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Caption: Still of Frank Sinatra, Norman Fell, Dean Martin, Richard Conte, Sammy Davis Jr., Richard Benedict, Joey Bishop, Clem Harvey, Peter Lawford, Buddy Lester, Henry Silva and Akim Tamiroff in Ocean's Eleven (1960)
About Akim Tamiroff
Actor, Soundtrack
Born: October 29, 1899
Star sign: Scorpio
Height: 5' 5" (1.65 m)
Known for: Touch of Evil (1958), Alphaville (1965), For Whom the Bell Tolls (1943), Anastasia (1956)
Source: IMDB
Though born in Russia 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 ...
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