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