Akim Tamiroff
Biography
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
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Movies (42)
La Classe américaine
as Dino's Friend (archive footage)
1993
Don Quixote
as Sancho Panza
1992
The Great Bank Robbery
as Papa (Juan's father)
1969
Marquis de Sade: Justine
as Du Harpin
1969
Then Came Bronson
as Papa Bear
1969
Death of a Jew
as Inspector Mehdaloun
1969
Great Catherine
as Sergeant
1968
Either All or None
as Pigsty / Dean Light
1968
The Girl Who Couldn't Say No
as Uncle Egidio
1968
A Rose for Everyone
as Basilio
1967
The Vulture
as Prof. Hans Koniglich
1966
A Gangster From Brooklyn
as Joe Montano
1966
After the Fox
as Okra
1966
Our Husbands
as Cesare
1966
Lt. Robin Crusoe U.S.N.
as Tanamashu
1966
Adultery Italian Style
as Max Portesi
1966
Hotel Paradiso
as Hotel Proprietor
1966
The Liquidator
as Sheriek
1965
The Blue Panther
as Prof. Lambaré / Dr. Kha
1965
Marco the Magnificent
as The Old Man of the Mountain
1965
Alphaville
as Henri Dickson
1965
Crime on a Summer Morning
as Frank Kramer
1965
Lord Jim
as Schomberg
1965
The Dolls
as Monsignor Arendi (segment "Monsignor Cupido")
1965
Andy... Andy Silly Andy
as Bakker, brandmeester
1964
Topkapi
as Gerven the Cook
1964
Panic Button
as Pandowski
1964
The Black Tulip
as Marquis de Vigogne
1964
The Trial
as Bloch
1962
A Queen for Caesar
as Pompey
1962
The Reluctant Saint
as Bishop Durso
1962
Invasion 1700
as Mielski Zasloba
1962
Ursus and the Tartar Princess
as Khan of the Tartars
1961
Seduction Of The South
as O Zingaro
1961
The Last Judgment
as Play director
1961
Romanoff and Juliet
as Vadim Romanoff
1961
The Bacchantes
as Teiresias
1961
La moglie di mio marito
1961
Ocean's Eleven
as Spyros Acebos
1960
Desert Desperadoes
as The Merchant
1959
Me and the Colonel
as Szabuniewicz
1958
Touch of Evil
as 'Uncle' Joe Grandi
1958
