Akim Tamiroff
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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
The Rifleman
Climax!
Albert Ganz
Naked City
Demetru Lapesku
Naked City
Emil Pappas
Route 66
Four Star Playhouse
Mendoza
Matinee Theater
Ocean's Eleven
Spyros Acebos
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
Chairman Georgi Koz
China Seas
Paul Romanoff
The Defenders
John Solasky
The Vulture
Prof. Hans Koniglich
Marquis de Sade: Justine
Du Harpin
Great Catherine
Sergeant
Dragon Seed
Wu Lien
Queen Christina
Pedro (uncredited)
Reckless
Chef at Wedding (uncredited)
Okay, America!
Bit Role (uncredited)
Anthony Adverse
Carlo Cibo
After the Fox
Okra
The Buccaneer
Dominique You
The Dolls
Monsignor Arendi (segment "Monsignor Cupido")
Black Magic
Gitano
Touch of Evil
'Uncle' Joe Grandi
Relentless
Joe Faringo
Chained
Pablo, the Ranch Chef
The Last Judgment
Play director
Our Husbands
Cesare
The Gangster
Nick Jammey
They Who Dare
Captain George One
Anastasia
Boris Adreivich Chernov
Ursus and the Tartar Princess
Khan of the Tartars
Paris Honeymoon
Mayor Peter Karloca
Adultery Italian Style
Max Portesi
Andy... Andy Silly Andy
Bakker, brandmeester
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
Me and the Colonel
Szabuniewicz
The Black Tulip
Marquis de Vigogne
The Scarlet Empress
Bit Part (uncredited)
Sadie McKee
Riccori
The Widow
The Uncle
The Blue Panther
Prof. Lambaré / Dr. Kha
Don Quixote
Sancho Panza
The Gay Deception
Spellek
Johnny Ringo
Andy Baranov
High, Wide and Handsome
Joe Varese
Twenty Years After
(archive footage)
Breakdowns of 1936
Self
The Reluctant Saint
Bishop Durso
Invasion 1700
Mielski Zasloba
The Merry Widow
Manager at Maxim's
Then Came Bronson
Papa Bear
This Way Please
Tartar Chieftain (uncredited)
Seduction Of The South
O Zingaro
Whom the Gods Destroy
Peter Korotoff
A Scandal in Paris
Emile Vernet
Lt. Robin Crusoe U.S.N.
Tanamashu
Spawn of the North
Red Skain
Lord Jim
Schomberg
Desert Legion
Pvt. Plevko
Reap the Wild Wind
The Lamb (uncredited) (voice)
Lady by Choice
Poupolis (uncredited)
The DuPont Show with June Allyson
Tony
Ride a Crooked Mile
Mike Balan
The Great Flirtation
Paul Wengler
The Jungle Princess
Karen Neg
The Captain Hates the Sea
General Salazaro
Screen Snapshots Series 19, No. 1
Self
The Great Gambini
The Great Gambini
Black Fury
Sokolsky
The Devil's in Love
Adjutant
The Story of Louis Pasteur
Dr. Zaranoff
Paris in Spring
Cafe Manager
Fugitive Lovers
Deaf-Mute Bus Passenger (uncredited)
The Black Sleep
Odo the Gypsy
The Magnificent Fraud
Jules LaCroix / President Alvarado
Here Is My Heart
Manager of Hotel
Woman Trap
Joe Ramirez de la Valle
Outpost in Morocco
Lieutenant Glysko
The Corsican Brothers
Baron Colonna
Pardon My Past
Jim Arnold
Clear All Wires!
Hotel desk clerk (uncredited)
DuPont Show of the Month
Governor (uncredited)
Tortilla Flat
Pablo
Desire
Avilia
Dangerous to Know
Stephen Recka
A Queen for Caesar
Pompey
Death of a Jew
Inspector Mehdaloun
Storm at Daybreak
Gypsy Fiddler (uncredited)
The Trial
Bloch
For Whom the Bell Tolls
Pablo
The General Died at Dawn
General Yang
Naughty Marietta
Rudolpho
Alphaville
Henri Dickson
Fiesta
Chato Vasquez
Honeymoon in Bali
Tony
The Soldier and the Lady
Ivan Ogareff
Topkapi
Gerven the Cook
New York Town
Stefan Janowski
The Miracle Worker
Mr. Anagnos
Her Husband Lies
Big Ed Bullock
My Girl Tisa
Mr. Grumbach
Romanoff and Juliet
Vadim Romanoff
Cartouche
Il marchese di Salpiere
Straight Is the Way
Mr. Slavko (uncredited)
King of Chinatown
Frank Baturin
His Butler's Sister
Popoff
The Great Bank Robbery
Papa (Juan's father)
Mr. Arkadin
Jakob Zouk
Union Pacific
Fiesta
The Liquidator
Sheriek
La Classe américaine
Dino's Friend (archive footage)
Desert Desperadoes
The Merchant
Five Graves to Cairo
Farid
The Lives of a Bengal Lancer
Otamanu
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
Captain Torras
Marco the Magnificent
The Old Man of the Mountain
Disputed Passage
Dr. 'Tubby' Forster
The Girl Who Couldn't Say No
Uncle Egidio
North West Mounted Police
Dan Duroc
The Big Broadcast of 1936
Boris
A Rose for Everyone
Basilio
The Miracle of Morgan’s Creek
The Boss
Hotel Paradiso
Hotel Proprietor
Go Into Your Dance
Mexican in La Cucaracha Cantina
The Great McGinty
The Boss
La moglie di mio marito
Crime on a Summer Morning
Frank Kramer
Yangtse Incident: The Story of H.M.S. Amethyst
Colonel Peng
A Gangster From Brooklyn
Joe Montano
Now and Forever
French Jeweller (uncredited)
Panic Button
Pandowski
The Texas Rangers Ride Again
Mio Pio
Either All or None
Pigsty / Dean Light
The Bacchantes
Teiresias
Untamed
Joe Easter
King of Gamblers
Steve Kalkas
You Know What Sailors Are
Can't Help Singing
Prince Gregory Stroganovsky
The Way of All Flesh
Paul Kriza
The Bridge of San Luis Rey
Uncle Pio
The Winning Ticket
Guiseppe
Gabriel Over the White House
Delegate to the Debt Conference (uncredited)
Two-Fisted
Taxi Driver