FrameThrower · Actors · Akim Tamiroff
Akim Tamiroff
4 films · 253 frames · top-billed in 2 · 1955–1965
Born 27 October 1899 · Tiflis, Russian Empire [now Tbilisi, Republic of Georgia] · died 17 September 1972
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Akim Mikhailovich Tamiroff, 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.
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Awards
On FrameThrower we have: 4 films · 253 frames · top-billed in 2 · 1955–1965
- star on Hollywood Walk of Fame
How their films are shot
Measured across 253 frames from the 4 films we hold. This is the look of the work Akim takes, not a claim about any single frame — we index the cast of a film, never the people in a shot.
Across the 4 films we hold, 60% of their frames are night — the look of the work Akim takes.
Time of day
Lighting
Shot size
Camera angle
Mood
Films in the library
Every poster opens that film — stills, cinematography notes and colour palette.
Often with
Shared films in this library, not a full filmography.
A reference database for filmmakers
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