker, brandmeester
The Vulture
Prof. Hans Koniglich
The Miracle Worker
Mr. Anagnos