Actor

Akim Tamiroff

1932–present1899–1972DramaComedyRomanceAdventure

Chronicler of the Human Condition

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Known For

131 acting credits

as 'Uncle' Joe Grandi

Touch of Evil

as 'Uncle' Joe Grandi

1958

Touch of Evil

as Bloch

The Trial

as Bloch

1962

The Trial

Filmography

1993La Classe américaineDino's Friend (archive footage)7.6 1992Don QuixoteSancho Panza6.2 1977Kolossal - The Magnificent Macisti9.0 1969The Great Bank RobberyPapa (Juan's father)6.6 1969Then Came BronsonPapa Bear4.9 1969Marquis de Sade: JustineDu Harpin5.1

About

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

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