Akim Tamiroff
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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.
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Acting
Movie
Touch of Evil
as 'Uncle' Joe Grandi
1958
Movie
Alphaville
as Henri Dickson
1965
Movie
The Trial
as Bloch
1962
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Ocean's Eleven
as Spyros Acebos
1960
Movie
La Classe américaine
as Dino's Friend (archive footage)
1993
Movie
Topkapi
as Gerven the Cook
1964
Movie
For Whom the Bell Tolls
as Pablo
1943
Movie
Mr. Arkadin
as Jakob Zouk
1955
Movie
Anastasia
as Boris Adreivich Chernov
1956
Movie
Five Graves to Cairo
as Farid
1943
Movie
The Black Tulip
as Marquis de Vigogne
1964
Movie
The Scarlet Empress
as Bit Part (uncredited)
1934
Movie
Queen Christina
as Pedro (uncredited)
1934
Movie
The Miracle of Morgan's Creek
as The Boss
1944
Movie
Lord Jim
as Schomberg
1965
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After the Fox
as Okra
1966
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Union Pacific
as Fiesta
1939
Movie
The Great McGinty
as The Boss
1940
TV
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
as Chairman Georgi Koz
1964
Movie
The Merry Widow
as Manager at Maxim's
1934
Movie
Marquis de Sade: Justine
as Du Harpin
1969
Movie
Reap the Wild Wind
as The Lamb (uncredited) (voice)
1942
Movie
The Story of Louis Pasteur
as Dr. Zaranoff
1936
Movie
Desire
as Avilia
1936