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
Matinee Theater
The Rifleman
Four Star Playhouse
Mendoza
Climax!
Albert Ganz
The DuPont Show with June Allyson
Tony
Naked City
Demetru Lapesku
Naked City
Emil Pappas
DuPont Show of the Month
Governor (uncredited)
Route 66
The Defenders
John Solasky
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
Johnny Ringo
Andy Baranov
Ocean's Eleven
Spyros Acebos
The Trial
Bloch
La Classe américaine
Dino's Friend (archive footage)
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
Captain Torras
For Whom the Bell Tolls
Pablo
Anastasia
Boris Adreivich Chernov
Adultery Italian Style
Max Portesi
The Black Tulip
Marquis de Vigogne
Alphaville
Henri Dickson
Chained
Pablo, the Ranch Chef
Union Pacific
Fiesta
The Scarlet Empress
Bit Part (uncredited)
Topkapi
Gerven the Cook
Touch of Evil
'Uncle' Joe Grandi
Reap the Wild Wind
The Lamb (uncredited) (voice)
Queen Christina
Pedro (uncredited)
North West Mounted Police
Dan Duroc
Marquis de Sade: Justine
Du Harpin
The Miracle of Morgan’s Creek
The Boss
The Black Sleep
Odo the Gypsy
Twenty Years After
(archive footage)
Sadie McKee
Riccori
Reckless
Chef at Wedding (uncredited)
The Lives of a Bengal Lancer
Otamanu
Anthony Adverse
Carlo Cibo
The Way of All Flesh
Paul Kriza
Lt. Robin Crusoe U.S.N.
Tanamashu
The Liquidator
Sheriek
Go Into Your Dance
Mexican in La Cucaracha Cantina
The Corsican Brothers
Baron Colonna
New York Town
Stefan Janowski
Don Quixote
Sancho Panza
Naughty Marietta
Rudolpho
The Great McGinty
The Boss
The Great Bank Robbery
Papa (Juan's father)
Fiesta
Chato Vasquez
The Merry Widow
Manager at Maxim's
The Texas Rangers Ride Again
Mio Pio
After the Fox
Okra
Mr. Arkadin
Jakob Zouk
The Buccaneer
Dominique You
China Seas
Paul Romanoff
Now and Forever
French Jeweller (uncredited)
The Gangster
Nick Jammey
Black Magic
Gitano
Untamed
Joe Easter
Desire
Avilia
Dragon Seed
Wu Lien
The General Died at Dawn
General Yang
The Last Judgment
Play director
Woman Trap
Joe Ramirez de la Valle
Then Came Bronson
Papa Bear
Relentless
Joe Faringo
Can't Help Singing
Prince Gregory Stroganovsky
Here Is My Heart
Manager of Hotel
King of Chinatown
Frank Baturin
Crime on a Summer Morning
Frank Kramer
Five Graves to Cairo
Farid
The Bridge of San Luis Rey
Uncle Pio
The Girl Who Couldn't Say No
Uncle Egidio
Great Catherine
Sergeant
Honeymoon in Bali
Tony
They Who Dare
Captain George One
My Girl Tisa
Mr. Grumbach
Tortilla Flat
Pablo
The Story of Louis Pasteur
Dr. Zaranoff
The Big Broadcast of 1936
Boris
Gabriel Over the White House
Delegate to the Debt Conference (uncredited)
High, Wide and Handsome
Joe Varese
The Blue Panther
Prof. Lambaré / Dr. Kha
Outpost in Morocco
Lieutenant Glysko
Invasion 1700
Mielski Zasloba
Storm at Daybreak
Gypsy Fiddler (uncredited)
Black Fury
Sokolsky
Hotel Paradiso
Hotel Proprietor
A Queen for Caesar
Pompey
The Devil's in Love
Adjutant
Yangtse Incident: The Story of H.M.S. Amethyst
Colonel Peng
Desert Legion
Pvt. Plevko
Breakdowns of 1936
Self
Okay, America!
Bit Role (uncredited)
Two-Fisted
Taxi Driver
The Vulture
Prof. Hans Koniglich
Paris Honeymoon
Mayor Peter Karloca
The Soldier and the Lady
Ivan Ogareff
This Way Please
Tartar Chieftain (uncredited)
Disputed Passage
Dr. 'Tubby' Forster
Lady by Choice
Poupolis (uncredited)
Romanoff and Juliet
Vadim Romanoff
Me and the Colonel
Szabuniewicz
The Dolls
Monsignor Arendi (segment "Monsignor Cupido")
The Winning Ticket
Guiseppe
His Butler's Sister
Popoff
The Gay Deception
Spellek
Dangerous to Know
Stephen Recka
The Great Gambini
The Great Gambini
Pardon My Past
Jim Arnold
Spawn of the North
Red Skain
Fugitive Lovers
Deaf-Mute Bus Passenger (uncredited)
Whom the Gods Destroy
Peter Korotoff
Our Husbands
Cesare
Clear All Wires!
Hotel desk clerk (uncredited)
Her Husband Lies
Big Ed Bullock
A Rose for Everyone
Basilio
Ride a Crooked Mile
Mike Balan
Lord Jim
Schomberg
Paris in Spring
Cafe Manager
The Magnificent Fraud
Jules LaCroix / President Alvarado
The Jungle Princess
Karen Neg
Panic Button
Pandowski
Seduction Of The South
O Zingaro
Desert Desperadoes
The Merchant
Straight Is the Way
Mr. Slavko (uncredited)
The Great Flirtation
Paul Wengler
Ursus and the Tartar Princess
Khan of the Tartars
The Captain Hates the Sea
General Salazaro
The Bacchantes
Teiresias
Marco the Magnificent
The Old Man of the Mountain
King of Gamblers
Steve Kalkas
La moglie di mio marito
A Scandal in Paris
Emile Vernet
You Know What Sailors Are
A Man Called Amen
Pigsty / Dean Light
Screen Snapshots Series 19, No. 1
Self
A Gangster From Brooklyn
Joe Montano
Death of a Jew
Inspector Mehdaloun
The Widow
The Uncle
Cartouche
Il marchese di Salpiere
The Reluctant Saint
Bishop Durso
Andy... Andy Silly Andy
Bakker, brandmeester