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Flamboyant, husky character actor in the US from 1923, who acted with the New York Theatre Guild before entering films. Ubiquitous in Paramount productions of the late 1930s, he usually played eccentric Slavic types, though he had a rare leading role in "The Way of the Flesh" (1940). From the early 1950s Tamiroff appeared in many European productions, with memorably baroque performances in Jean-Luc Godard's "Alphaville" (1965) and three Orson Welles films....
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Filmography

Go Into Your Dance - ( / 2001 / Released / )
The Big Broadcast of 1936 - ( / 2001 / Released / )
The Trial - ( Bloch / 2000 / Released / )
Don Quixote of Orson Welles - ( Sancho Panza / 1992 / Released / )
The Great Bank Robbery - ( Papa Pedro / 1969 / Released / )
Great Catherine - ( Sergeant / 1968 / Released / )
A Rose For Everyone - ( Basilio / 1967 / Released / )
Adultery Italian Style - ( Max / 1966 / Released / Miracle Films Ltd (United Kingdom) )
After the Fox - ( Okra / 1966 / Released / )
Hotel Paradiso - ( Anniello / 1966 / Released / MGM Distribution Company )
Lt. Robin Crusoe, U.S.N. - ( Tanamashu / 1966 / Released / )
The Liquidator - ( Sheriek / 1966 / Released / MGM/UA Entertainment Company )
Alphaville - ( Henri Dickson / 1965 / Released / )
Le Bambole - ( Monsignor Arendi / 1965 / Released / Royal Films International )
Lord Jim - ( Schomberg / 1965 / Released / )
Marco the Magnificent - ( Old Man of the Mountain / 1965 / Released / MGM/UA Entertainment Company )
Marie-Chantal Contre le Docteur Kha - ( Doctor Kha / 1965 / Released / )
Panic Button - ( Pandowsky / 1964 / Released / Gorton Associates )
Topkapi - ( Geven--Drunken Cook / 1964 / Released / )
The Black Tulip - ( Marquis / 1963 / Released / Dicifrance )
Mr. Arkadin - ( Jacob Zouk / 1962 / Released / )
The Reluctant Saint - ( Bishop Durso / 1962 / Released / Davis/Royal Films International )
Romanoff and Juliet - ( Vadim Romanoff / 1961 / Released / Universal )
The Last Judgement - ( / 1961 / Released / Dino De Laurentiis Company )
Ocean's Eleven - ( Spyros Acebos / 1960 / Released / )
Me and the Colonel - ( Szabuniewicz / 1958 / Released / Columbia TriStar Motion Picture Group )
Touch of Evil - ( 'Uncle Joe' Grandi / 1958 / Released / )
Anastasia - ( Chernov / 1956 / Released / )
The Black Sleep - ( Odo / 1956 / Released / )
They Who Dare - ( Captain George One / 1954 / Released / )
Desert Legion - ( Private Plenko / 1953 / Released / )
Dragon Seed - ( / 1944 / Released / )
The Miracle of Morgan's Creek - ( / 1944 / Released / Paramount Pictures )
Five Graves to Cairo - ( / 1943 / Released / )
Texas Rangers Ride Again - ( / 1941 / Released / Paramount Pictures )
The Great McGinty - ( / 1940 / Released / )
King of Chinatown - ( / 1939 / Released / Paramount Pictures )
Union Pacific - ( / 1939 / Released / )
Dangerous to Know - ( / 1938 / Released / Paramount Pictures )
The Buccaneer - ( Dominique You / 1938 / Released / Paramount Pictures )
Anthony Adverse - ( / 1936 / Released / )
Black Fury - ( / 1935 / Released / Warner Bros. Pictures Distribution )
China Seas - ( / 1935 / Released / )
Lives of a Bengal Lancer - ( / 1935 / Released / )
Naughty Marietta - ( / 1935 / Released / )
Chained - ( / 1934 / Released / )
Desire - ( Police Official / / Released / )
The General Died at Dawn - ( / / Released / )
The Story of Louis Pasteur - ( / / Released / )

TV Credits
Then Came Bronson ( 1969 / Released ): Actor

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Flamboyant, husky character actor in the US from 1923, who acted with the New York Theatre Guild before entering films. Ubiquitous in Paramount productions of the late 1930s, he usually played eccentric Slavic types, though he had a rare leading role in "The Way of the Flesh" (1940). From the early 1950s Tamiroff appeared in many European productions, with memorably baroque performances in Jean-Luc Godard's "Alphaville" (1965) and three Orson Welles films. (He also played the title character of Welles' unfinished "Sancho Panza".)

Profession(s):
Actor
Sometimes Credited As:

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Education
Moscow Art Theater Moscow, Russia
Awards (Back to top)

Golden Globe Award Best Supporting Actor "For Whom the Bell Tolls" 1943

Milestones (Back to top)

1938 First leading role, "The Buccaneer"
1934 Film debut, "Sadie McKee"
1923 Traveled to US on acting tour and remained

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