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Akim Tamiroff


Akim Tamiroff

Geburtstag:

10/27/1899

Geburtsort:

Tiflis, Russian Empire [now Tbilisi, Republic of Georgia]:

Biografie:

Akim Tamiroff (* 29. Oktober 1899 in Tiflis, Georgien; † 17. September 1972 in Palm Springs, Kalifornien, USA) war ein russisch-amerikanischer Schauspieler armenischer Herkunft. Nach einer Ausbildung an der Moskauer Schauspielschule entschied Akim Tamiroff sich 1932 während einer USA-Tournee, in Amerika zu bleiben. Tamiroffs Markenzeichen waren seine untersetzte Statur, sein dunkles Haar, dicke Augenbrauen und eindringliche Augen. Bereits seit den 1930er Jahren wurde er – nicht zuletzt wegen seines schweren russischen Akzents – häufig als Ausländer eingesetzt, z. B. als Zigeuner (Storm at Day Break), Spanier (Königin Christina), Türke (The Merry Widow), Italiener (Sadie McKee, The Winning Ticket), Deutscher (The Great Flirtation), Franzose (New and Forever, Paris in Spring), Inder (Bengali), Mexikaner (Chained, Go Into Your Dance) und natürlich auch als Russe (z. B. Whom the Gods Destroy, Black Fury, China Seas). Seine erste größere Rolle spielte Tamiroff 1936 in dem Kriminalfilm Woman Trap. Weitere wichtige Nebenrollen folgten in The General Died at Dawn, The Jungle Princess (1936, mit Dorothy Lamour), Her Husband Lies, dem Michael Strogoff-Film The Soldier and the Lady und King of Gamblers (alle drei 1937). Seine erste Hauptrolle spielte Akim Tamiroff 1937 in Charles Vidors Kriminalfilm The Great Gambini. 1938 folgte eine weitere große Rolle in Cecil B. DeMilles Piratenfilm The Buccaneer. Gleich danach stand Tamiroff in Dangerous to Know (1938) vor der Kamera. In dem Western Ride a Crooked Mile spielte er einen russischen Einwanderer. 1939 trat er in King of Chinatown erneut neben Anna May Wong auf. Weitere Hauptrollen spielte er in Floreys Spionagethriller The Magnificent Fraud (1939) und in Louis Kings Schicksalsfilm The Way of All Flesh (1940). Einen Golden Globe als bester Nebendarsteller und eine Oscar-Nominierung in der gleichen Kategorie errang Akim Tamiroff 1943 mit der Rolle des Guerilleros Pablo in Sam Woods Hemingway-Adaption Wem die Stunde schlägt Im selben Jahr hatte er eine weitere bedeutende Rolle als ägyptischer Hotelbesitzer in Billy Wilders Fünf Gräber bis Kairo. Nach dem Ende des Zweiten Weltkrieges erschien er in zahlreichen weiteren Filmen, mit einer größeren Rolle unter anderem in Richard Thorpes Filmmusical Mexikanische Nächte (1947). Ab den 1950er-Jahren wirkte Tamiroff an vielen Fernseh Produktionen mit. Ein Kassenerfolg war in dieser Zeit nur Anatole Litvaks Melodram Anastasia (1956) mit Ingrid Bergman. Aus filmhistorischer Sicht waren die 1950er Jahre für Tamiroff vielleicht das wichtigste Jahrzehnt, denn sie waren auch die Zeit der Zusammenarbeit mit Orson Welles. 1955 trat Tamiroff in Welles’ in Europa gedrehtem Thriller Herr Satan auf. 1958 folgte Welles’ Meisterwerk Im Zeichen des Bösen, in dem Tamiroff den mexikanischen Drogenboss „Onkel Joe Grandi“ spielte. In der Kafka-Verfilmung Der Prozeß (1962) hatte er nur eine winzige Rolle. In den 1960er Jahren arbeitete Akim Tamiroff meist in Europa, wo er in Filmen wie Die schwarze Tulpe (1962, mit Alain Delon) erschien. Kleine Rollen spielte er in den erfolgreichen amerikanischen Abenteuerfilmen Topkapi (1964) und Lord Jim (1965). Seinen letzten Auftritt hatte er 1970 in dem israelisch-französischen Spionagefilm Moto Shel Yehudi.



Credits

La Classe américaine (1993)
as Dino's Friend (archive footage)
Don Quijote de Orson Welles (1992)
as Sancho Panza
Kolossal - I magnifici Macisti (1977)
as
The Great Bank Robbery (1969)
as Papa (Juan's father)
Marquis de Sade: Justine (1969)
as Du Harpin
Then Came Bronson (1969)
as Papa Bear
מותו של יהודי (1969)
as Inspector Mehdaloun
Great Catherine (1968)
as Sergeant
O tutto o niente (1968)
as Pigsty / Dean Light
Tenderly (1968)
as Uncle Egidio
Una rosa per tutti (1967)
as Basilio
The Vulture (1966)
as Prof. Hans Koniglich
Un gangster venuto da Brooklyn (1966)
as Joe Montano
After the Fox (1966)
as Okra
I nostri mariti (1966)
as Cesare
Lt. Robin Crusoe U.S.N. (1966)
as Tanamashu
Adulterio all'italiana (1966)
as Max Portesi
Hotel Paradiso (1966)
as Hotel Proprietor
The Liquidator (1965)
as Sheriek
Marie Chantal contre Dr. Kha (1965)
as Prof. Lambaré / Dr. Kha
La Fabuleuse Aventure de Marco Polo (1965)
as The Old Man of the Mountain
Alphaville, une étrange aventure de Lemmy Caution (1965)
as Henri Dickson
Par un beau matin d'été (1965)
as Frank Kramer
Lord Jim (1965)
as Schomberg
Le Bambole (1965)
as Monsignor Arendi (segment "Monsignor Cupido")
Spuit elf (1964)
as Bakker, brandmeester
Topkapi (1964)
as Gerven the Cook
Panic Button (1964)
as Pandowski
La Tulipe noire (1964)
as Marquis de Vigogne
Una regina per Cesare (1962)
as Pompey
The Reluctant Saint (1962)
as Bishop Durso
Le Procès (1962)
as Bloch
Col ferro e col fuoco (1962)
as Mielski Zasloba
Ursus e la ragazza tartara (1961)
as Khan of the Tartars
I briganti italiani (1961)
as O Zingaro
Il giudizio universale (1961)
as Play director
Romanoff and Juliet (1961)
as Vadim Romanoff
Le baccanti (1961)
as Teiresias
La moglie di mio marito (1961)
as
Ocean's Eleven (1960)
as Spyros Acebos
La peccatrice del deserto (1959)
as The Merchant
Me and the Colonel (1958)
as Szabuniewicz
Touch of Evil (1958)
as 'Uncle' Joe Grandi
Yangtse Incident: The Story of H.M.S. Amethyst (1957)
as Colonel Peng
The Miracle Worker (1957)
as Mr. Anagnos
Anastasia (1956)
as Boris Adreivich Chernov
The Black Sleep (1956)
as Odo the Gypsy
La vedova X (1955)
as The Uncle
Le avventura di Cartouche (1955)
as Il marchese di Salpiere
Mr. Arkadin (1955)
as Jakob Zouk
You Know What Sailors Are (1954)
as
They Who Dare (1954)
as Captain George One
Desert Legion (1953)
as Pvt. Plevko
Black Magic (1949)
as Gitano
Outpost in Morocco (1949)
as Lieutenant Glysko
Relentless (1948)
as Joe Faringo
My Girl Tisa (1948)
as Mr. Grumbach
The Gangster (1947)
as Nick Jammey
Fiesta (1947)
as Chato Vasquez
A Scandal in Paris (1946)
as Emile Vernet
Pardon My Past (1945)
as Jim Arnold
Can't Help Singing (1944)
as Prince Gregory Stroganovsky
The Miracle of Morgan's Creek (1944)
as The Boss
Dragon Seed (1944)
as Wu Lien
The Bridge of San Luis Rey (1944)
as Uncle Pio
Twenty Years After (1944)
as (archive footage)
His Butler's Sister (1943)
as Popoff
For Whom the Bell Tolls (1943)
as Pablo
Five Graves to Cairo (1943)
as Farid
Tortilla Flat (1942)
as Pablo
Reap the Wild Wind (1942)
as The Lamb (uncredited) (voice)
The Corsican Brothers (1941)
as Baron Colonna
New York Town (1941)
as Stefan Janowski
The Texas Rangers Ride Again (1940)
as Mio Pio
North West Mounted Police (1940)
as Dan Duroc
The Great McGinty (1940)
as The Boss
Untamed (1940)
as Joe Easter
The Way of All Flesh (1940)
as Paul Kriza
Disputed Passage (1939)
as Dr. 'Tubby' Forster
Honeymoon in Bali (1939)
as Tony
Screen Snapshots Series 19, No. 1 (1939)
as Self
The Magnificent Fraud (1939)
as Jules LaCroix / President Alvarado
Union Pacific (1939)
as Fiesta
King of Chinatown (1939)
as Frank Baturin
Paris Honeymoon (1939)
as Mayor Peter Karloca
Ride a Crooked Mile (1938)
as Mike Balan
Spawn of the North (1938)
as Red Skain
Dangerous to Know (1938)
as Stephen Recka
The Buccaneer (1938)
as Dominique You
This Way Please (1937)
as Tartar Chieftain (uncredited)
High, Wide and Handsome (1937)
as Joe Varese
The Great Gambini (1937)
as The Great Gambini
King of Gamblers (1937)
as Steve Kalkas
The Soldier and the Lady (1937)
as Ivan Ogareff
Her Husband Lies (1937)
as Big Ed Bullock
Breakdowns of 1936 (1936)
as Self
The Jungle Princess (1936)
as Karen Neg
The General Died at Dawn (1936)
as General Yang
Anthony Adverse (1936)
as Carlo Cibo
Desire (1936)
as Avilia
Woman Trap (1936)
as Joe Ramirez de la Valle
The Story of Louis Pasteur (1936)
as Dr. Zaranoff
Two-Fisted (1935)
as Taxi Driver
The Big Broadcast of 1936 (1935)
as Boris
The Gay Deception (1935)
as Spellek
China Seas (1935)
as Paul Romanoff
Paris in Spring (1935)
as Cafe Manager
Black Fury (1935)
as Sokolsky
Go Into Your Dance (1935)
as Mexican in La Cucaracha Cantina
Reckless (1935)
as Chef at Wedding (uncredited)
Naughty Marietta (1935)
as Rudolpho
The Winning Ticket (1935)
as Guiseppe
The Lives of a Bengal Lancer (1935)
as Otamanu
Here Is My Heart (1934)
as Manager of Hotel
The Merry Widow (1934)
as Manager at Maxim's
The Captain Hates the Sea (1934)
as General Salazaro
Lady by Choice (1934)
as Poupolis (uncredited)
Now and Forever (1934)
as French Jeweller (uncredited)
Chained (1934)
as Pablo, the Ranch Chef
Straight Is the Way (1934)
as Mr. Slavko (uncredited)
Whom the Gods Destroy (1934)
as Peter Korotoff
The Great Flirtation (1934)
as Paul Wengler
Sadie McKee (1934)
as Riccori
The Scarlet Empress (1934)
as Bit Part (uncredited)
Queen Christina (1934)
as Pedro (uncredited)
Fugitive Lovers (1934)
as Deaf-Mute Bus Passenger (uncredited)
The Devil's in Love (1933)
as Adjutant
Storm at Daybreak (1933)
as Gypsy Fiddler (uncredited)
Gabriel Over the White House (1933)
as Delegate to the Debt Conference (uncredited)
Clear All Wires! (1933)
as Hotel desk clerk (uncredited)
Okay, America! (1932)
as Bit Role (uncredited)