Born
1899-10-27 (age 126)
Birthplace
Tiflis, Russian Empire [now Tbilisi, Republic of Georgia]
Known For
Acting
Akim Tamiroff
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
Also Known As
Movie Appearances
Ocean's Eleven
as Spyros Acebos
1960
Touch of Evil
as 'Uncle' Joe Grandi
1958
The Trial
as Bloch
1962
Topkapi
as Gerven the Cook
1964
Lord Jim
as Schomberg
1965
Alphaville
as Henri Dickson
1965
Don Quixote
as Sancho Panza
1992
The Black Tulip
as Marquis de Vigogne
1964
The Gangster
as Nick Jammey
1947
For Whom the Bell Tolls
as Pablo
1943
The Black Sleep
as Odo the Gypsy
1956
The Great McGinty
as The Boss
1940
Five Graves to Cairo
as Farid
1943
The Miracle of Morgan's Creek
as The Boss
1944
The Corsican Brothers
as Baron Colonna
1941
Union Pacific
as Fiesta
1939
Sadie McKee
as Riccori
1934
Yangtse Incident: The Story of H.M.S. Amethyst
as Colonel Peng
1957
The Lives of a Bengal Lancer
as Otamanu
1935
Fiesta
as Chato Vasquez
1947
TV Appearances
Route 66
1960
Naked City
as Demetru Lapesku
1958
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
1958
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
as Captain Torras
1951
Climax!
as Albert Ganz
1954
Matinee Theater
1955
The Rifleman
1958
Johnny Ringo
as Andy Baranov
1959
The Defenders
as John Solasky
1961
The DuPont Show with June Allyson
as Tony
1959
Naked City
as Emil Pappas
1958
Four Star Playhouse
as Mendoza
1952