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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
Akim Tamiroff was an Armenian-American character actor trained at the Moscow Art Theatre who became a fixture of Hollywood's Golden Age.
He is recognized for his supporting roles in classic films including Touch of Evil, For Whom the Bell Tolls, and The Miracle of Morgan's Creek.
He is famously associated with Orson Welles, having appeared in major works such as Touch of Evil, The Trial, and Mr. Arkadin.