Nils Asther
Known for Acting · 68 credits
- Born
- 1897-01-16
- Died
- 1981-10-13
- Place of birth
- Copenhagen, Denmark
- Also known as
- Nils Anton Alfhild Asther
Biography
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
Movies (68)
Night Monster
1942
as Agor Singh
The Cossacks
1928
as Prince Olenin Stieshneff
By Candlelight
1933
as Prince Alfred Von Rommer
Alaska
1944
as Thomas Leroux
The Bitter Tea of General Yen
1932
as General Yen
Prejudice and Pride: Swedish Film Queer
2022
as Self (archive footage)
The Sea Bat
1930
as Carl
The Norrtull Gang
1923
The Man Who Lost Himself
1941
as Peter Ransome
Bluebeard
1944
as Inspector Lefevre
Topsy and Eva
1927
as George Shelby
Love Time
1934
as Franz Schubert
The Single Standard
1929
as Packy Cannon
Madame Spy
1934
as Capt. Franck
Svenska Floyd
1961
as Vincent Mitella
The Washington Masquerade
1932
as Henri Brenner
Letty Lynton
1932
as Emile Renaul
Dr. Kildare's Wedding Day
1941
as Constanzo Labardi
Forced Landing
1941
as Col. Jan Golas
Submarine Alert
1943
as Dr. Arthur Huneker
The Crime Doctor
1934
as Gary Patten
Sweater Girl
1942
as Prof. Henri Menard
Son of Lassie
1945
as Olav
The Man in Half Moon Street
1945
as Dr. Julian Karell
The Night of January 16th
1941
as Bjorn Faulkner
Lady in White
1962
as Simon Ek
Jealousy
1945
as Peter Urban
Guilty Melody
1936
as Galloni
Mystery Broadcast
1943
as Ricky Moreno
If I Were Free
1933
as Tono Casanove
That Man from Tangier
1953
as Henri
The Hour Before the Dawn
1944
as Kurt van der Breughel
Storm at Daybreak
1933
as Capt. Geza Petery
When Darkness Falls
1960
as Vicar Tord Ekstedt
Flying Blind
1941
as Eric Karolek
The Blue Danube
1928
as Erich von Statzen
Wrath of the Seas
1926
as Torpedooffizier Günther Adenried
Dream of Love
1928
as Prince Mauritz
A Trip to Mars
1918
as Martian citizen
Wild Orchids
1929
as Prince de Gace
The Golden Butterfly
1926
as Andy McFarland
The Night Before the Divorce
1942
as Victor Roselle
Our Dancing Daughters
1928
as Norman
The Feathered Serpent
1948
as Paul Evans
Love's Crucible
1922
as Apprentice
Laugh, Clown, Laugh
1928
as Count Luigi Ravelli
Sorrell and Son
1927
as Christopher 'Kit' Sorrell
The Gyurkovics Boys
1920
as Bandi Gyurkovics
Abdul the Damned
1935
as Kadar Pasha, Chief of Police
Love, Honor and Goodbye
1945
as Tony Linnard
Loves of an Actress
1928
as Raoul Duval
But the Flesh Is Weak
1932
as Prince Paul
The Love Captive
1934
as Dr. Alexis Collender
The Cardboard Lover
1928
as Andre
Do You Remember?
1935
as (archive footage)
The Marriage of Corbal
1936
as Varennes
Adventure Mad
1926
as Reginald Ellis
Gauner im Frack
1927
as George Valeska
The Wings
1916
as Aspiring actor
Carl XII:s Courier
1924
as Stanislaus, Potockis nevö
The Sweet Girl
1926
as The Prince's Son
The Right To Romance
1933
as Dr. Helmuth Heppling
Make-Up
1937
as Bux
Gudrun
1963
as Mr. Roscoe
Hittebarnet
1917
Retten sejrer
1918
Hotelratten
1927
as Fürst Ladrone
Screen Snapshots (Series 12, No. 2)
1932
as Himself
About Nils Asther
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. With 68 credits spanning from 1916 to 2022, Nils Asther has appeared in 68 films and 0 TV shows.
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- Night Monster (1942) — as Agor Singh
- The Cossacks (1928) — as Prince Olenin Stieshneff
- By Candlelight (1933) — as Prince Alfred Von Rommer
- Alaska (1944) — as Thomas Leroux
- The Bitter Tea of General Yen (1932) — as General Yen
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