Akim Tamiroff

Akim Tamiroff (Tiflis, 29 ottobre 1899 - Palm Springs, 17 settembre 1972) è stato un attore americano di origini armene. Studiò alla scuola teatrale del Moscow Art Theatre. Giunse negli USA nel 1923 in tourné con un gruppo di attori e decise di rimanervi.

Tamiroff ebbe una carriera di attore ad Hollywood, nonostante il suo accento russo.

Il ruolo in cui Tamiroff debuttò è, nel 1932 in Okay, America!, ma non è stato accreditato nei titoli di testa. He recitò in diversi ruoli senza essere accreditato fino al 1935, quando fu coprotagonista in The Lives of a Bengal Lancer. L'anno successivo ebbe il ruolo principale in The General Died at Dawn, per cui ebbe una nomination per l'Oscar. Apparve nel musical del 1937 High, Wide, and Handsome.

Nel decennio successivo , apparve in film come The Soldier and the Lady, The Buccaneer, Union Pacific, North West Mounted Police, The Corsican Brothers, Tortilla Flat, Five Graves to Cairo, For Whom the Bell Tolls (nomination all'Oscar), The Bridge of San Luis Rey, The Great McGinty and The Miracle of Morgan's Creek.

In anni più recenti Tamiroff recitò in Touch of Evil, Ocean's Eleven, Topkapi, Alphaville and After the Fox.

Morì il 17 settembre 1972 di cancro.

FILMOGRAFIA Don Quijote de Orson Welles (1992)

Moto Shel Yehudi (1970) .... Inspector Mehdaloun ... aka Death of a Jew ... aka Sabra ... aka Sabra: Death of a Jew

The Great Bank Robbery (1969) .... Papa (Juan's father) Gangster venuto da Brooklyn, Un (1969) .... Joe Montano ... aka Gángster llegado de Brooklyn, Un (Spain) Marquis de Sade: Justine (1969) .... Du Harpin ... aka Deadly Sanctuary (USA) ... aka Justine (USA) ... aka Justine and Juliet ... aka Justine ovvero le disavventure della virtù (Italy) 100 Rifles (1969) (scenes deleted) .... Romero Then Came Bronson (1969) (TV) .... Papa Bear Suo modo di fare, Il (1969) .... Uncle Egidio ... aka Tenderly ... aka The Girl Who Couldn't Say No (USA) Great Catherine (1968) .... Sergeant O tutto o niente (1968) .... Pig Sty/Dean Light ... aka A Man Called Amen (USA) ... aka Either All or None (USA) The Vulture (1967) .... Prof. Hans Koniglich Rosa per tutti, Una (1967) .... Basilio ... aka A Rose for Everyone (USA) ... aka Everyman's Woman "The Man from U.N.C.L.E." .... Chairman Georgi Koz (1 episode, 1966)

   - The Jingle Bells Affair (1966) TV Episode .... Chairman Georgi Koz

Caccia alla volpe (1966) .... Okra ... aka After the Fox (UK) (USA) Lt. Robin Crusoe, U.S.N. (1966) .... Tanamashu Hotel Paradiso (1966) .... Anniello, owner of Hotel Paradiso Adulterio all'italiana (1966) .... Max Portesi ... aka Adultery Italian Style (International: English title) Nostri mariti, I (1966) .... Cesare (segment "Il Marito di Olga") The Liquidator (1965) .... Bodelaire Sheriek Marie-Chantal contre le docteur Kha (1965) .... Dr. Kha ... aka Blue Panther (USA) ... aka María Chantal contra el doctor Kha (Spain) ... aka Marie Chantal contro il dr. Kha (Italy) ... aka Marie-Chantal vs. Doctor Kha (International: English title) Fabuleuse aventure de Marco Polo, La (1965) .... The Old Man of the Mountain ... aka Marco the Magnificent (UK) (USA) ... aka Marco Polo the Magnificent (Australia: poster title) ... aka Marko Polo (Yugoslavia: Serbian title) ... aka Meravigliose avventure di Marco Polo, Le (Italy) ... aka Scacchiere di Dio, Lo (Italy) Par un beau matin d'été (1965) .... Frank Kramer ... aka Crime on a Summer Morning (USA) ... aka Rapina al sole (Italy) ... aka Secuestro bajo el sol (Spain) Alphaville, une étrange aventure de Lemmy Caution (1965) .... Henri Dickson ... aka Agente Lemmy Caution, missione Alphaville (Italy) ... aka Alphaville (France) ... aka Alphaville, a Strange Adventure of Lemmy Caution ... aka Alphaville, a Strange Case of Lemmy Caution ... aka Dick Tracy on Mars (USA: informal title) Lord Jim (1965) .... Schomberg Bambole, Le (1965) .... Monsignor Arendi (segment "Monsignor Cupido") ... aka Four Kinds of Love (UK) ... aka Poupées, Les (France) ... aka The Doll that Took the Town (USA: DVD box title) ... aka The Dolls (USA) Spuit Elf (1964) .... Bakker/Brandmeester Topkapi (1964) .... Gerven the Cook Panic Button (1964) .... Pandowski Tulipe noire, La (1964) .... Marquis de Vigogne ... aka The Black Tulip (UK) ... aka Tulipán negro, El (Spain) ... aka Tulipano nero, Il (Italy) "Breaking Point" (1 episode, 1963)

   - A Pelican in the Wilderness (1963) TV Episode 

"The Defenders" .... John Solasky (1 episode, 1963)

   - The Trial of Twenty-Two (1963) TV Episode .... John Solasky

Col ferro e col fuoco (1963) .... Mielski Zasloba ... aka Daggers of Blood (USA: TV title) ... aka Invasion 1700 (USA) ... aka Par le fer et par le feu (France) ... aka With Fire and Sword (USA: TV title) "Naked City" .... Demetru / ... (2 episodes, 1962-1963)

   - The Highest of Prizes (1963) TV Episode .... Emil Pappas
   - ...And If Any Are Frozen, Warm Them... (1962) TV Episode .... Demetru

Procès, Le (1962) .... Bloch ... aka Processo, Il (Italy) ... aka Prozess, Der (West Germany) ... aka The Trial (USA) The Reluctant Saint (1962) .... Bishop ... aka Cronache di un convento (Italy) ... aka Joseph Desa (UK) Briganti italiani, I (1962) ... aka Guérilleros, Les (France) ... aka Seduction of the South (UK) ... aka The Italian Brigands (USA: TV title) "The Dick Powell Show" .... Inspector Boulanger (1 episode, 1962) ... aka The Dick Powell Theatre (USA: new title)

   - View from the Eiffel Tower (1962) TV Episode .... Inspector Boulanger

"Route 66" .... Sam Benjamin (1 episode, 1962)

   - Blues for the Left Foot (1962) TV Episode .... Sam Benjamin

Regina per Cesare, Una (1962) .... Gnaeus Pompeius ... aka A Queen for Caesar (USA: dubbed version) ... aka Cléopâtre une reine pour César (France) Ursus e la ragazza tartara (1962) .... Khan of the Tartars ... aka Fille des Tartares, La (France) ... aka Tartar Invasion (USA) ... aka Ursus and the Tartar Princess Giudizio universale, Il (1961) .... Play director ... aka Jugement dernier, Le (France) ... aka The Last Judgement (USA) Romanoff and Juliet (1961) .... Vadim Romanoff ... aka Dig That Juliet "Wagon Train" .... Joe Muharich (1 episode, 1961) ... aka Major Adams, Trail Master

   - The Joe Muharich Story (1961) TV Episode .... Joe Muharich

Mi mujer me gusta más (1961) .... Presidente agenzia publicitaria ... aka Moglie di mio marito, La (Italy) Baccanti, Le (1961) .... Teiresias ... aka Bacchantes, Les (France) ... aka Bondage Gladiator Sexy (USA) ... aka The Bacchantes (USA) Ocean's Eleven (1960) .... Spyros Acebos "Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse" .... Captain Farago (1 episode, 1960) ... aka Desilu Playhouse

   - Thunder in the Night (1960) TV Episode .... Captain Farago

"Johnny Ringo" .... Andrevich Baranov (1 episode, 1960) ... aka The Westerners (USA: syndication title)

   - The Assassins (1960) TV Episode .... Andrevich Baranov

"The DuPont Show with June Allyson" .... Tony (1 episode, 1959) ... aka The June Allyson Show

   - Love Is a Headache (1959) TV Episode .... Tony

Peccatrice del deserto, La (1959) .... The Merchant ... aka Desert Desperados (USA) ... aka The Sinner (UK) "The Rifleman" .... Tiffauges (1 episode, 1958)

   - New Orleans Menace (1958) TV Episode .... Tiffauges

Me and the Colonel (1958) .... Szabuniewicz Touch of Evil (1958) .... 'Uncle' Joe Grandi "The DuPont Show of the Month" .... Wu Fang (1 episode, 1958)

   - Aladdin (1958) TV Episode .... Wu Fang

Yangtse Incident: The Story of H.M.S. Amethyst (1957) .... Col. Peng ... aka Battle Hell (USA) ... aka Escape of the Amethyst ... aka Their Greatest Glory ... aka Yangtze Incident "Producers' Showcase" (1 episode, 1957)

   - The Great Sebastians (1957) TV Episode 

"Playhouse 90" .... Mr. Anagnos (1 episode, 1957)

   - The Miracle Worker (1957) TV Episode .... Mr. Anagnos

Anastasia (1956) .... Boris Adreivich Chernov "Ethel Barrymore Theater" (1 episode, 1956)

   - This Is Villa (1956) TV Episode 

The Black Sleep (1956) .... Odo the Gypsy ... aka Dr. Cadman's Secret (USA: reissue title) "Four Star Playhouse" .... Mendoza (1 episode, 1956) ... aka Four Star Theatre (UK: new title) ... aka Star Performance (USA: rerun title)

   - One Forty-Two (1956) TV Episode .... Mendoza

"Climax!" .... Albert Ganz (1 episode, 1955) ... aka Climax Mystery Theater (USA)

   - To Wake at Midnight (1955) TV Episode .... Albert Ganz

"The Best of Broadway" .... Nick Verdis (1 episode, 1955)

   - Broadway (1955) TV Episode .... Nick Verdis

The Chocolate Soldier (1955) (TV) Mr. Arkadin (1955) .... Jakob Zouk ... aka Confidential Report (UK) ... aka Dossier secret (France) ... aka Mister Arkadin (Spain) ... aka Monsieur Arkadin - Dossier secret (France) You Know What Sailors Are (1954) .... President of Agraria They Who Dare (1954) .... Capt. George One ... aka Lewis Milestone's They Who Dare (USA: complete title) Avventure di Cartouche, Le (1954) .... Marchese di Salpiere ... aka Cartouche (USA) ... aka Un émule de Cartouche (France) The Black Forest (1954) (TV) .... Baron von Moribund Vedova X, La (1954) .... The Uncle ... aka The Widow (USA) ... aka Veuve, La (France) Desert Legion (1953) .... Pvt. Plevko "Schlitz Playhouse of Stars" (1 episode, 1952) ... aka Herald Playhouse (USA: syndication title) ... aka Schlitz Playhouse (USA: new title) ... aka The Playhouse (USA: syndication title)

   - Trouble in Pier Twelve (1952) TV Episode 

Black Magic (1949) .... Gitano ... aka Cagliostro (Italy) ... aka Spadaccini della serenissima, Gli (Italy: alternative title) Outpost in Morocco (1949) .... Lt. Glysko Relentless (1948) .... Joe Faringo My Girl Tisa (1948) .... Mr. Grumbach The Gangster (1947) .... Nick Jammey ... aka Low Company (USA: reissue title) Fiesta (1947) .... Chato Vasquez A Scandal in Paris (1946) .... Emile Vernet ... aka Thieves' Holiday Pardon My Past (1945) .... Jim Arnold Can't Help Singing (1944) .... Prince Gregory Stroganovsky Dragon Seed (1944) .... Wu Lien The Bridge of San Luis Rey (1944) .... Uncle Pio The Miracle of Morgan's Creek (1944) .... The Boss His Butler's Sister (1943) .... Popoff For Whom the Bell Tolls (1943) .... Pablo Five Graves to Cairo (1943) .... Farid Tortilla Flat (1942) .... Pablo Reap the Wild Wind (1942) (voice) (uncredited) .... Voice of Chinkapin ... aka Cecil B. DeMille's Reap the Wild Wind (USA: complete title) The Corsican Brothers (1941) .... Colonna New York Town (1941) .... Stefan Janowski The Texas Rangers Ride Again (1940) .... Mio Pio North West Mounted Police (1940) .... Dan Duroc ... aka Northwest Mounted Police ... aka The Scarlet Riders The Great McGinty (1940) .... The Boss ... aka Down Went McGinty (UK) Untamed (1940) .... Joe Easter The Way of All Flesh (1940) .... Paul Kriza

Disputed Passage (1939) .... Dr. 'Tubby' Foster Honeymoon in Bali (1939) .... Tony, the Window Washer ... aka Husbands or Lovers (UK) ... aka My Love for Yours (USA: video title) The Magnificent Fraud (1939) .... Jules LaCroix/President Alvarado Union Pacific (1939) .... Fiesta King of Chinatown (1939) .... Frank Baturin Paris Honeymoon (1939) .... Mayor Peter Karloca Ride a Crooked Mile (1938) .... Mike Balan ... aka Escape from Yesterday (UK) Spawn of the North (1938) .... Red Skain Dangerous to Know (1938) .... Stephen Recka The Buccaneer (1938) .... Dominique You This Way Please (1937) (uncredited) .... Tartar Chieftain High, Wide, and Handsome (1937) .... Joe Varese The Great Gambini (1937) .... The Great Gambini King of Gamblers (1937) .... Steve Kalkas ... aka Czar of the Slot Machines The Soldier and the Lady (1937) .... Ogareff ... aka Michael Strogoff (UK) ... aka The Adventures of Michael Strogoff (UK) ... aka The Bandit and the Lady (USA: reissue title) Her Husband Lies (1937) .... Big Ed Bullock The Jungle Princess (1936) .... Frank The General Died at Dawn (1936) .... Gen. Yang Anthony Adverse (1936) .... Carlo Cibo Desire (1936) .... Avilia, Police Official ... aka The Pearl Necklace Woman Trap (1936) .... Ramirez I Loved a Soldier (1936) ... aka Hotel Imperial (USA) The Story of Louis Pasteur (1935) .... Dr. Zaranoff The Last Outpost (1935) (uncredited) .... Mirov Two-Fisted (1935) .... Taxi Driver The Big Broadcast of 1936 (1935) .... Boris The Gay Deception (1935) .... Spellek Ladies Love Danger (1935) (uncredited) .... Undetermined Role China Seas (1935) .... Paul Romanoff Paris in Spring (1935) .... Cafe Manager ... aka Paris Love Song Black Fury (1935) .... Sokolsky Go Into Your Dance (1935) .... Mexican in La Cucaracha Cantina ... aka Casino de Paree (UK) Reckless (1935) (uncredited) .... Chef at Wedding Naughty Marietta (1935) .... Rudolpho Rumba (1935) (uncredited) .... Tony The Winning Ticket (1935) .... Guiseppe The Lives of a Bengal Lancer (1935) .... Otamanu, emir of Gopal Here Is My Heart (1934) .... Manager of Hotel The Captain Hates the Sea (1934) .... General Salazaro The Merry Widow (1934) (uncredited) .... Manager of Maxim's ... aka The Lady Dances (USA: reissue title (TV title)) The Scarlet Empress (1934) (uncredited) .... Bit part Now and Forever (1934) (uncredited) .... French Jeweller Chained (1934) .... Pablo, the Ranch Chef Straight Is the Way (1934) (uncredited) .... Mr. Slavko Whom the Gods Destroy (1934) .... Peter Korotoff The Great Flirtation (1934) .... Paul Wengler Sadie McKee (1934) .... Riccori, Cafe Headwaiter Fugitive Lovers (1934) (uncredited) .... Deaf Mute Bus Passenger Veuve joyeuse, La (1934) .... Turk Queen Christina (1933) (uncredited) .... Pedro The Devil's in Love (1933) (uncredited) .... Adjutant Storm at Daybreak (1933) (uncredited) .... Gypsy Fiddler Professional Sweetheart (1933) (uncredited) .... Hotel Waiter ... aka Imaginary Sweetheart The Barbarian (1933) (uncredited) .... Colonel ... aka A Night in Cairo (UK) ... aka Man of the Nile ... aka The Arab Gabriel Over the White House (1933) (uncredited) .... Delegate to the debt conference Clear All Wires! (1933) (uncredited) .... Moscow Hotel Clerk Okay, America! (1932) (uncredited) .... Bit Role ... aka The Penalty of Fame (UK)