Akim Tamiroff
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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.
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Known for
Acting
Place of birth
Tiflis, Russian Empire [now Tbilisi, Republic of Georgia]
Birthday
10/27/1899
Ocean's Eleven
6.4
Touch of Evil
7.8
The Trial
7.4
Topkapi
6.5
Lord Jim
6.8
Alphaville
7
Don Quixote
6.1
The Black Tulip
6.2
The Gangster
4.7
For Whom the Bell Tolls
6.5
The Black Sleep
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The Great McGinty
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Five Graves to Cairo
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The Miracle of Morgan’s Creek
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The Corsican Brothers
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Union Pacific
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Sadie McKee
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Yangtse Incident: The Story of H.M.S. Amethyst
7.2
The Lives of a Bengal Lancer
6.6
Fiesta
4.7
Mr. Arkadin
6.9
Anastasia
6.8
His Butler's Sister
7.1
The Soldier and the Lady
6.5
Chained
6.8
Can't Help Singing
5.1
High, Wide and Handsome
6
Lt. Robin Crusoe U.S.N.
5.6
North West Mounted Police
6.3
The Gay Deception
6.4
The Story of Louis Pasteur
6.9
The Winning Ticket
3.5
Black Magic
6.3
Spawn of the North
5.6
Desire
6.7
Our Husbands
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New York Town
10
Tortilla Flat
5.4
This Way Please
5.5
Honeymoon in Bali
6.2
The Vulture
4
Dragon Seed
6.4
The Great Bank Robbery
6.3
Romanoff and Juliet
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The Bridge of San Luis Rey
6
Great Catherine
5.6
The General Died at Dawn
6.2
Me and the Colonel
6.2
Reap the Wild Wind
6.4
The Reluctant Saint
7.6
They Who Dare
5.5
The Buccaneer
6.4
Hotel Paradiso
5.4
A Scandal in Paris
6.3
Clear All Wires!
6.5
The Magnificent Fraud
0
Cartouche
5
Here Is My Heart
6.8
La moglie di mio marito
5
The Jungle Princess
6.1
Then Came Bronson
5.2
Outpost in Morocco
4.8
The Big Broadcast of 1936
5.4
Relentless
6.2
Pardon My Past
6
Go Into Your Dance
7
The Bacchantes
3.8
Two-Fisted
7
Paris in Spring
5
Desert Legion
6
Her Husband Lies
6
Paris Honeymoon
3
King of Chinatown
5.9
The Texas Rangers Ride Again
5.5
Reckless
5.3
Invasion 1700
5.8
Marquis de Sade: Justine
5.2
Whom the Gods Destroy
5.5
Dangerous to Know
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Marco the Magnificent
5.3
The Captain Hates the Sea
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The Girl Who Couldn't Say No
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The Devil's in Love
6
Panic Button
4.2
You Know What Sailors Are
4.2
Storm at Daybreak
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China Seas
6.3
Seduction Of The South
6
Now and Forever
6.7
Untamed
4.3
The Great Gambini
6
Ride a Crooked Mile
0
A Rose for Everyone
4.5
The Liquidator
6.2
Woman Trap
0
King of Gamblers
7
Breakdowns of 1936
0
Queen Christina
6.8
A Man Called Amen
3.5
After the Fox
6
The Way of All Flesh
4
Andy... Andy Silly Andy
0
The Last Judgment
6.4
Gabriel Over the White House
7.1
Desert Desperadoes
3.3
Disputed Passage
5.5
Fugitive Lovers
6
Straight Is the Way
5.5
The Scarlet Empress
6.9
Lady by Choice
6.3
Adultery Italian Style
5.9
Ursus and the Tartar Princess
4
The Widow
0
My Girl Tisa
0
Twenty Years After
6
Anthony Adverse
5.7
The Great Flirtation
3
Naughty Marietta
5.1
The Dolls
5.7
The Merry Widow
6.7
A Gangster From Brooklyn
0
Screen Snapshots Series 19, No. 1
6
Crime on a Summer Morning
6.5
La Classe américaine
7.7
Okay, America!
5
The Blue Panther
4.8
A Queen for Caesar
5.2
Death of a Jew
0
Black Fury
6.4