Akim Tamiroff
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
Birthday: 27 October 1899
Birth place: Tiflis, Russian Empire [now Tbilisi, Republic of Georgia]
Known for: Acting
Movies known for
Ocean's Eleven
Touch of Evil
The Trial
Topkapi
Lord Jim
Alphaville
Don Quixote
The Black Tulip
The Gangster
For Whom the Bell Tolls
The Black Sleep
The Great McGinty
Five Graves to Cairo
The Miracle of Morgan’s Creek
The Corsican Brothers
Union Pacific
Sadie McKee
Yangtse Incident: The Story of H.M.S. Amethyst
The Lives of a Bengal Lancer
Fiesta
Mr. Arkadin
Anastasia
His Butler's Sister
The Soldier and the Lady
Chained
Can't Help Singing
High, Wide and Handsome
Lt. Robin Crusoe U.S.N.
North West Mounted Police
The Gay Deception
The Story of Louis Pasteur
The Winning Ticket
Black Magic
Spawn of the North
Desire
Our Husbands
New York Town
Tortilla Flat
This Way Please
Honeymoon in Bali
The Vulture
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Naked City
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
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Climax!
Matinee Theater
The Rifleman
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The Defenders
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Naked City
Four Star Playhouse
DuPont Show of the Month
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.