Akim Tamiroff Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Akim Mikhailovich Tamiroff (Russian: Аким Михайлович Тамиров; 29 October 1899 – 17 September 1972), 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Akim Tamiroff, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia
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Akim Tamiroff Quotes
Misunderstandings Surrounding a Marriage License
Newspaper editor:
There's only one thing more, Mr. Governor - the marriage!
Gov. McGinty:
What's the matter with the marriage? She's married to Norval Jones, she always has been! The guy married them, didn't he? The boy signed his right name, didn't he?
Newspaper editor:
But he gave his name as Ratzkywatzky!
Gov. McGinty:
He was trying to say Jones, he stuttered!
The Boss:
What are you looking for, a needle from a haystack?
Newspaper editor:
Then how about the first Ratzkywatzky?
Gov. McGinty:
He's annulled!
The Boss:
Shnook!
Newspaper editor:
Who annulled?
Gov. McGinty:
The judge, who do you suppose?
The Boss:
Retroactive!
Gov. McGinty:
Will you get Mendoza on the phone?
The Boss:
I'm getting him.
Gov. McGinty:
He's out of the picture!
The Boss:
Was never in it!
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