Akim Tamiroff
Acting
Born October 27, 1899 · Tiflis, Russian Empire [now Tbilisi, Republic of Georgia]
Died September 17, 1972
Also known as Akim Tamirof · Akin Tamiroff · Аким Тамирофф
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
Awards & recognition
- star on Hollywood Walk of Fame
- Academy Award — Best Supporting Actor · 1944 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Supporting Actor · 1937 · nominated
Filmography50+ titles
Touch of Evil
Honeymoon in Bali
The Trial
The Soldier and the Lady
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
The Rifleman
Five Graves to Cairo
The Corsican Brothers
The Great McGinty
Desire
Sadie McKee
Alphaville
The Miracle of Morgan's Creek
The Story of Louis Pasteur
The Scarlet Empress
Queen Christina
Lord Jim
Anastasia
Confidential Report
Four Star Playhouse
High, Wide and Handsome
The Merry Widow
Route 66
Dragon Seed
Clear All Wires!
The Great Bank Robbery
Topkapi
For Whom the Bell Tolls
Ocean's Eleven
Relentless
A Scandal in Paris
The Buccaneer
The Black Tulip
Black Magic
Black Fury
The Gay Deception
The Black Sleep
China Seas
After the Fox
Our Husbands
Lt. Robin Crusoe U.S.N.
Tortilla Flat
Romanoff and Juliet
Naked City
King of Chinatown
A Queen for Caesar
Outpost in Morocco
The Gangster
Marquis de Sade's Justine
Reckless