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Akim 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
Known For

Ocean's Eleven
as Spyros Acebos

The Trial
as Bloch

Outpost in Morocco
as Lieutenant Glysko

Alphaville
as Henri Dickson

For Whom the Bell Tolls
as Pablo

Touch of Evil
as 'Uncle' Joe Grandi

Adultery Italian Style
as Max Portesi

Naughty Marietta
as Rudolpho

La Classe américaine
as Dino's Friend (archive footage)

Marquis de Sade: Justine
as Du Harpin