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 Sancho Panza
as Du Harpin
as Inspector Mehdaloun
as Papa (Juan's father)
as Papa Bear
as Pigsty / Dean Light
as Sergeant
as Uncle Egidio
as Cesare
as Hotel Proprietor
as Max Portesi
as Okra
as Prof. Hans Koniglich
as Sheriek
as Tanamashu
as Frank Kramer
as Henri Dickson
as Monsignor Arendi (segment "Monsignor Cupido")
as Prof. Lambaré / Dr. Kha
as The Old Man of the Mountain
as Bakker, brandmeester
as Gerven the Cook
as Marquis de Vigogne
as Bloch
as Bishop Durso
as Jakob Zouk
as Mielski Zasloba
as Pompey
