Akim Tamiroff

Actor

1899-10-27 – 1972-09-17 · Tiflis, Russian Empire [now Tbilisi, Republic of Georgia]

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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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• Sed de mal (1958) — 'Uncle' Joe Grandi
• Alphaville (1965) — Henri Dickson
• El proceso (1962) — Bloch
• La cuadrilla de los once (1960) — Spyros Acebos
• Topkapi (1964) — Gerven the Cook
• Por quién doblan las campanas (1943) — Pablo
• Mister Arkadin (1955) — Jakob Zouk
• Anastasia (1956) — Boris Adreivich Chernov
• Cinco tumbas al Cairo (1943) — Farid
• El tulipán negro (1964) — Marquis de Vigogne
• La reina Cristina de Suecia (1934) — Pedro (uncredited)
• Capricho imperial (1934) — Bit Part (uncredited)
• El milagro de Morgan Creek (1944) — The Boss
• Tras la pista del zorro (1966) — Okra
• Lord Jim (1965) — Schomberg
• Unión Pacífico (1939) — Fiesta
• El gran McGinty (1940) — The Boss
• La viuda alegre (1934) — Manager at Maxim's
• Marqués de Sade: Justine (1969) — Du Harpin
• Piratas del mar Caribe (1942) — The Lamb (uncredited) (voice)
• Tres lanceros bengalíes (1935) — Otamanu
• La tragedia de Louis Pasteur (1936) — Dr. Zaranoff
• Deseo (1936) — Avilia
• El sueño oscuro (1956) — Odo the Gypsy