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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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The roles that explain the career.
80 credits across 1 departments.
| Year | Title | Role | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1992 | Don Quixote | Sancho Panza | Film |
| 1969 | Marquis de Sade: Justine | Du Harpin | Film |
| 1969 | Then Came Bronson | Papa Bear | TV |
| 1969 | The Great Bank Robbery | Papa (Juan's father) | Film |
| 1968 | Great Catherine | Sergeant | Film |
| 1968 | Either All or None | Pigsty / Dean Light | Film |
| 1966 | The Vulture | Prof. Hans Koniglich | Film |
| 1966 | Hotel Paradiso | Hotel Proprietor | Film |
| 1966 | Our Husbands | Cesare | Film |
| 1966 | After the Fox | Okra | Film |
| 1966 | Lt. Robin Crusoe U.S.N. | Tanamashu | Film |
| 1966 | Adultery Italian Style | Max Portesi | Film |
| 1965 | The Liquidator | Sheriek | Film |
| 1965 | The Dolls | Monsignor Arendi (segment "Monsignor Cupido") | Film |
| 1965 | The Blue Panther | Prof. Lambaré / Dr. Kha | Film |
| 1965 | Crime on a Summer Morning | Frank Kramer | Film |
| 1965 | Lord Jim | Schomberg | Film |
| 1965 | Marco the Magnificent | The Old Man of the Mountain | Film |
| 1965 | Alphaville | Henri Dickson | Film |
| 1964 | The Black Tulip | Marquis de Vigogne | Film |
| 1964 | Topkapi | Gerven the Cook | Film |
| 1962 | The Trial | Bloch | Film |
| 1962 | The Reluctant Saint | Bishop Durso | Film |
| 1961 | Seduction Of The South | O Zingaro | Film |
| 1961 | The Last Judgment | Play director | Film |
| 1961 | Romanoff and Juliet | Vadim Romanoff | Film |
| 1960 | Ocean's Eleven | Spyros Acebos | Film |
| 1958 | Me and the Colonel | Szabuniewicz | Film |
| 1958 | Touch of Evil | 'Uncle' Joe Grandi | Film |
| 1957 | Yangtse Incident: The Story of H.M.S. Amethyst | Colonel Peng | Film |
| 1956 | The Black Sleep | Odo the Gypsy | Film |
| 1956 | Anastasia | Boris Adreivich Chernov | Film |
| 1955 | Cartouche | Il marchese di Salpiere | Film |
| 1955 | Mr. Arkadin | Jakob Zouk | Film |
| 1954 | They Who Dare | Captain George One | Film |
| 1949 | Black Magic | Gitano | Film |
| 1949 | Outpost in Morocco | Lieutenant Glysko | Film |
| 1948 | Relentless | Joe Faringo | Film |
| 1947 | Fiesta | Chato Vasquez | Film |
| 1947 | The Gangster | Nick Jammey | Film |
| 1946 | A Scandal in Paris | Emile Vernet | Film |
| 1945 | Pardon My Past | Jim Arnold | Film |
| 1944 | The Bridge of San Luis Rey | Uncle Pio | Film |
| 1944 | Dragon Seed | Wu Lien | Film |
| 1944 | The Miracle of Morgan's Creek | The Boss | Film |
| 1944 | Can't Help Singing | Prince Gregory Stroganovsky | Film |
| 1943 | For Whom the Bell Tolls | Pablo | Film |
| 1943 | Five Graves to Cairo | Farid | Film |
| 1943 | His Butler's Sister | Popoff | Film |
| 1942 | Tortilla Flat | Pablo | Film |
| 1941 | The Corsican Brothers | Baron Colonna | Film |
| 1941 | New York Town | Stefan Janowski | Film |
| 1940 | North West Mounted Police | Dan Duroc | Film |
| 1940 | The Great McGinty | The Boss | Film |
| 1939 | Union Pacific | Fiesta | Film |
| 1939 | Disputed Passage | Dr. 'Tubby' Forster | Film |
| 1939 | Honeymoon in Bali | Window Washer | Film |
| 1939 | The Magnificent Fraud | Jules LaCroix / President Alvarado | Film |
| 1938 | Spawn of the North | Red Skain | Film |
| 1938 | The Buccaneer | Dominique You | Film |
| 1937 | The Soldier and the Lady | Ivan Ogareff | Film |
| 1937 | High, Wide and Handsome | Joe Varese | Film |
| 1937 | This Way Please | Tartar Chieftain (uncredited) | Film |
| 1936 | Anthony Adverse | Carlo Cibo | Film |
| 1936 | The General Died at Dawn | General Yang | Film |
| 1936 | The Story of Louis Pasteur | Dr. Zaranoff | Film |
| 1936 | Desire | Avilia | Film |
| 1936 | The Jungle Princess | Karen Neg | Film |
| 1936 | Breakdowns of 1936 | Self | Film |
| 1935 | The Gay Deception | Spellek | Film |
| 1935 | Reckless | Chef at Wedding (uncredited) | Film |
| 1935 | China Seas | Paul Romanoff | Film |
| 1935 | The Big Broadcast of 1936 | Boris | Film |
| 1935 | The Lives of a Bengal Lancer | Otamanu | Film |
| 1935 | The Winning Ticket | Guiseppe | Film |
| 1935 | Naughty Marietta | Rudolpho | Film |
| 1935 | Black Fury | Sokolsky | Film |
| 1934 | Sadie McKee | Riccori | Film |
| 1934 | Chained | Pablo, the Ranch Chef | Film |
| 1934 | Lady by Choice | Poupolis (uncredited) | Film |
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