Akim Tamiroff

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Birthdate

1899-10-27

Day of Death

1972-09-17

Place of Birth

Tiflis, Russian Empire [now Tbilisi, Republic of Georgia]

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

Filmography (131)

⭐ 7.6 Role: Dino's Friend (archive footage)

La Classe américaine

⭐ 6.2 Role: Sancho Panza

Don Quixote

⭐ 9.0 Role: Unknown

Kolossal - The Magnificent Macisti

⭐ 6.6 Role: Papa (Juan's father)

The Great Bank Robbery

⭐ 5.1 Role: Du Harpin

Marquis de Sade: Justine

⭐ 4.9 Role: Papa Bear

Then Came Bronson

⭐ 8.0 Role: Inspector Mehdaloun

Death of a Jew

⭐ 5.9 Role: Sergeant

Great Catherine

⭐ 4.5 Role: Pigsty / Dean Light

Either All or None

⭐ 7.0 Role: Uncle Egidio

The Girl Who Couldn't Say No

⭐ 6.0 Role: Basilio

A Rose for Everyone

⭐ 5.0 Role: Prof. Hans Koniglich

The Vulture

⭐ 7.0 Role: Joe Montano

A Gangster From Brooklyn

⭐ 6.1 Role: Okra

After the Fox

⭐ 6.0 Role: Cesare

Our Husbands

⭐ 5.8 Role: Tanamashu

Lt. Robin Crusoe U.S.N.

⭐ 6.2 Role: Max Portesi

Adultery Italian Style

⭐ 6.0 Role: Hotel Proprietor

Hotel Paradiso

⭐ 6.3 Role: Sheriek

The Liquidator

⭐ 5.0 Role: Prof. Lambaré / Dr. Kha

The Blue Panther

⭐ 4.8 Role: The Old Man of the Mountain

Marco the Magnificent

⭐ 6.9 Role: Henri Dickson

Alphaville

⭐ 6.6 Role: Frank Kramer

Crime on a Summer Morning

⭐ 6.8 Role: Schomberg

Lord Jim

⭐ 5.3 Role: Monsignor Arendi (segment "Monsignor Cupido")

The Dolls

⭐ 9.0 Role: Bakker, brandmeester

Andy... Andy Silly Andy

⭐ 6.5 Role: Gerven the Cook

Topkapi

⭐ 4.7 Role: Pandowski

Panic Button

⭐ 6.3 Role: Marquis de Vigogne

The Black Tulip

⭐ 5.4 Role: Pompey

A Queen for Caesar

⭐ 7.8 Role: Bishop Durso

The Reluctant Saint

⭐ 7.4 Role: Bloch

The Trial

⭐ 6.6 Role: Mielski Zasloba

Invasion 1700

⭐ 5.5 Role: Khan of the Tartars

Ursus and the Tartar Princess

⭐ 5.3 Role: O Zingaro

Seduction Of The South

⭐ 6.5 Role: Play director

The Last Judgment

⭐ 5.7 Role: Vadim Romanoff

Romanoff and Juliet

⭐ 5.3 Role: Teiresias

The Bacchantes

⭐ 6.5 Role: Unknown

La moglie di mio marito

⭐ 6.4 Role: Spyros Acebos

Ocean's Eleven

⭐ 3.8 Role: The Merchant

Desert Desperadoes

⭐ 6.5 Role: Szabuniewicz

Me and the Colonel

⭐ 7.7 Role: 'Uncle' Joe Grandi

Touch of Evil

⭐ 7.3 Role: Colonel Peng

Yangtse Incident: The Story of H.M.S. Amethyst

⭐ 0 Role: Mr. Anagnos

The Miracle Worker

⭐ 6.8 Role: Boris Adreivich Chernov

Anastasia

⭐ 6.1 Role: Odo the Gypsy

The Black Sleep

⭐ 9.0 Role: The Uncle

The Widow

⭐ 5.8 Role: Il marchese di Salpiere

Cartouche

⭐ 6.8 Role: Jakob Zouk

Mr. Arkadin

⭐ 5.2 Role: Unknown

You Know What Sailors Are

⭐ 5.9 Role: Captain George One

They Who Dare

⭐ 6.1 Role: Pvt. Plevko

Desert Legion

⭐ 6.3 Role: Gitano

Black Magic

⭐ 5.3 Role: Lieutenant Glysko

Outpost in Morocco

⭐ 6.4 Role: Joe Faringo

Relentless

⭐ 9.0 Role: Mr. Grumbach

My Girl Tisa

⭐ 5.2 Role: Nick Jammey

The Gangster

⭐ 6.2 Role: Chato Vasquez

Fiesta

⭐ 6.4 Role: Emile Vernet

A Scandal in Paris

⭐ 6.7 Role: Jim Arnold

Pardon My Past

⭐ 6.0 Role: Prince Gregory Stroganovsky

Can't Help Singing

⭐ 6.9 Role: The Boss

The Miracle of Morgan's Creek

⭐ 6.7 Role: Wu Lien

Dragon Seed

⭐ 6.3 Role: Uncle Pio

The Bridge of San Luis Rey

⭐ 8.0 Role: (archive footage)

Twenty Years After

⭐ 7.2 Role: Popoff

His Butler's Sister

⭐ 6.5 Role: Pablo

For Whom the Bell Tolls

⭐ 7.0 Role: Farid

Five Graves to Cairo

⭐ 5.8 Role: Pablo

Tortilla Flat

⭐ 6.4 Role: The Lamb (uncredited) (voice)

Reap the Wild Wind

⭐ 7.0 Role: Baron Colonna

The Corsican Brothers

⭐ 8.5 Role: Stefan Janowski

New York Town

⭐ 5.6 Role: Mio Pio

The Texas Rangers Ride Again

⭐ 6.4 Role: Dan Duroc

North West Mounted Police

⭐ 7.0 Role: The Boss

The Great McGinty

⭐ 5.0 Role: Joe Easter

Untamed

⭐ 4.6 Role: Paul Kriza

The Way of All Flesh

⭐ 7.0 Role: Dr. 'Tubby' Forster

Disputed Passage

⭐ 7.5 Role: Tony

Honeymoon in Bali

⭐ 6.0 Role: Self

Screen Snapshots Series 19, No. 1

⭐ 9.0 Role: Jules LaCroix / President Alvarado

The Magnificent Fraud

⭐ 6.7 Role: Fiesta

Union Pacific

⭐ 5.7 Role: Frank Baturin

King of Chinatown

⭐ 5.5 Role: Mayor Peter Karloca

Paris Honeymoon

⭐ 7.0 Role: Mike Balan

Ride a Crooked Mile

⭐ 6.0 Role: Red Skain

Spawn of the North

⭐ 6.6 Role: Stephen Recka

Dangerous to Know

⭐ 6.4 Role: Dominique You

The Buccaneer

⭐ 7.0 Role: Tartar Chieftain (uncredited)

This Way Please

⭐ 6.8 Role: Joe Varese

High, Wide and Handsome

⭐ 7.5 Role: The Great Gambini

The Great Gambini

⭐ 7.5 Role: Steve Kalkas

King of Gamblers

⭐ 7.3 Role: Ivan Ogareff

The Soldier and the Lady

⭐ 7.0 Role: Big Ed Bullock

Her Husband Lies

⭐ 0 Role: Self

Breakdowns of 1936

⭐ 6.4 Role: Karen Neg

The Jungle Princess

⭐ 6.5 Role: General Yang

The General Died at Dawn

⭐ 5.8 Role: Carlo Cibo

Anthony Adverse

⭐ 7.0 Role: Avilia

Desire

⭐ 8.0 Role: Joe Ramirez de la Valle

Woman Trap

⭐ 6.9 Role: Dr. Zaranoff

The Story of Louis Pasteur

⭐ 8.5 Role: Taxi Driver

Two-Fisted

⭐ 5.8 Role: Boris

The Big Broadcast of 1936

⭐ 6.3 Role: Spellek

The Gay Deception

⭐ 6.2 Role: Paul Romanoff

China Seas

⭐ 7.0 Role: Cafe Manager

Paris in Spring

⭐ 6.3 Role: Sokolsky

Black Fury

⭐ 7.2 Role: Mexican in La Cucaracha Cantina

Go Into Your Dance

⭐ 5.1 Role: Chef at Wedding (uncredited)

Reckless

⭐ 5.4 Role: Rudolpho

Naughty Marietta

⭐ 4.2 Role: Guiseppe

The Winning Ticket

⭐ 6.6 Role: Otamanu

The Lives of a Bengal Lancer

⭐ 7.3 Role: Manager of Hotel

Here Is My Heart

⭐ 6.4 Role: General Salazaro

The Captain Hates the Sea

⭐ 6.8 Role: Manager at Maxim's

The Merry Widow

⭐ 6.9 Role: Poupolis (uncredited)

Lady by Choice

⭐ 7.1 Role: Pablo, the Ranch Chef

Chained

⭐ 6.8 Role: French Jeweller (uncredited)

Now and Forever

⭐ 6.3 Role: Mr. Slavko (uncredited)

Straight Is the Way

⭐ 6.0 Role: Peter Korotoff

Whom the Gods Destroy

⭐ 3.5 Role: Paul Wengler

The Great Flirtation

⭐ 7.0 Role: Riccori

Sadie McKee

⭐ 6.9 Role: Bit Part (uncredited)

The Scarlet Empress

⭐ 6.9 Role: Pedro (uncredited)

Queen Christina

⭐ 6.2 Role: Deaf-Mute Bus Passenger (uncredited)

Fugitive Lovers

⭐ 6.0 Role: Adjutant

The Devil's in Love

⭐ 6.6 Role: Gypsy Fiddler (uncredited)

Storm at Daybreak

⭐ 6.9 Role: Delegate to the Debt Conference (uncredited)

Gabriel Over the White House

⭐ 6.7 Role: Hotel desk clerk (uncredited)

Clear All Wires!

⭐ 5.8 Role: Bit Role (uncredited)

Okay, America!