Akim Tamiroff
Birthday: 1899-10-29 | 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
Known For
Acting
Role
as Du Harpin
as Papa (Juan's father)
as Papa Bear
as Pigsty / Dean Light
as Hotel Proprietor
as Okra
as Sheriek
as Tanamashu
as Frank Kramer
as Henri Dickson
as Monsignor Arendi (segment "Monsignor Cupido")
as Gerven the Cook
as Marquis de Vigogne
as Bloch
as Mielski Zasloba
as Spyros Acebos
as Szabuniewicz
as Colonel Peng
as Boris Adreivich Chernov
as Odo the Gypsy
as Jakob Zouk
as Captain George One
as Gitano
as Lieutenant Glysko
as Joe Faringo
as Chato Vasquez
as Nick Jammey
as Emile Vernet
as Jim Arnold
as Prince Gregory Stroganovsky
