Akim Tamiroff
Birthday: 29 October 1899, Tiflis, Russian Empire [now Tbilisi, Republic of Georgia]
Height: 170 cm
Though born in Russia and having a Russian-sounding name, Akim Tamiroff is actually of Armenian descent. At 19 he decided to pursue acting as a career and was chosen from among 500 applicants to the M ...Show More
[on working with Gary Cooper in The General Died at Dawn (1936)] For three days I acted rings around Show more
[on working with Gary Cooper in The General Died at Dawn (1936)] For three days I acted rings around him. I've got him stopped. Against my acting he can do nothing. So I look at the rushes. On the screen I am there. Everybody else is there. But what do I see? Nothing! Nothing, that is, except Gary Cooper. He isn't doing anything at all, but he's taking the scenes away from me. Hide
Akim Tamiroff's FILMOGRAPHY
as Actor (49)
Akim Tamiroff'S roles
The Boss
Pablo
Bloch
Gerven the Cook
'Uncle' Joe Grandi