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