Birthday
1899/10/27
Day of death
1972/09/17 (72 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Tiflis, Russian Empire [now Tbilisi, Republic of Georgia]
Also know as
Akim Tamirof, Akin Tamiroff, Аким Тамирофф, A. Tamiroff, Аким Михайлович Тамиров, Akim Mikhailovich Tamiroff
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 h...Read more
(1960) Ocean's Eleven
as Spyros Acebos
(1958) Touch of Evil
as 'Uncle' Joe Grandi
(1962) The Trial
as Bloch
(1964) Topkapi
as Gerven the Cook
(1965) Lord Jim
as Schomberg
(1965) Alphaville
as Henri Dickson
(1992) Don Quixote
as Sancho Panza
(1964) The Black Tulip
as Marquis de Vigogne
(1947) The Gangster
as Nick Jammey
(1943) For Whom the Bell Tolls
as Pablo
(1956) The Black Sleep
as Odo the Gypsy
(1940) The Great McGinty
as The Boss
(1943) Five Graves to Cairo
as Farid
(1944) The Miracle of Morgan’s Creek
as The Boss
(1941) The Corsican Brothers
as Baron Colonna
(1939) Union Pacific
as Fiesta
(1934) Sadie McKee
as Riccori
(1957) Yangtse Incident: The Story of H.M.S. Amethyst
as Colonel Peng
(1935) The Lives of a Bengal Lancer
as Otamanu
(1947) Fiesta
as Chato Vasquez
(1955) Mr. Arkadin
as Jakob Zouk
(1956) Anastasia
as Boris Adreivich Chernov
(1943) His Butler's Sister
as Popoff
(1937) The Soldier and the Lady
as Ivan Ogareff
(1934) Chained
as Pablo, the Ranch Chef
(1944) Can't Help Singing
as Prince Gregory Stroganovsky
(1937) High, Wide and Handsome
as Joe Varese
(1966) Lt. Robin Crusoe U.S.N.
as Tanamashu
(1940) North West Mounted Police
as Dan Duroc
(1935) The Gay Deception
as Spellek
(1936) The Story of Louis Pasteur
as Dr. Zaranoff
(1935) The Winning Ticket
as Guiseppe
(1949) Black Magic
as Gitano
(1938) Spawn of the North
as Red Skain
(1936) Desire
as Avilia
(1966) Our Husbands
as Cesare
(1941) New York Town
as Stefan Janowski
(1942) Tortilla Flat
as Pablo
(1937) This Way Please
as Tartar Chieftain (uncredited)
(1939) Honeymoon in Bali
as Tony
(1966) The Vulture
as Prof. Hans Koniglich
(1944) Dragon Seed
as Wu Lien
(1969) The Great Bank Robbery
as Papa (Juan's father)
(1961) Romanoff and Juliet
as Vadim Romanoff
(1944) The Bridge of San Luis Rey
as Uncle Pio
(1968) Great Catherine
as Sergeant
(1936) The General Died at Dawn
as General Yang
(1958) Me and the Colonel
as Szabuniewicz
(1942) Reap the Wild Wind
as The Lamb (uncredited) (voice)
(1962) The Reluctant Saint
as Bishop Durso
(1954) They Who Dare
as Captain George One
(1938) The Buccaneer
as Dominique You
(1966) Hotel Paradiso
as Hotel Proprietor
(1946) A Scandal in Paris
as Emile Vernet
(1933) Clear All Wires!
as Hotel desk clerk (uncredited)
(1939) The Magnificent Fraud
as Jules LaCroix / President Alvarado
(1955) Cartouche
as Il marchese di Salpiere
(1934) Here Is My Heart
as Manager of Hotel
(1961) La moglie di mio marito
as ---
(1936) The Jungle Princess
as Karen Neg
(1969) Then Came Bronson
as Papa Bear
(1949) Outpost in Morocco
as Lieutenant Glysko
(1935) The Big Broadcast of 1936
as Boris
(1948) Relentless
as Joe Faringo
(1945) Pardon My Past
as Jim Arnold
(1935) Go Into Your Dance
as Mexican in La Cucaracha Cantina
(1961) The Bacchantes
as Teiresias
(1935) Two-Fisted
as Taxi Driver
(1935) Paris in Spring
as Cafe Manager
(1953) Desert Legion
as Pvt. Plevko
(1937) Her Husband Lies
as Big Ed Bullock
(1939) Paris Honeymoon
as Mayor Peter Karloca
(1939) King of Chinatown
as Frank Baturin
(1940) The Texas Rangers Ride Again
as Mio Pio
(1935) Reckless
as Chef at Wedding (uncredited)
(1962) Invasion 1700
as Mielski Zasloba
(1969) Marquis de Sade: Justine
as Du Harpin
(1934) Whom the Gods Destroy
as Peter Korotoff
(1938) Dangerous to Know
as Stephen Recka
(1965) Marco the Magnificent
as The Old Man of the Mountain
(1934) The Captain Hates the Sea
as General Salazaro
(1968) The Girl Who Couldn't Say No
as Uncle Egidio
(1933) The Devil's in Love
as Adjutant
(1964) Panic Button
as Pandowski
(1954) You Know What Sailors Are
as ---
(1933) Storm at Daybreak
as Gypsy Fiddler (uncredited)
(1935) China Seas
as Paul Romanoff
(1961) Seduction Of The South
as O Zingaro
(1934) Now and Forever
as French Jeweller (uncredited)
(1940) Untamed
as Joe Easter
(1937) The Great Gambini
as The Great Gambini
(1938) Ride a Crooked Mile
as Mike Balan
(1967) A Rose for Everyone
as Basilio
(1965) The Liquidator
as Sheriek
(1936) Woman Trap
as Joe Ramirez de la Valle
(1937) King of Gamblers
as Steve Kalkas
(1936) Breakdowns of 1936
as Self
(1933) Queen Christina
as Pedro (uncredited)
(1968) A Man Called Amen
as Pigsty / Dean Light
(1966) After the Fox
as Okra
(1940) The Way of All Flesh
as Paul Kriza
(1964) Andy... Andy Silly Andy
as Bakker, brandmeester
(1961) The Last Judgment
as Play director
(1933) Gabriel Over the White House
as Delegate to the Debt Conference (uncredited)
(1959) Desert Desperadoes
as The Merchant
(1939) Disputed Passage
as Dr. 'Tubby' Forster
(1934) Fugitive Lovers
as Deaf-Mute Bus Passenger (uncredited)
(1934) Straight Is the Way
as Mr. Slavko (uncredited)
(1934) The Scarlet Empress
as Bit Part (uncredited)
(1934) Lady by Choice
as Poupolis (uncredited)
(1966) Adultery Italian Style
as Max Portesi
(1961) Ursus and the Tartar Princess
as Khan of the Tartars
(1955) The Widow
as The Uncle
(1948) My Girl Tisa
as Mr. Grumbach
(1944) Twenty Years After
as (archive footage)
(1936) Anthony Adverse
as Carlo Cibo
(1934) The Great Flirtation
as Paul Wengler
(1935) Naughty Marietta
as Rudolpho
(1965) The Dolls
as Monsignor Arendi (segment "Monsignor Cupido")
(1934) The Merry Widow
as Manager at Maxim's
(1966) A Gangster From Brooklyn
as Joe Montano
(1939) Screen Snapshots Series 19, No. 1
as Self
(1965) Crime on a Summer Morning
as Frank Kramer
(1993) La Classe américaine
as Dino's Friend (archive footage)
(1932) Okay, America!
as Bit Role (uncredited)
(1965) The Blue Panther
as Prof. Lambaré / Dr. Kha
(1962) A Queen for Caesar
as Pompey
(1969) Death of a Jew
as Inspector Mehdaloun
(1935) Black Fury
as Sokolsky
(1960) Route 66
as ---
(1958) Naked City
as Demetru Lapesku
(1958) Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
as ---
(1951) Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
as Captain Torras
(1954) Climax!
as Albert Ganz
(1955) Matinee Theater
as ---
(1958) The Rifleman
as ---
(1959) Johnny Ringo
as Andy Baranov
(1961) The Defenders
as John Solasky
(1959) The DuPont Show with June Allyson
as Tony
(1958) Naked City
as Emil Pappas
(1952) Four Star Playhouse
as Mendoza
(1957) DuPont Show of the Month
as Governor (uncredited)