Akim Tamiroff
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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
Known for
Credits
Touch of Evil (1958)
as 'Uncle' Joe Grandi
Ocean's Eleven (1960)
as Spyros Acebos
Alphaville (1965)
as Henri Dickson
Marquis de Sade: Justine (1969)
as Du Harpin
Five Graves to Cairo (1943)
as Farid
For Whom the Bell Tolls (1943)
as Pablo
Mr. Arkadin (1955)
as Jakob Zouk
The Black Tulip (1964)
as Marquis de Vigogne
The Trial (1962)
as Bloch
Black Magic (1949)
as Gitano
Queen Christina (1934)
as Pedro (uncredited)
Lord Jim (1965)
as Schomberg
Yangtse Incident: The Story of H.M.S. Amethyst (1957)
as Colonel Peng
Reap the Wild Wind (1942)
as The Lamb (uncredited) (voice)
Marco the Magnificent (1965)
as The Old Man of the Mountain
North West Mounted Police (1940)
as Dan Duroc
The Scarlet Empress (1934)
as Bit Part (uncredited)
Lt. Robin Crusoe U.S.N. (1966)
as Tanamashu
Union Pacific (1939)
as Fiesta
Desire (1936)
as Avilia
A Scandal in Paris (1946)
as Emile Vernet
Naughty Marietta (1935)
as Rudolpho
The Corsican Brothers (1942)
as Baron Colonna
The Lives of a Bengal Lancer (1935)
as Otamanu
Anastasia (1956)
as Boris Adreivich Chernov
The Great Bank Robbery (1969)
as Papa (Juan's father)
Kolossal - The Magnificent Macisti (1977)
Actor
Gabriel Over the White House (1933)
as Delegate to the Debt Conference (uncredited)
Fiesta (1947)
as Chato Vasquez
The Miracle of Morgan's Creek (1944)
as The Boss
The General Died at Dawn (1936)
as General Yang
Dragon Seed (1944)
as Wu Lien
Spawn of the North (1938)
as Red Skain
The Story of Louis Pasteur (1936)
as Dr. Zaranoff
His Butler's Sister (1943)
as Popoff
The Soldier and the Lady (1937)
as Ivan Ogareff
The Jungle Princess (1936)
as Karen Neg
La Classe américaine (1993)
as Dino's Friend (archive footage)
China Seas (1935)
as Paul Romanoff
The Gangster (1947)
as Nick Jammey
Anthony Adverse (1936)
as Carlo Cibo
Ursus and the Tartar Princess (1961)
as Khan of the Tartars
Woman Trap (1936)
as Joe Ramirez de la Valle
After the Fox (1966)
as Okra
Crime on a Summer Morning (1965)
as Frank Kramer
They Who Dare (1954)
as Captain George One
Me and the Colonel (1958)
as Szabuniewicz
Sadie McKee (1934)
as Riccori
Ride a Crooked Mile (1938)
as Mike Balan
Cartouche (1955)
as Il marchese di Salpiere
Can't Help Singing (1944)
as Prince Gregory Stroganovsky
Don Quixote (1992)
as Sancho Panza
Twenty Years After (1944)
as (archive footage)
A Queen for Caesar (1962)
as Pompey
Outpost in Morocco (1949)
as Lieutenant Glysko
The Blue Panther (1965)
as Prof. Lambaré / Dr. Kha
A Rose for Everyone (1967)
as Basilio
The Liquidator (1965)
as Sheriek
The Gay Deception (1935)
as Spellek
The Texas Rangers Ride Again (1940)
as Mio Pio
Death of a Jew (1969)
as Inspector Mehdaloun
Desert Desperadoes (1959)
as The Merchant
The Black Sleep (1956)
as Odo the Gypsy
Topkapi (1964)
as Gerven the Cook
High, Wide and Handsome (1937)
as Joe Varese
Go Into Your Dance (1935)
as Mexican in La Cucaracha Cantina
Invasion 1700 (1962)
as Mielski Zasloba
Fugitive Lovers (1934)
as Deaf-Mute Bus Passenger (uncredited)
Seduction Of The South (1961)
as O Zingaro
Untamed (1940)
as Joe Easter
A Gangster From Brooklyn (1966)
as Joe Montano
The Way of All Flesh (1940)
as Paul Kriza
The Buccaneer (1938)
as Dominique You
The Big Broadcast of 1936 (1935)
as Boris
Hotel Paradiso (1966)
as Hotel Proprietor
You Know What Sailors Are (1954)
Actor
Dangerous to Know (1938)
as Stephen Recka
The Last Judgment (1961)
as Play director
The Devil's in Love (1933)
as Adjutant
The Bridge of San Luis Rey (1944)
as Uncle Pio
Tortilla Flat (1942)
as Pablo
The Great McGinty (1940)
as The Boss
Pardon My Past (1945)
as Jim Arnold
Whom the Gods Destroy (1934)
as Peter Korotoff
Chained (1934)
as Pablo, the Ranch Chef
La moglie di mio marito (1961)
Actor
King of Chinatown (1939)
as Frank Baturin
Here Is My Heart (1934)
as Manager of Hotel
Desert Legion (1953)
as Pvt. Plevko
Our Husbands (1966)
as Cesare
Relentless (1948)
as Joe Faringo
Reckless (1935)
as Chef at Wedding (uncredited)
Either All or None (1968)
as Pigsty / Dean Light
The Dolls (1965)
as Monsignor Arendi (segment "Monsignor Cupido")
Clear All Wires! (1933)
as Hotel desk clerk (uncredited)
New York Town (1941)
as Stefan Janowski
My Girl Tisa (1948)
as Mr. Grumbach
Black Fury (1935)
as Sokolsky
Screen Snapshots Series 19, No. 1 (1939)
as Self
Her Husband Lies (1937)
as Big Ed Bullock
Panic Button (1964)
as Pandowski
Storm at Daybreak (1933)
as Gypsy Fiddler (uncredited)
Now and Forever (1934)
as French Jeweller (uncredited)
Then Came Bronson (1969)
as Papa Bear
The Winning Ticket (1935)
as Guiseppe
Straight Is the Way (1934)
as Mr. Slavko (uncredited)
The Reluctant Saint (1962)
as Bishop Durso
Honeymoon in Bali (1939)
as Window Washer
Two-Fisted (1935)
as Taxi Driver
The Magnificent Fraud (1939)
as Jules LaCroix / President Alvarado
The Great Flirtation (1934)
as Paul Wengler
Paris Honeymoon (1939)
as Mayor Peter Karloca
Breakdowns of 1936 (1936)
as Self
Adultery Italian Style (1966)
as Max Portesi
The Captain Hates the Sea (1934)
as General Salazaro
This Way Please (1937)
as Tartar Chieftain (uncredited)
The Great Gambini (1937)
as The Great Gambini
Paris in Spring (1935)
as Cafe Manager
The Girl Who Couldn't Say No (1968)
as Uncle Egidio
Romanoff and Juliet (1961)
as Vadim Romanoff
The Bacchantes (1961)
as Teiresias
King of Gamblers (1937)
as Steve Kalkas
Lady by Choice (1934)
as Poupolis (uncredited)
Okay, America! (1932)
as Bit Role (uncredited)
Great Catherine (1968)
as Sergeant
Disputed Passage (1939)
as Dr. 'Tubby' Forster
The Vulture (1966)
as Prof. Hans Koniglich
The Widow (1955)
as The Uncle
The Miracle Worker (1957)
as Mr. Anagnos
Andy... Andy Silly Andy (1964)
as Bakker, brandmeester