Editing Akim Tamiroff (section)

{{Short description|Russian-American actor (1899–1972)}}
{{Infobox person
| name               = Akim Tamiroff
| native_name        = Ակիմ Թամիրով
| image              = Akim Tamiroff 1964.jpg
| caption            = Tamiroff in the Netherlands in 1964
| birth_name         = Hovakim Tamiryants
| birth_date         = {{Birth date|1899|10|29}}
| birth_place        = [[Tiflis]] or [[Baku]], [[Russian Empire]]
| death_date         = {{Death date and age|1972|9|17|1899|10|29}}
| death_place        = [[Palm Springs, California]], U.S.
| alma_mater         = [[Moscow Art Theatre]]
| occupation         = Actor
| years_active       = 1919–1972
| spouse             = {{marriage|[[Tamara Shayne]]|1932}}
}}

'''Akim Mikhailovich Tamiroff'''{{efn|{{langx|hy|Ակիմ Թամիրով}}, {{langx|ru|Аким Михайлович Тамиров}}}} (born '''Hovakim Tamiryants''';{{efn|{{langx|hy|Հովակիմ Թամիրյանց}}}}<ref>{{cite wikisource|title=Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia|wslanguage=hy|wslink=Էջ:Armenia Encyclopedia.djvu/948|page=948}}</ref> October 29, 1899 – September 17, 1972) was an [[Armenian Americans|Armenian-American]] actor of film, stage, and television. One of the premier [[character actors]] of [[Golden Age of Hollywood|Hollywood's Golden Age]],<ref name=":1">{{Cite news|date=1972-09-19|title=Akim Tamiroff, Actor, Is Dead; Had Screen Career of 35 Years|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1972/09/19/archives/-akim-tamiroff-actor-is-dead1-had-screen-career-of-35-years-exert.html|access-date=2021-06-19|issn=0362-4331}}</ref> Tamiroff developed a prolific career despite his thick accent, appearing in at least 80 motion pictures over a span of 37 years.<ref name="nyt" />

He was nominated twice for the [[Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor]] for his performances in ''[[The General Died at Dawn]]'' (1936) and ''[[For Whom the Bell Tolls (film)|For Whom the Bell Tolls]]'' (1943), winning the first ever [[Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture|Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor]] for the latter. [[Orson Welles]], a friend and oft-collaborator, praised him as "the greatest of all screen actors."<ref>{{Cite web|date=1965-10-24|title=This Hour has Seven Days: Chuvalo, Welles, and the Klan|url=https://www.cbc.ca/archives/entry/this-hour-has-seven-days-chuvalo-welles-and-the-klan|url-status=live|website=CBC Archives|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171104113758/http://www.cbc.ca/archives/entry/this-hour-has-seven-days-chuvalo-welles-and-the-klan |archive-date=2017-11-04 }}</ref>