Akim Tamiroff
Date of birth: 1899-10-27
Place of birth: Tiflis, Russian Empire [now Tbilisi, Republic of Georgia]
Known for: Acting
Also known as: Akim Tamirof, Akin Tamiroff, Аким Тамирофф, A. Tamiroff, Аким Михайлович Тамиров, Akim Mikhailovich Tamiroff
Biography
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
Movie Credits
Ocean's Eleven
1960-08-10
Danny Ocean and his gang attempt to rob the five biggest casinos in Las Vegas in one night.
Touch of Evil
1958-03-30
When a car bomb explodes on the American side of the U.S./Mexico border, Mexican drug enforcement ag
The Trial
1962-08-25
The surreal tale of an unassuming man who is accused of a never-specified crime and shambles through
Topkapi
1964-09-02
Arthur Simon Simpson is a small-time crook biding his time in Greece. One of his potential victims t
Lord Jim
1965-02-15
After being discredited as a coward, a 19th century seaman lives for only one purpose: to redeem him
Alphaville
1965-05-05
Lemmy Caution is on a mission to eliminate Professor Von Braun, the creator of a malevolent computer
Don Quixote
1992-04-20
Don Quixote, accompanied by Sancho Panza, wander the roads of Spain protecting the weak and doing go
The Black Tulip
1964-02-28
Aristocrat Guillaume de Saint Preux leads a double life as a masked bandit known as the Black Tulip.
The Gangster
1947-11-25
Based on the novel Low Company. One of the most peculiar film noirs of the 1940s stars Barry Sulliva
For Whom the Bell Tolls
1943-07-12
Spain in the 1930s is the place to be for a man of action like Robert Jordan. There is a civil war g
The Black Sleep
1956-06-15
In 19th century England, a noted brain surgeon rescues a former student from being hanged on a false
The Great McGinty
1940-08-01
Told in flashback, Depression-era bum Dan McGinty is recruited by the city's political machine to he
Five Graves to Cairo
1943-05-26
The British Army, retreating ahead of victorious Rommel, leaves a lone survivor on the Egyptian bord
The Miracle of Morgan’s Creek
1944-09-18
A small-town girl with a soft spot for American soldiers wakes up the morning after a wild farewell
The Corsican Brothers
1941-11-28
Cultured Mario and outlaw Lucien, twins separated at birth, join forces to avenge their parents' dea
Union Pacific
1939-05-05
One of the last bills signed by President Lincoln authorizes pushing the Union Pacific Railroad acro
Sadie McKee
1934-05-09
A maid has romances with a two-timer, a boozing millionaire and the master of the house.
The Lives of a Bengal Lancer
1935-01-11
In the Northwest Frontier of India, the 41st Bengal Lancers led by the harsh Colonel Tom Stone are h
Yangtse Incident: The Story of H.M.S. Amethyst
1957-04-02
While sailing lawfully up the Yangste in 1949, the British warship Amethyst found its return to the
Fiesta
1947-06-12
When a matador leaves town to focus on his music, his twin sister takes on his identity in the bullf
Mr. Arkadin
1955-08-09
Claiming that he doesn't know his own past, a rich man enlists an ex-con with an odd bit of detectiv
Anastasia
1956-12-13
Russian exiles in Paris plot to collect ten million pounds from the Bank of England by grooming a de
His Butler's Sister
1943-11-26
Aspiring singer Ann Carter visits her stepbrother in New York, hoping to make it on Broadway.
The Soldier and the Lady
1937-04-09
In the face of rebellion in Russia, Czar Alexander II sends soldier Michael Strogoff 2,000 miles awa
Chained
1934-08-31
Richard, a millionaire in love with his secretary, Diane, is dispirited when his wife refuses to div
Can't Help Singing
1944-12-25
With the California Gold Rush beginning, Senator Frost's singing daughter Caroline loves a young arm
High, Wide and Handsome
1937-07-21
The setting is a small town in 1870s Pennsylvania. Sally Waterson and her father have stopped in tow
Lt. Robin Crusoe U.S.N.
1966-07-01
Lt. Robin Crusoe is a navy pilot who bails out of his plane after engine trouble. He reaches a deser
North West Mounted Police
1940-10-22
Texas Ranger Dusty Rivers ("Isn't that a contradiction in terms?", another character asks him) trave
The Gay Deception
1935-09-13
A wide-eyed working girl wins a $5,000 sweepstakes and plunges into the lush life of New York City,
The Story of Louis Pasteur
1936-02-22
A true story about Louis Pasteur, who revolutionized medicine by proving that much disease is caused
The Winning Ticket
1935-02-08
A barber tries to find the winning lottery ticket he hid from his moralistic wife.
Black Magic
1949-08-19
A hypnotist uses his powers for revenge against King Louis XV's court.
Spawn of the North
1938-08-26
Two Alaskan salmon fisherman find their friendship at risk when one aligns with Russian fish pirates
Desire
1936-04-11
Madeleine steals a string of pearls in Paris and uses American engineer Tom, who is driving on his v
Our Husbands
1966-08-21
Three episodes about Italian husbands and their relationships.
New York Town
1941-10-31
Victor Ballard, a happy-go-lucky albeit impoverished sidewalk photographer, shares a New York City s
Tortilla Flat
1942-05-21
Danny, a poor northern Californian Mexican-American, inherits two houses from his grandfather and is
This Way Please
1937-10-15
A famous singer and matinée idol helps a pretty young theater usher in her dreams of becoming a sing
Honeymoon in Bali
1939-09-29
Bill Burnett, a resident of Bali, visits New York City, meets and falls in love with Gail Allen, the
The Vulture
1966-12-23
A mad scientist turns himself into a half-man, half-bird monster to avenge the death of his ancestor
Dragon Seed
1944-07-20
Life in a small Chinese village is turned upside down when the Japanese invade it. A heroic young Ch
The Great Bank Robbery
1969-06-24
A motley group of phony church leaders attempts to rob a bank controlled by brothers in 1880's Texas
Romanoff and Juliet
1961-06-08
Political satire has Shakespeare's Romeo & Juliet story updated for the cold war era, with the c
The Bridge of San Luis Rey
1944-02-11
A rope bridge over a gorge in the Peruvian Andes snaps, sending five people plunging to their deaths
Great Catherine
1968-11-29
When British Capt. Charles Edstaston arrives at the court of Catherine the Great in St. Petersburg,
The General Died at Dawn
1936-11-17
China, 1930s, during the ravaging civil war. General Pen entrusts O'Hara, an intrepid American adven
Me and the Colonel
1958-10-01
Nazis are about to overrun France, and a Jewish man named Jacobowsky is stranded in Paris. He hitche
Reap the Wild Wind
1942-03-26
The Florida Keys in 1840, where the implacable hurricanes of the Caribbean scream, where the salvage
The Reluctant Saint
1962-11-02
Cupertino, Italy, 1623: A simple-minded and clumsy young man joins a Franciscan order as a hired han
They Who Dare
1954-02-02
In Greece during the war a small group of British commandoes and patriots land on an island with ord
The Buccaneer
1938-02-04
French pirate Jean Lafitte rescues a girl and joins the War of 1812.
Hotel Paradiso
1966-03-01
Monsieur Feydeau has writer's block and he needs a new play, so he takes an opportunity to observe h
A Scandal in Paris
1946-07-19
A smooth-talking French thief wangles his way into an important position as prefect of police.
Clear All Wires!
1933-02-24
Buckley is an unethical reporter who manipulates the news for his own benefit as much as he reports
The Magnificent Fraud
1939-07-19
A Chicago con man pays an actor to pose as a slain South American dictator.
Cartouche
1955-07-01
The son of an ailing nobleman returns to France to clear his name and prove where the true guilt lie
Here Is My Heart
1934-12-28
A rich and famous singer disguises himself as a waiter in order to be near the woman he loves, a Eur
La moglie di mio marito
1961-01-27
The Jungle Princess
1936-11-27
Christopher Powell is in Malaysia with his fiancée and her father, capturing wild animals. While out
Then Came Bronson
1969-03-24
Jim Bronson is a young newspaperman who quits his job following the suicide of his best friend, and
Outpost in Morocco
1949-05-02
Captain Gerard, greatest lover in the Foreign Legion, is assigned to escort an emir's daughter to he
The Big Broadcast of 1936
1935-09-20
Two-bit radio station owner Spud Miller doubles as the station's sole announcer. On the verge of ban
Relentless
1948-06-15
A man wrongly accused of murder tracks the true culprit across the desert.
Pardon My Past
1945-12-24
Eddie York is mistaken for playboy Francis Pemberton and gets into trouble.
Go Into Your Dance
1935-04-20
An irresponsible Broadway star gets mixed up with gambling and gangsters.
The Bacchantes
1961-03-02
The god Dionysus decides to pay a visit to the city of Thebes. Dionysus wants to be the worshiped by
Two-Fisted
1935-10-03
A fast-talking boxing manager and the somewhat hapless fighter he manages happen to run into a young
Paris in Spring
1935-07-05
Afraid of marriage, Simone (Mary Ellis) breaks off her long term engagement with her fiancé Paul de
Desert Legion
1953-05-08
A commander in the Foreign Legion romances a mysterious and exotic princess.
Her Husband Lies
1937-03-13
J. Ward Thomas of Park Avenue leads a double life as an investment broker and as notorious gambler S
King of Chinatown
1939-03-17
A Chinese-American surgeon faces a moral dilemma after operating on the mob boss in charge of vice a
Paris Honeymoon
1939-01-27
A Texas millionaire travels to Europe to meet his girlfriend, a European countess. He stops in a rus
The Texas Rangers Ride Again
1940-12-13
With thousands of cattle being rustled from White Sage ranch the 1930's Texas Rangers are called in.
Reckless
1935-04-19
A theatrical star, born on the wrong side of the tracks, marries a drunken blue-blood millionaire.
Invasion 1700
1962-07-14
Set in 18th-century Eastern Europe, the film concerns the star-crossed romance between a Polish mili
Marquis de Sade: Justine
1969-04-03
Without a family, penniless and separated from her sister, a beautiful chaste woman will have to cop
Whom the Gods Destroy
1934-07-12
Broadway's most successful producer, John Forrester, is deeply in love with his wife Margaret and dr
Dangerous to Know
1938-03-11
Racketeer Steve Recka, art patron and political power-maker, rules his town and Madame Lan Ying, his
Marco the Magnificent
1965-08-06
Young Marco Polo travels to China to help Kublai Khan fight against rebels, headed by his own son, w
The Captain Hates the Sea
1934-11-02
Alcoholic newspaperman Steve Bramley boards the San Capador for a restful cruise, hoping to quit dri
The Girl Who Couldn't Say No
1968-09-26
Childhood friends Franco and Jolanda accidentally meet again after 15 years and both know it is love
The Devil's in Love
1933-07-21
The French Foreign Legion is the setting for this episodic adventure yarn. When military doctor Andr
Panic Button
1964-04-10
A businessman comes up with a scheme to make money by financing a film version of "Romeo and Juliet"
You Know What Sailors Are
1954-02-09
The best of British humor is on display in this satirical cold war romp! Donald Sinden plays Lieuten
Storm at Daybreak
1933-06-14
Sarajevo June 28, 1914. Dushan, the Serbian mayor of a Hungarian town, has come to see the parade of
China Seas
1935-08-09
Captain Alan Gaskell sails the perilous waters between Hong Kong and Singapore with a secret cargo:
Seduction Of The South
1961-12-16
Based on the events from the Italian civil war. In 1860's, a member of a guerrilla force captures a
Now and Forever
1934-08-31
Freewheeling wanderer Jerry Day and his beautiful wife Toni are at odds over their lifestyle. Jerry
Untamed
1940-07-24
A courageous doctor braves a fierce blizzard in the Canadian wilderness to save a remote community f
The Great Gambini
1937-06-24
A millionaire is found murdered in his apartment. Suspicion falls on a variety of suspects, includin
Ride a Crooked Mile
1938-12-09
The son of a cattle-rustling Cossack immigrant must choose between following the straight path and h
A Rose for Everyone
1967-01-18
A vivacious woman tries to please all of her lovers but finds she can't handle the jealousy that eru
The Liquidator
1965-11-01
Lighthearted spy drama about Boysie Oakes, who takes a nice job with the British Secret Service, enj
Woman Trap
1936-03-06
A gangland murder is the motivating factor of this fast-moving crime drama. George Murphy stars as r
King of Gamblers
1937-04-22
Working for a slick restaurateur who has fallen for her, a down-on-life songstress falls instead for
Breakdowns of 1936
1936-12-30
Flubs and bloopers that occurred on the set of some of the major Warner Bros. pictures of 1936.
Queen Christina
1934-02-09
Popular monarch Queen Christina of Sweden must choose between love and loyalty to her nation when sh
Either All or None
1968-11-22
A men is hired to find a stolen cache of $1,000,000 in gold coins while all the while he seems prote
After the Fox
1966-09-08
A criminal mastermind sets up a phony film production as part of a plan to smuggle stolen gold.
The Way of All Flesh
1940-07-05
Paul Kriza is a cashier of a bank in a small town, and the happy husband of Anna and the father of f
Andy... Andy Silly Andy
1964-12-21
Thanks to his actions during a farm fire, the young and naive Dreas is appointed to the local fire d
The Last Judgment
1961-10-26
In Naples, a voice from the skies announces one morning that the final judgment will be at 6 p.m. on
Gabriel Over the White House
1933-03-31
A political hack becomes President during the height of the Depression and undergoes a metamorphosis
Desert Desperadoes
1959-06-30
A caravan guarded by Roman soldiers comes across a woman bound to a stake and left to die. A wealthy
Disputed Passage
1939-10-25
A doctor's medical studies are threatened by his infatuation with a Chinese girl. The girl returns t
Fugitive Lovers
1934-01-05
In a hopeful effort to evade gangster Legs Caffey, chorus girl Letty Morris hops a bus in New York b
Straight Is the Way
1934-08-10
Just out of prison, Benny Horowitz tries to go straight. Things are complicated by his former girlfr
The Scarlet Empress
1934-05-09
During the 18th century, German noblewoman Sophia Frederica, who would later become Catherine the Gr
Lady by Choice
1934-10-15
To improve her image, a fan dancer "adopts" an old woman to be her mother.
Adultery Italian Style
1966-03-25
A betrayed wife decides to teach her philandering husband a lesson in this riotous farce. Marta (Cat
Ursus and the Tartar Princess
1961-12-30
Peplum movie from 1961
The Widow
1955-08-01
A woman falls in love with a race-car driver who two-times her for another girl.
My Girl Tisa
1948-02-07
1905 was a period of heavy immigration from Europe to America before laws were passed restricting th
Twenty Years After
1944-01-01
This short celebrates the 20th anniversary of MGM. Segments are shown from several early hits, then
Anthony Adverse
1936-08-26
Based on the novel by Hervey Allen, this expansive drama follows the many adventures of the eponymou
The Great Flirtation
1934-06-15
An actor is jealous of his wife's stardom.
Naughty Marietta
1935-03-29
In order to avoid a prearranged marriage, a rebellious French princess sheds her identity and escape
The Dolls
1965-01-27
This semi-amusing sex (romance) comedy has four separate stories: "The Telephone Call", written by R
The Merry Widow
1934-11-02
A prince from a small kingdom courts a wealthy widow to keep her money in the country.
A Gangster From Brooklyn
1966-10-06
Screen Snapshots Series 19, No. 1
1939-09-22
The four Westmore brothers work their make-up magic on a variety of Hollywood stars.
Crime on a Summer Morning
1965-02-17
An ill-assorted group of international criminals executes a tightly-planned ransom sting in Spain. T
La Classe américaine
1993-12-31
George Abitbol, the classiest man in the world, dies tragically during a cruise. The director of an
Okay, America!
1932-09-08
A gossip columnist's rise to fame. Based closely on the real life of Walter Winchell.
The Blue Panther
1965-08-25
Marie-Chantal travels by train to her cousin's place to spend a winter holiday, when a stranger entr
A Queen for Caesar
1962-12-22
Story of the power struggle between Egyptian queen Cleopatra and her brother Ptolemy, and how a comm
Death of a Jew
1969-01-01
A confrontation between two enemies. One is a young, captured Israeli agent and the other an older A
Black Fury
1935-05-18
A simple Pennsylvania coal miner is drawn into the violent conflict between union workers and manage
The Miracle Worker
1957-02-07
The story of Anne Sullivan's struggle to teach the blind and deaf Helen Keller how to communicate.