Akim Tamiroff
Acting
βFrom Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Akim Mikhailovich Tamiroff Β (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
1993La Classe amΓ©ricaine
Dino's Friend (archive footage)
1992Don Quixote
Sancho Panza
1977Kolossal - The Magnificent Macisti
1969The Great Bank Robbery
Papa (Juan's father)
1969Then Came Bronson
Papa Bear
1969Marquis de Sade: Justine
Du Harpin
1969Death of a Jew
Inspector Mehdaloun
1968Great Catherine
Sergeant
1968The Girl Who Couldn't Say No
Uncle Egidio
1968Either All or None
Pigsty / Dean Light
1967A Rose for Everyone
Basilio
1966Lt. Robin Crusoe U.S.N.
Tanamashu
1966Our Husbands
Cesare
1966The Vulture
Prof. Hans Koniglich
1966Hotel Paradiso
Hotel Proprietor
1966After the Fox
Okra
1966Adultery Italian Style
Max Portesi
1966A Gangster From Brooklyn
Joe Montano
1965Lord Jim
Schomberg
1965Alphaville
Henri Dickson
1965Marco the Magnificent
The Old Man of the Mountain
1965The Liquidator
Sheriek
1965The Dolls
Monsignor Arendi (segment "Monsignor Cupido")
1965Crime on a Summer Morning
Frank Kramer