Biography
βFrom Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Akim Mikhailovich Tamiroff (Russian: ΠΠΊΠΈΠΌ ΠΠΈΡ Π°ΠΉΠ»ΠΎΠ²ΠΈΡ Π’Π°ΠΌΠΈΡΠΎΠ²; 29 October 1899 β 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
A Gangster From Brooklyn
Joe Montano
A Scandal in Paris
Emile Vernet
The Black Tulip
Marquis de Vigogne
The Black Sleep
Odo the Gypsy
Desert Desperadoes
The Merchant
A Queen for Caesar
Pompey
Storm at Daybreak
Gypsy Fiddler (uncredited)
Ocean's Eleven
Spyros Acebos
China Seas
Paul Romanoff
Outpost in Morocco
Lieutenant Glysko