Akim Tamiroff

Akim Tamiroff

Date of Birth:

Oct 27, 1899

Place of Birth:

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

filmography:

Relentless Relentless

1948

Untamed Untamed

1940

Woman Trap Woman Trap

1936

Reckless Reckless

1935

China Seas China Seas

1935

Cartouche Cartouche

1955

Black Fury Black Fury

1935

The Dolls The Dolls

1965

The Widow The Widow

1955

Anastasia Anastasia

1956

Fiesta Fiesta

1947

Chained Chained

1934

Alphaville Alphaville

1965

Lord Jim Lord Jim

1965

Topkapi Topkapi

1964

The Trial The Trial

1962

Two-Fisted Two-Fisted

1935

Desire Desire

1936

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