ACTOR

Akim Tamiroff

1899 - 1972

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Akim Mikhailovich Tamiroff (born Hovakim Tamiryants; October 29, 1899 – September 17, 1972) was an Armenian-American actor of film, stage, and television. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Akim Tamiroff has received more than 616,270 page views. His biography is available in 35 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 31 in 2019). Akim Tamiroff is the 1,287th most popular actor (up from 1,365th in 2019), the 61st most popular biography from Georgia (up from 62nd in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Georgian Actor.

Memorability Metrics

  • 620k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 57.08

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 35

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.11

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.38

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Akim Tamiroff ranks 1,287 out of 13,578. Before him are Jason Momoa, James Tolkan, Renée Simonot, Edward Gordon Craig, Wilford Brimley, and Daniel Brühl. After him are Ernst Busch, Rhea Seehorn, Valeria Bruni Tedeschi, Wade Williams, Oleg Popov, and Henry Bergman.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1899, Akim Tamiroff ranks 81. Before him are Ernst-Robert Grawitz, Abu al-Qasim al-Khoei, Hayato Ikeda, Irving Thalberg, Gustav Ucicky, and Nikolay Voronov. After him are Michał Kalecki, Gustaf Gründgens, Ida Kamińska, Richard Hauptmann, Haim Arlosoroff, and Benjamin Péret. Among people deceased in 1972, Akim Tamiroff ranks 67. Before him are Prescott Bush, Jules Romains, George Sanders, Edgar Snow, Clara Campoamor, and Eugène Tisserant. After him are Ettore Bastico, Alejandra Pizarnik, Frans Masereel, Harlow Shapley, Paul Goodman, and C. Rajagopalachari.

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In Georgia

Among people born in Georgia, Akim Tamiroff ranks 61 out of 406. Before him are Gabriel Urgebadze (1929), Pavel Bermondt-Avalov (1877), David VI of Georgia (1225), Boris Akunin (1956), Vakhtang Kikabidze (1938), and Şevkefza Kadın (1820). After him are Hümaşah Sultan (1634), Meliton Kantaria (1920), Georgiy Daneliya (1930), Giorgi Saakadze (1570), Abaris the Hyperborean (null), and Qaitbay (1416).

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Among ACTORS In Georgia

Among actors born in Georgia, Akim Tamiroff ranks 2. Before him are Vakhtang Kikabidze (1938). After him are Mikheil Gelovani (1893), Sofiko Chiaureli (1937), Mikheil Chiaureli (1894), Leila Abashidze (1929), Dodo Abashidze (1924), Merab Ninidze (1965), Medea Japaridze (1923), Nina Ananiashvili (1963), Yelena Kuzmina (1909), and Lika Kavzharadze (1959).

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Television and Movie Roles

Touch of Evil
'Uncle' Joe Grandi
When a car bomb explodes on the American side of the U.S./Mexico border, Mexican drug enforcement agent Miguel Vargas begins his investigation, along with American police captain Hank Quinlan. When Vargas begins to suspect that Quinlan and his shady partner, Menzies, are planting evidence to frame an innocent man, his investigations into their possible corruption quickly put himself and his new bride, Susie, in jeopardy.
Mar 30o 19587.8 / 10
Alphaville
Henri Dickson
Lemmy Caution is on a mission to eliminate Professor Von Braun, the creator of a malevolent computer that rules the city of Alphaville. Befriended by the scientist’s daughter Natasha, Lemmy must unravel the mysteries of the strictly logical Alpha 60 and teach Natasha the meaning of the word “love.”
May 5o 19657 / 10
The Trial
Bloch
Josef K wakes up in the morning and finds the police in his room. They tell him that he is on trial but nobody tells him what he is accused of. In order to find out about the reason for this accusation and to protest his innocence, he tries to look behind the façade of the judicial system. But since this remains fruitless, there seems to be no chance for him to escape from this nightmare.
Dec 21o 19627.4 / 10