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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.
Known For
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
1964
Ocean's Eleven
1960
Desire
1936
Lord Jim
1965
Touch of Evil
1958
The Trial
1962
Marquis de Sade: Justine
1969
The Black Tulip
1964
Alphaville
1965
La Classe américaine
1993
For Whom the Bell Tolls
1943
Topkapi
1964
Reap the Wild Wind
1942
Anastasia
1956
Union Pacific
1939
The Scarlet Empress
1934
Queen Christina
1934
Five Graves to Cairo
1943
After the Fox
1966
Mr. Arkadin
1955
The Lives of a Bengal Lancer
1935
The Merry Widow
1934
The Great McGinty
1940
The Miracle of Morgan's Creek
1944
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