Akim Tamiroff

Akim Tamiroff
Ակիմ Թամիրով
Tamiroff in the Netherlands in 1964
Born
Hovakim Tamiryants

(1899-10-29)October 29, 1899
DiedSeptember 17, 1972(1972-09-17) (aged 72)
Alma materMoscow Art Theatre
OccupationActor
Years active1919–1972
Spouse
(m. 1932)

Akim Mikhailovich Tamiroff[a] (born Hovakim Tamiryants;[b][1] October 29, 1899 – September 17, 1972) was an Armenian-American actor of film, stage, and television. One of the premier character actors of Hollywood's Golden Age,[2] Tamiroff developed a prolific career despite his thick accent, appearing in at least 80 motion pictures over a span of 37 years.[3]

He was nominated twice for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his performances in The General Died at Dawn (1936) and For Whom the Bell Tolls (1943), winning the first ever Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor for the latter. Orson Welles, a friend and oft-collaborator, praised him as "the greatest of all screen actors."[4]


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  1. ^ Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia  (in Armenian). p. 948 – via Wikisource.
  2. ^ "Akim Tamiroff, Actor, Is Dead; Had Screen Career of 35 Years". The New York Times. 1972-09-19. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2021-06-19.
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  4. ^ "This Hour has Seven Days: Chuvalo, Welles, and the Klan". CBC Archives. 1965-10-24. Archived from the original on 2017-11-04.