Akim Tamiroff
October 27, 1899 (126 years old) in Tiflis, Russian Empire [now Tbilisi, Republic of Georgia]
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
Credits
- 1993 · La Classe américaine as Dino's Friend (archive footage)
- 1992 · Don Quixote as Sancho Panza
- 1969 · The Great Bank Robbery as Papa (Juan's father)
- 1969 · Marquis de Sade: Justine as Du Harpin
- 1969 · Then Came Bronson as Papa Bear
- 1969 · Death of a Jew as Inspector Mehdaloun
- 1968 · Great Catherine as Sergeant
- 1968 · Either All or None as Pigsty / Dean Light
- 1968 · The Girl Who Couldn't Say No as Uncle Egidio
- 1967 · A Rose for Everyone as Basilio
- 1966 · The Vulture as Prof. Hans Koniglich
- 1966 · A Gangster From Brooklyn as Joe Montano
- 1966 · After the Fox as Okra
- 1966 · Our Husbands as Cesare
- 1966 · Lt. Robin Crusoe U.S.N. as Tanamashu
- 1966 · Adultery Italian Style as Max Portesi