Acting
Akim Tamiroff
Born 1899-10-27 · Tiflis, Russian Empire [now Tbilisi, Republic of Georgia] · Died 1972-09-17
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
Touch of Evil
Ocean's Eleven
The Trial
For Whom the Bell Tolls
Alphaville
Marquis de Sade: Justine
Topkapi
Lord Jim
The Black Tulip
Anastasia
La Classe américaine
Reap the Wild Wind
Queen Christina
After the Fox
The Scarlet Empress
Five Graves to Cairo
The Corsican Brothers
Mr. Arkadin
The Blue Panther
The Miracle of Morgan’s Creek
Adultery Italian Style
The Reluctant Saint
Desire
The Black Sleep
Union Pacific
The Merry Widow
Dragon Seed
A Scandal in Paris
The Great McGinty
Black Magic
China Seas
King of Chinatown
The Captain Hates the Sea
The Last Judgment
The Story of Louis Pasteur
Don Quixote
The Dolls
Naughty Marietta
New York Town
The Buccaneer