Akim Tamiroff
Biography
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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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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
131
Gender
Male
Birthday
1899-10-27
Place of Birth
Tiflis, Russian Empire [now Tbilisi, Republic of Georgia]
Also Known As
Akim Tamirof, Akin Tamiroff, Аким Тамирофф, A. Tamiroff, Аким Михайлович Тамиров, Akim Mikhailovich Tamiroff
Known For
Ocean's Eleven 
Touch of Evil 
The Trial 
Topkapi 
Lord Jim 
Alphaville 
Don Quixote 
The Black Tulip 
The Gangster 
For Whom the Bell Tolls 
The Black Sleep 
The Great McGinty 
Five Graves to Cairo 
The Miracle of Morgan's Creek 
The Corsican Brothers 
Union Pacific 
Sadie McKee 
Yangtse Incident: The Story of H.M.S. Amethyst 
The Lives of a Bengal Lancer 
Fiesta 
Mr. Arkadin 
Anastasia 
His Butler's Sister 
The Soldier and the Lady 
Chained 
Can't Help Singing 
High, Wide and Handsome 
Lt. Robin Crusoe U.S.N. 
North West Mounted Police 
The Gay Deception 
The Story of Louis Pasteur 
The Winning Ticket 
Black Magic 
Spawn of the North 
Desire 
Our Husbands 
New York Town 
Tortilla Flat 
This Way Please 
Honeymoon in Bali 
The Vulture 
Dragon Seed 
The Great Bank Robbery 
Romanoff and Juliet 
The Bridge of San Luis Rey 
Great Catherine 
The General Died at Dawn 
Me and the Colonel 
Reap the Wild Wind 
The Reluctant Saint 
They Who Dare 
The Buccaneer 
Hotel Paradiso 
A Scandal in Paris 
Clear All Wires! 
The Magnificent Fraud 
Cartouche 
Here Is My Heart 
La moglie di mio marito 
The Jungle Princess 
Then Came Bronson 
Outpost in Morocco 
The Big Broadcast of 1936 
Relentless 
Pardon My Past 
Go Into Your Dance 
The Bacchantes 
Two-Fisted 
Paris in Spring 
Desert Legion 
Her Husband Lies 
King of Chinatown 
Paris Honeymoon 
The Texas Rangers Ride Again 
Reckless 
Invasion 1700 
Marquis de Sade: Justine 
Whom the Gods Destroy 
Dangerous to Know 
Marco the Magnificent 
The Captain Hates the Sea 
The Girl Who Couldn't Say No 
The Devil's in Love 
Panic Button 
You Know What Sailors Are 
Storm at Daybreak 
China Seas 
Seduction Of The South 
Now and Forever 
Untamed 
The Great Gambini 
Ride a Crooked Mile 
A Rose for Everyone 
The Liquidator 
Woman Trap 
King of Gamblers 
Breakdowns of 1936 
Queen Christina 
Either All or None 
After the Fox 
The Way of All Flesh 
Andy... Andy Silly Andy 
The Last Judgment 
Gabriel Over the White House 
Desert Desperadoes 
Disputed Passage 
Fugitive Lovers 
Straight Is the Way 
The Scarlet Empress 
Lady by Choice 
Adultery Italian Style 
Ursus and the Tartar Princess 
The Widow 
My Girl Tisa 
Twenty Years After 
Anthony Adverse 
The Great Flirtation 
Naughty Marietta 
The Dolls 
The Merry Widow 
A Gangster From Brooklyn 
Screen Snapshots Series 19, No. 1 
Crime on a Summer Morning 
La Classe américaine 
Okay, America! 
The Blue Panther 
A Queen for Caesar 
Death of a Jew 
Black Fury 
The Miracle Worker 
Kolossal - The Magnificent Macisti