Akim Tamiroff: Akim Tamiroff. Actor: Touch of Evil. Though born in Georgia and having a Russian-sounding name, Akim Tamiroff is actually of Armenian descent. At 19 he decided to pursue acting as a career and was chosen from among 500 applicants to the Moscow Art Theater School. There he studied under the great Konstantin Stanislavski, and launched a stage career. This included road company productions, in one such tour in 1920 Tamiroff...
Known For: Touch of Evil ('Uncle' Joe Grandi), For Whom the Bell Tolls (Pablo), Alphaville (Henri Dickson(as Akim Tamirof)), The Trial (Bloch)