Akim Tamiroff
Acting Born Oct 27, 1899 Tiflis, Russian Empire [now Tbilisi, Republic of Georgia] 24 credits
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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Full filmography
- The Rifleman (1958)
- Four Star Playhouse (1952) as Mendoza
- Climax! (1954) as Albert Ganz
- Naked City (1958) as Demetru Lapesku
- Naked City (1958) as Emil Pappas
- Matinee Theater (1955)
- Route 66 (1960)
- The Defenders (1961) as John Solasky
- The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (1964) as Chairman Georgi Koz
- Johnny Ringo (1959) as Andy Baranov
- Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse (1958)
- The DuPont Show with June Allyson (1959) as Tony
- DuPont Show of the Month (1957) as Governor (uncredited)
- Ocean's Eleven (1960) as Spyros Acebos
- Touch of Evil (1958) as 'Uncle' Joe Grandi
- Marquis de Sade: Justine (1969) as Du Harpin
- The Story of Louis Pasteur (1936) as Dr. Zaranoff
- Schlitz Playhouse of Stars (1951) as Captain Torras
- The Trial (1962) as Bloch
- The Black Tulip (1964) as Marquis de Vigogne
- Reap the Wild Wind (1942) as The Lamb (uncredited) (voice)
- Alphaville (1965) as Henri Dickson
- For Whom the Bell Tolls (1943) as Pablo
- Anastasia (1956) as Boris Adreivich Chernov