Akim Tamiroff
Acting • Born 1899-10-27 – Died 1972-09-17
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
Filmography
144 credits
Ocean's Eleven
Movie • 1960
Spyros Acebos
Touch of Evil
Movie • 1958
'Uncle' Joe Grandi
The Trial
Movie • 1962
Bloch
Topkapi
Movie • 1964
Gerven the Cook
Lord Jim
Movie • 1965
Schomberg
Alphaville
Movie • 1965
Henri Dickson
Don Quixote
Movie • 1992
Sancho Panza
The Black Tulip
Movie • 1964
Marquis de Vigogne
The Gangster
Movie • 1947
Nick Jammey
For Whom the Bell Tolls
Movie • 1943
Pablo
The Black Sleep
Movie • 1956
Odo the Gypsy
The Great McGinty
Movie • 1940
The Boss
Five Graves to Cairo
Movie • 1943
Farid
The Miracle of Morgan's Creek
Movie • 1944
The Boss
The Corsican Brothers
Movie • 1941
Baron Colonna
Union Pacific
Movie • 1939
Fiesta
Sadie McKee
Movie • 1934
Riccori
Yangtse Incident: The Story of H.M.S. Amethyst
Movie • 1957
Colonel Peng
The Lives of a Bengal Lancer
Movie • 1935
Otamanu
Fiesta
Movie • 1947
Chato Vasquez
Mr. Arkadin
Movie • 1955
Jakob Zouk
Anastasia
Movie • 1956
Boris Adreivich Chernov
His Butler's Sister
Movie • 1943
Popoff
The Soldier and the Lady
Movie • 1937
Ivan Ogareff
Chained
Movie • 1934
Pablo, the Ranch Chef
Can't Help Singing
Movie • 1944
Prince Gregory Stroganovsky
High, Wide and Handsome
Movie • 1937
Joe Varese
Lt. Robin Crusoe U.S.N.
Movie • 1966
Tanamashu
North West Mounted Police
Movie • 1940
Dan Duroc
The Gay Deception
Movie • 1935
Spellek
The Story of Louis Pasteur
Movie • 1936
Dr. Zaranoff
The Winning Ticket
Movie • 1935
Guiseppe
Black Magic
Movie • 1949
Gitano
Spawn of the North
Movie • 1938
Red Skain
Desire
Movie • 1936
Avilia
Our Husbands
Movie • 1966
Cesare
New York Town
Movie • 1941
Stefan Janowski
Tortilla Flat
Movie • 1942
Pablo
This Way Please
Movie • 1937
Tartar Chieftain (uncredited)
Honeymoon in Bali
Movie • 1939
Tony
The Vulture
Movie • 1966
Prof. Hans Koniglich
Dragon Seed
Movie • 1944
Wu Lien
The Great Bank Robbery
Movie • 1969
Papa (Juan's father)
Romanoff and Juliet
Movie • 1961
Vadim Romanoff
The Bridge of San Luis Rey
Movie • 1944
Uncle Pio
Great Catherine
Movie • 1968
Sergeant
The General Died at Dawn
Movie • 1936
General Yang
Me and the Colonel
Movie • 1958
Szabuniewicz
Reap the Wild Wind
Movie • 1942
The Lamb (uncredited) (voice)
The Reluctant Saint
Movie • 1962
Bishop Durso
They Who Dare
Movie • 1954
Captain George One
The Buccaneer
Movie • 1938
Dominique You
Hotel Paradiso
Movie • 1966
Hotel Proprietor
A Scandal in Paris
Movie • 1946
Emile Vernet
Clear All Wires!
Movie • 1933
Hotel desk clerk (uncredited)
The Magnificent Fraud
Movie • 1939
Jules LaCroix / President Alvarado
Cartouche
Movie • 1955
Il marchese di Salpiere
Here Is My Heart
Movie • 1934
Manager of Hotel
La moglie di mio marito
Movie • 1961
The Jungle Princess
Movie • 1936
Karen Neg
Then Came Bronson
Movie • 1969
Papa Bear
Outpost in Morocco
Movie • 1949
Lieutenant Glysko
The Big Broadcast of 1936
Movie • 1935
Boris
Relentless
Movie • 1948
Joe Faringo
Pardon My Past
Movie • 1945
Jim Arnold
Go Into Your Dance
Movie • 1935
Mexican in La Cucaracha Cantina
The Bacchantes
Movie • 1961
Teiresias
Two-Fisted
Movie • 1935
Taxi Driver
Paris in Spring
Movie • 1935
Cafe Manager
Desert Legion
Movie • 1953
Pvt. Plevko
Her Husband Lies
Movie • 1937
Big Ed Bullock
King of Chinatown
Movie • 1939
Frank Baturin
Paris Honeymoon
Movie • 1939
Mayor Peter Karloca
The Texas Rangers Ride Again
Movie • 1940
Mio Pio
Reckless
Movie • 1935
Chef at Wedding (uncredited)
Invasion 1700
Movie • 1962
Mielski Zasloba
Marquis de Sade: Justine
Movie • 1969
Du Harpin
Whom the Gods Destroy
Movie • 1934
Peter Korotoff
Dangerous to Know
Movie • 1938
Stephen Recka
Marco the Magnificent
Movie • 1965
The Old Man of the Mountain
The Captain Hates the Sea
Movie • 1934
General Salazaro
The Girl Who Couldn't Say No
Movie • 1968
Uncle Egidio
The Devil's in Love
Movie • 1933
Adjutant
Panic Button
Movie • 1964
Pandowski
You Know What Sailors Are
Movie • 1954
Storm at Daybreak
Movie • 1933
Gypsy Fiddler (uncredited)
China Seas
Movie • 1935
Paul Romanoff
Seduction Of The South
Movie • 1961
O Zingaro
Now and Forever
Movie • 1934
French Jeweller (uncredited)
Untamed
Movie • 1940
Joe Easter
The Great Gambini
Movie • 1937
The Great Gambini
Ride a Crooked Mile
Movie • 1938
Mike Balan
A Rose for Everyone
Movie • 1967
Basilio
The Liquidator
Movie • 1965
Sheriek
Woman Trap
Movie • 1936
Joe Ramirez de la Valle
King of Gamblers
Movie • 1937
Steve Kalkas
Breakdowns of 1936
Movie • 1936
Self
Queen Christina
Movie • 1934
Pedro (uncredited)
Either All or None
Movie • 1968
Pigsty / Dean Light
After the Fox
Movie • 1966
Okra
The Way of All Flesh
Movie • 1940
Paul Kriza
Andy... Andy Silly Andy
Movie • 1964
Bakker, brandmeester
The Last Judgment
Movie • 1961
Play director
Gabriel Over the White House
Movie • 1933
Delegate to the Debt Conference (uncredited)
Desert Desperadoes
Movie • 1959
The Merchant
Disputed Passage
Movie • 1939
Dr. 'Tubby' Forster
Fugitive Lovers
Movie • 1934
Deaf-Mute Bus Passenger (uncredited)
Straight Is the Way
Movie • 1934
Mr. Slavko (uncredited)
The Scarlet Empress
Movie • 1934
Bit Part (uncredited)
Lady by Choice
Movie • 1934
Poupolis (uncredited)
Adultery Italian Style
Movie • 1966
Max Portesi
Ursus and the Tartar Princess
Movie • 1961
Khan of the Tartars
The Widow
Movie • 1955
The Uncle
My Girl Tisa
Movie • 1948
Mr. Grumbach
Twenty Years After
Movie • 1944
(archive footage)
Anthony Adverse
Movie • 1936
Carlo Cibo
The Great Flirtation
Movie • 1934
Paul Wengler
Naughty Marietta
Movie • 1935
Rudolpho
The Dolls
Movie • 1965
Monsignor Arendi (segment "Monsignor Cupido")
The Merry Widow
Movie • 1934
Manager at Maxim's
A Gangster From Brooklyn
Movie • 1966
Joe Montano
Screen Snapshots Series 19, No. 1
Movie • 1939
Self
Crime on a Summer Morning
Movie • 1965
Frank Kramer
La Classe américaine
Movie • 1993
Dino's Friend (archive footage)
Okay, America!
Movie • 1932
Bit Role (uncredited)
The Blue Panther
Movie • 1965
Prof. Lambaré / Dr. Kha
A Queen for Caesar
Movie • 1962
Pompey
Death of a Jew
Movie • 1969
Inspector Mehdaloun
Black Fury
Movie • 1935
Sokolsky
The Miracle Worker
Movie • 1957
Mr. Anagnos
Route 66
TV • 1960
Naked City
TV • 1958
Demetru Lapesku
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
TV • 1958
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
TV • 1951
Captain Torras
Climax!
TV • 1954
Albert Ganz
Matinee Theater
TV • 1955
The Rifleman
TV • 1958
Johnny Ringo
TV • 1959
Andy Baranov
The Defenders
TV • 1961
John Solasky
The DuPont Show with June Allyson
TV • 1959
Tony
Naked City
TV • 1958
Emil Pappas
Four Star Playhouse
TV • 1952
Mendoza
DuPont Show of the Month
TV • 1957
Governor (uncredited)
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
TV • 1964
Chairman Georgi Koz