Akim Tamiroff
Known for: Actor
Born: 27 October 1899, Tiflis, Russian Empire [now Tbilisi, Republic of Georgia]
Died: 17 September 1972
Credits: 60+ titles
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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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Filmography
La Classe américaine
Don Quixote
Kolossal - The Magnificent Macisti
The Great Bank Robbery
Marquis de Sade: Justine
Then Came Bronson
Death of a Jew
Great Catherine
Either All or None
The Girl Who Couldn't Say No
A Rose for Everyone
The Vulture
A Gangster From Brooklyn
After the Fox
Our Husbands
Lt. Robin Crusoe U.S.N.
Adultery Italian Style
Hotel Paradiso
The Liquidator
The Blue Panther
Marco the Magnificent
Alphaville
Crime on a Summer Morning
Lord Jim
The Dolls
Andy... Andy Silly Andy
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
Topkapi
Panic Button
The Black Tulip
A Queen for Caesar
The Reluctant Saint
The Trial
Invasion 1700
Ursus and the Tartar Princess
Seduction Of The South
The Last Judgment
The Defenders
Romanoff and Juliet
The Bacchantes
La moglie di mio marito
Route 66
Ocean's Eleven
Johnny Ringo
The DuPont Show with June Allyson
Desert Desperadoes
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
Me and the Colonel
The Rifleman
Naked City
Touch of Evil
DuPont Show of the Month
Yangtse Incident: The Story of H.M.S. Amethyst
The Miracle Worker
Anastasia
The Black Sleep
Matinee Theater
Mr. Arkadin
The Widow
Cartouche