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Actor
Nils Asther
- Born January 16, 1897 in Copenhagen, Denmark
- Died October 13, 1981
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Nils Anton Alfhild Asther (17 January 1897 - 13 October 1981) was a Danish-born Swedish actor active in Hollywood from 1926 to the mid 1950s, known for his beautiful face and often called "the male Greta Garbo". Between 1916 and 1963 he appeared in over 70 feature films, 16 done in the silent era. Description above from the Wikipedia article Nils Anton Alfhild Asther, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known for
The Bitter Tea of General Yen1933
Bluebeard1944
Night Monster1942
Laugh, Clown, Laugh1928
A Trip to Mars1918
Our Dancing Daughters1928
Son of Lassie1945
The Wings1916
Filmography
- 2022Prejudice and Pride: Swedish Film QueerFilmSelf (archive footage)
- 1963GudrunFilmMr. Roscoe
- 1962Lady in WhiteFilmSimon Ek
- 1961Svenska FloydFilmVincent Mitella
- 1960When Darkness FallsFilmVicar Tord Ekstedt
- 1953That Man from TangierFilmHenri
- 1948The Feathered SerpentFilmPaul Evans
- 1945Son of LassieFilmOlav
- 1945JealousyFilmPeter Urban
- 1945The Man in Half Moon StreetFilmDr. Julian Karell
- 1945Love, Honor and GoodbyeFilmTony Linnard
- 1944BluebeardFilmInspector Lefevre
- 1944The Hour Before the DawnFilmKurt van der Breughel
- 1944AlaskaFilmThomas Leroux
- 1943Submarine AlertFilmDr. Arthur Huneker
- 1943Mystery BroadcastFilmRicky Moreno
- 1942Night MonsterFilmAgor Singh
- 1942The Night Before the DivorceFilmVictor Roselle
- 1942Sweater GirlFilmProf. Henri Menard
- 1941Dr. Kildare's Wedding DayFilmConstanzo Labardi
- 1941The Night of January 16thFilmBjorn Faulkner
- 1941Flying BlindFilmEric Karolek
- 1941The Man Who Lost HimselfFilmPeter Ransome
- 1941Forced LandingFilmCol. Jan Golas
- 1937Make-UpFilmBux
- 1936The Marriage of CorbalFilmVarennes
- 1936Guilty MelodyFilmGalloni
- 1935Abdul the DamnedFilmKadar Pasha, Chief of Police
- 1935Do You Remember?Film(archive footage)
- 1934The Crime DoctorFilmGary Patten
- 1934Madame SpyFilmCapt. Franck
- 1934Love TimeFilmFranz Schubert
- 1934The Love CaptiveFilmDr. Alexis Collender
- 1933The Bitter Tea of General YenFilmGeneral Yen
- 1933By CandlelightFilmPrince Alfred Von Rommer
- 1933If I Were FreeFilmTono Casanove
- 1933The Right To RomanceFilmDr. Helmuth Heppling
- 1933Storm at DaybreakFilmCapt. Geza Petery
- 1932Letty LyntonFilmEmile Renaul
- 1932The Washington MasqueradeFilmHenri Brenner
- 1932But the Flesh Is WeakFilmPrince Paul
- 1932Screen Snapshots (Series 12, No. 2)FilmHimself
- 1930The Sea BatFilmCarl
- 1929Wild OrchidsFilmPrince de Gace
- 1929The Single StandardFilmPacky Cannon
- 1928Laugh, Clown, LaughFilmCount Luigi Ravelli
- 1928Our Dancing DaughtersFilmNorman
- 1928The CossacksFilmPrince Olenin Stieshneff
- 1928The Cardboard LoverFilmAndre
- 1928Dream of LoveFilmPrince Mauritz
- 1928The Blue DanubeFilmErich von Statzen
- 1928Loves of an ActressFilmRaoul Duval
- 1927Sorrell and SonFilmChristopher 'Kit' Sorrell
- 1927Topsy and EvaFilmGeorge Shelby
- 1927HotelrattenFilmFürst Ladrone
- 1927Crooks in TailsFilmGeorge Valeska
- 1926Wrath of the SeasFilmTorpedooffizier Günther Adenried
- 1926The Golden ButterflyFilmAndy McFarland
- 1926Adventure MadFilmReginald Ellis
- 1926The Sweet GirlFilmThe Prince's Son
- 1924Carl XII:s CourierFilmStanislaus, Potockis nevö
- 1923The Norrtull GangFilm
- 1922Love's CrucibleFilmApprentice
- 1920The Gyurkovics BoysFilmBandi Gyurkovics
- 1918A Trip to MarsFilmMartian citizen
- 1918Retten sejrerFilm
- 1917HittebarnetFilm
- 1916The WingsFilmAspiring actor