Acting
Akim Tamiroff
1899-1972
Known for Touch of Evil, Alphaville, The Trial.
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Born10/27/1899
Died09/17/1972
AgeDied at 72
BirthplaceTiflis, Russian Empire [now Tbilisi, Republic of Georgia]
DepartmentActing
Also known asAkim Tamirof, Akin Tamiroff, Аким Тамирофф, A. Tamiroff, Аким Михайлович Тамиров, Akim Mikhailovich Tamiroff
Biography
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.
Movie Credits
Mr. Arkadin (1955)
Dangerous to Know (1938)
Alphaville (1965)
Five Graves to Cairo (1943)
For Whom the Bell Tolls (1943)
The Trial (1962)
Anastasia (1956)
They Who Dare (1954)
Touch of Evil (1958)
Marquis de Sade: Justine (1969)
Ocean's Eleven (1960)
The Scarlet Empress (1934)
China Seas (1935)
