Akim Tamiroff
Known for acting · Born 27 October 1899 · Died 17 September 1972 · aged 72 · Tiflis, Russian Empire [now Tbilisi, Republic of Georgia]
143 credits
From 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
Alphaville
1965
Touch of Evil
1958
For Whom the Bell Tolls
1943
Mr. Arkadin
1955
Five Graves to Cairo
1943
The Trial
1962
Union Pacific
1939
The Great McGinty
1940
Anastasia
1956
The Black Tulip
1964
Don Quixote
1992
Lt. Robin Crusoe U.S.N.
1966
Acting (143)
1993La Classe américaineDino's Friend (archive footage)Film
1992Don QuixoteSancho PanzaFilm
1977Kolossal - The Magnificent MacistiFilm
1969Marquis de Sade: JustineDu HarpinFilm
1969The Great Bank RobberyPapa (Juan's father)Film
1969Then Came BronsonPapa BearFilm
1969Death of a JewInspector MehdalounFilm
1968Great CatherineSergeantFilm
1968Either All or NonePigsty / Dean LightFilm
1968The Girl Who Couldn't Say NoUncle EgidioFilm
1967A Rose for EveryoneBasilioFilm
1966After the FoxOkraFilm
1966Lt. Robin Crusoe U.S.N.TanamashuFilm
1966Adultery Italian StyleMax PortesiFilm
1966Our HusbandsCesareFilm
1966Hotel ParadisoHotel ProprietorFilm
1966The VultureProf. Hans KoniglichFilm
1966A Gangster From BrooklynJoe MontanoFilm
1965AlphavilleHenri DicksonFilm
1965Lord JimSchombergFilm
1965The Blue PantherProf. Lambaré / Dr. KhaFilm
1965The LiquidatorSheriekFilm
1965The DollsMonsignor Arendi (segment "Monsignor Cupido")Film
1965Crime on a Summer MorningFrank KramerFilm
1965Marco the MagnificentThe Old Man of the MountainFilm
1964TopkapiGerven the CookFilm
1964The Black TulipMarquis de VigogneFilm
1964The Man from U.N.C.L.E.Chairman Georgi KozSeries
1964Panic ButtonPandowskiFilm
1964Andy... Andy Silly AndyBakker, brandmeesterFilm
1962The TrialBlochFilm
1962A Queen for CaesarPompeyFilm
1962The Reluctant SaintBishop DursoFilm
1962Invasion 1700Mielski ZaslobaFilm
1961The Last JudgmentPlay directorFilm
1961The DefendersJohn SolaskySeries
1961Romanoff and JulietVadim RomanoffFilm
1961The BacchantesTeiresiasFilm
1961Seduction Of The SouthO ZingaroFilm
1961La moglie di mio maritoFilm
1961Ursus and the Tartar PrincessKhan of the TartarsFilm
1960Ocean's ElevenSpyros AcebosFilm
1960Route 66Series
1959Johnny RingoAndy BaranovSeries
1959Desert DesperadoesThe MerchantFilm
1959The DuPont Show with June AllysonTonySeries
1958Touch of Evil'Uncle' Joe GrandiFilm
1958The RiflemanSeries
1958Me and the ColonelSzabuniewiczFilm
1958Naked CityDemetru Lapesku, Emil PappasSeries
1958Westinghouse Desilu PlayhouseSeries
1957Yangtse Incident: The Story of H.M.S. AmethystColonel PengFilm
1957DuPont Show of the MonthGovernor (uncredited)Series
1957The Miracle WorkerMr. AnagnosFilm
1956AnastasiaBoris Adreivich ChernovFilm
1956The Black SleepOdo the GypsyFilm
1955Mr. ArkadinJakob ZoukFilm
1955Matinee TheaterSeries
1955CartoucheIl marchese di SalpiereFilm
1955The WidowThe UncleFilm
1954They Who DareCaptain George OneFilm
1954Climax!Albert GanzSeries
1954You Know What Sailors AreFilm
1953Desert LegionPvt. PlevkoFilm
1952Four Star PlayhouseMendozaSeries
1951Schlitz Playhouse of StarsCaptain TorrasSeries
1949Black MagicGitanoFilm
1949Outpost in MoroccoLieutenant GlyskoFilm
1948RelentlessJoe FaringoFilm
1948My Girl TisaMr. GrumbachFilm
1947The GangsterNick JammeyFilm
1947FiestaChato VasquezFilm
1946A Scandal in ParisEmile VernetFilm
1945Pardon My PastJim ArnoldFilm
1944The Miracle of Morgan's CreekThe BossFilm
1944Dragon SeedWu LienFilm
1944Can't Help SingingPrince Gregory StroganovskyFilm
1944The Bridge of San Luis ReyUncle PioFilm
1944Twenty Years After(archive footage)Film
1943For Whom the Bell TollsPabloFilm
1943Five Graves to CairoFaridFilm
1943His Butler's SisterPopoffFilm
1942Reap the Wild WindThe Lamb (uncredited) (voice)Film
1942Tortilla FlatPabloFilm
1942The Corsican BrothersBaron ColonnaFilm
1941New York TownStefan JanowskiFilm
1940The Great McGintyThe BossFilm
1940North West Mounted PoliceDan DurocFilm
1940The Way of All FleshPaul KrizaFilm
1940The Texas Rangers Ride AgainMio PioFilm
1940UntamedJoe EasterFilm
1939Union PacificFiestaFilm
1939King of ChinatownFrank BaturinFilm
1939Honeymoon in BaliWindow WasherFilm
1939Disputed PassageDr. 'Tubby' ForsterFilm
1939Paris HoneymoonMayor Peter KarlocaFilm
1939The Magnificent FraudJules LaCroix / President AlvaradoFilm
1939Screen Snapshots Series 19, No. 1SelfFilm
1938Spawn of the NorthRed SkainFilm
1938The BuccaneerDominique YouFilm
1938Dangerous to KnowStephen ReckaFilm
1938Ride a Crooked MileMike BalanFilm
1937High, Wide and HandsomeJoe VareseFilm
1937The Soldier and the LadyIvan OgareffFilm
1937This Way PleaseTartar Chieftain (uncredited)Film
1937Her Husband LiesBig Ed BullockFilm
1937The Great GambiniThe Great GambiniFilm
1937King of GamblersSteve KalkasFilm
1936The Story of Louis PasteurDr. ZaranoffFilm
1936DesireAviliaFilm
1936Anthony AdverseCarlo CiboFilm
1936The General Died at DawnGeneral YangFilm
1936The Jungle PrincessKaren NegFilm
1936Woman TrapJoe Ramirez de la ValleFilm
1936Breakdowns of 1936SelfFilm
1935The Lives of a Bengal LancerOtamanuFilm
1935China SeasPaul RomanoffFilm
1935Black FurySokolskyFilm
1935Naughty MariettaRudolphoFilm
1935RecklessChef at Wedding (uncredited)Film
1935The Big Broadcast of 1936BorisFilm
1935The Gay DeceptionSpellekFilm
1935Go Into Your DanceMexican in La Cucaracha CantinaFilm
1935The Winning TicketGuiseppeFilm
1935Paris in SpringCafe ManagerFilm
1935Two-FistedTaxi DriverFilm
1934Queen ChristinaPedro (uncredited)Film
1934The Scarlet EmpressBit Part (uncredited)Film
1934Sadie McKeeRiccoriFilm
1934Now and ForeverFrench Jeweller (uncredited)Film
1934ChainedPablo, the Ranch ChefFilm
1934Here Is My HeartManager of HotelFilm
1934The Captain Hates the SeaGeneral SalazaroFilm
1934Lady by ChoicePoupolis (uncredited)Film
1934Fugitive LoversDeaf-Mute Bus Passenger (uncredited)Film
1934The Great FlirtationPaul WenglerFilm
1934Whom the Gods DestroyPeter KorotoffFilm
1934Straight Is the WayMr. Slavko (uncredited)Film
1933Gabriel Over the White HouseDelegate to the Debt Conference (uncredited)Film
1933The Devil's in LoveAdjutantFilm
1933Storm at DaybreakGypsy Fiddler (uncredited)Film
1933Clear All Wires!Hotel desk clerk (uncredited)Film
1932Okay, America!Bit Role (uncredited)Film