Akim Tamiroff
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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Filmography
La Classe américaine
1993
as Dino's Friend (archive footage)
Don Quixote
1992
as Sancho Panza
Kolossal - The Magnificent Macisti
1977
The Great Bank Robbery
1969
as Papa (Juan's father)
Marquis de Sade: Justine
1969
as Du Harpin
Then Came Bronson
1969
as Papa Bear
Death of a Jew
1969
as Inspector Mehdaloun
Great Catherine
1968
as Sergeant
Either All or None
1968
as Pigsty / Dean Light
The Girl Who Couldn't Say No
1968
as Uncle Egidio
A Rose for Everyone
1967
as Basilio
The Vulture
1966
as Prof. Hans Koniglich
A Gangster From Brooklyn
1966
as Joe Montano
After the Fox
1966
as Okra
Our Husbands
1966
as Cesare
Lt. Robin Crusoe U.S.N.
1966
as Tanamashu
Adultery Italian Style
1966
as Max Portesi
Hotel Paradiso
1966
as Hotel Proprietor
The Liquidator
1965
as Sheriek
The Blue Panther
1965
as Prof. Lambaré / Dr. Kha
Marco the Magnificent
1965
as The Old Man of the Mountain
Alphaville
1965
as Henri Dickson
Crime on a Summer Morning
1965
as Frank Kramer
Lord Jim
1965
as Schomberg