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