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Actor (155 credits)
1965
The Dolls
Monsignor Arendi (segment "Monsignor Cupido")
1962-1963
Naked City
(TV Series)
Emil Pappas / Demetru Lapesku
1955
Climax!
(TV Series)
Albert Ganz
1936
Desire
Avilia - Police Official
1935
Reckless
Chef at Wedding (uncredited)
1935
Rumba
Tony (uncredited)
1942
Tortilla Flat
(performer: "Ay, Ay, Paisano!" (1942) - uncredited)
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Personal Details
Other Works:
Miracle at Verdun (1931). Drama. Written by Hans Chlumberg. Translated by Julian Leigh. Directed by Herbert J. Biberman. Martin Beck Theatre: 16 Mar 1931- Apr 1931 (closing date unknown/49 performances). Cast:
Edward Arnold (as "Dr. Paetz"),
J.W. Austin (as "Sharpe"), Anthony Baker, Jacob Bleifer, Thomas A. Braidon, George ...
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2 Pictorials
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Alternate Names:
Akim Tamirof | A. Tamiroff | Akin Tamiroff
Height:
5' 7" (1.7 m)
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Personal Quote:
[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.
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Trivia:
Considered the first Armenian-American film star.
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Trademark:
Played characters of many different nationalities and ethnicities, though ironically not his own (Armenian).