Akim Tamiroff
Acting
Born 1899-10-27 · Tiflis, Russian Empire [now Tbilisi, Republic of Georgia]
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
Touch of Evil
1958 · Movie
Ocean's Eleven
1960 · Movie
The Trial
1962 · Movie
The Magnificent Fraud
1939 · Movie
Alphaville
1965 · Movie
The Black Tulip
1964 · Movie
New York Town
1941 · Movie
Lord Jim
1965 · Movie
Kolossal - The Magnificent Macisti
1977 · Movie
La Classe américaine
1993 · Movie
My Girl Tisa
1948 · Movie
Anastasia
1956 · Movie
For Whom the Bell Tolls
1943 · Movie
Twenty Years After
1944 · Movie
The Widow
1955 · Movie
Two-Fisted
1935 · Movie
Queen Christina
1934 · Movie
Union Pacific
1939 · Movie
The Reluctant Saint
1962 · Movie
Five Graves to Cairo
1943 · Movie
The Scarlet Empress
1934 · Movie
Marquis de Sade: Justine
1969 · Movie
Mr. Arkadin
1955 · Movie
Andy... Andy Silly Andy
1964 · Movie
Chained
1934 · Movie
Sadie McKee
1934 · Movie
The Soldier and the Lady
1937 · Movie
Topkapi
1964 · Movie
The Merry Widow
1934 · Movie
North West Mounted Police
1940 · Movie
Woman Trap
1936 · Movie
Desire
1936 · Movie
The Great McGinty
1940 · Movie
Dragon Seed
1944 · Movie
Honeymoon in Bali
1939 · Movie
Death of a Jew
1969 · Movie
China Seas
1935 · Movie
The Girl Who Couldn't Say No
1968 · Movie
His Butler's Sister
1943 · Movie
The Corsican Brothers
1941 · Movie
Now and Forever
1934 · Movie
Reap the Wild Wind
1942 · Movie
The Last Judgment
1961 · Movie
Pardon My Past
1945 · Movie
Here Is My Heart
1934 · Movie
The Miracle of Morgan's Creek
1944 · Movie
Desert Legion
1953 · Movie
Yangtse Incident: The Story of H.M.S. Amethyst
1957 · Movie
Relentless
1948 · Movie
The Lives of a Bengal Lancer
1935 · Movie
The Great Gambini
1937 · Movie
Gabriel Over the White House
1933 · Movie
Black Magic
1949 · Movie
High, Wide and Handsome
1937 · Movie
King of Gamblers
1937 · Movie
The Story of Louis Pasteur
1936 · Movie
Go Into Your Dance
1935 · Movie
The Buccaneer
1938 · Movie
The Great Bank Robbery
1969 · Movie
Disputed Passage
1939 · Movie