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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.
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As actor
La Classe américaine
Don Quixote
Kolossal - The Magnificent Macisti
The Great Bank Robbery
Then Came Bronson
Marquis de Sade: Justine
Death of a Jew
Great Catherine
The Girl Who Couldn't Say No
Either All or None
A Rose for Everyone
Lt. Robin Crusoe U.S.N.
Our Husbands
The Vulture
Hotel Paradiso
After the Fox
Adultery Italian Style
A Gangster From Brooklyn
Lord Jim
Alphaville
Marco the Magnificent
The Liquidator
The Dolls
Crime on a Summer Morning
The Blue Panther
Topkapi
The Black Tulip
Panic Button
Andy... Andy Silly Andy
The Trial