Nils Asther
Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
Jan 16, 1897 (129 years old)
Place of Birth
Copenhagen, Denmark
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
| 2022 | Prejudice and Pride: Swedish Film QueerSelf (archive footage) | |
| 1963 | GudrunMr. Roscoe | |
| 1962 | Lady in WhiteSimon Ek | |
| 1961 | Svenska FloydVincent Mitella | |
| 1960 | When Darkness FallsVicar Tord Ekstedt | |
| 1953 | That Man from TangierHenri | |
| 1948 | The Feathered SerpentPaul Evans | |
| 1945 | JealousyPeter Urban | |
| 1945 | The Man in Half Moon StreetDr. Julian Karell | |
| 1945 | Love, Honor and GoodbyeTony Linnard | |
| 1945 | Son of LassieOlav | |
| 1944 | BluebeardInspector Lefevre | |
| 1944 | AlaskaThomas Leroux | |
| 1944 | The Hour Before the DawnKurt van der Breughel | |
| 1943 | Submarine AlertDr. Arthur Huneker | |
| 1943 | Mystery BroadcastRicky Moreno | |
| 1942 | Night MonsterAgor Singh | |
| 1942 | Sweater GirlProf. Henri Menard | |
| 1942 | The Night Before the DivorceVictor Roselle | |
| 1941 | Dr. Kildare's Wedding DayConstanzo Labardi | |
| 1941 | The Night of January 16thBjorn Faulkner | |
| 1941 | Forced LandingCol. Jan Golas | |
| 1941 | Flying BlindEric Karolek | |
| 1941 | The Man Who Lost HimselfPeter Ransome | |
| 1937 | Make-UpBux | |
| 1936 | Guilty MelodyGalloni | |
| 1936 | The Marriage of CorbalVarennes | |
| 1935 | Abdul the DamnedKadar Pasha, Chief of Police | |
| 1935 | Do You Remember?(archive footage) | |
| 1934 | The Crime DoctorGary Patten | |
| 1934 | Love TimeFranz Schubert | |
| 1934 | Madame SpyCapt. Franck | |
| 1934 | The Love CaptiveDr. Alexis Collender | |
| 1933 | If I Were FreeTono Casanove | |
| 1933 | By CandlelightPrince Alfred Von Rommer | |
| 1933 | The Right To RomanceDr. Helmuth Heppling | |
| 1933 | Storm at DaybreakCapt. Geza Petery | |
| 1932 | The Bitter Tea of General YenGeneral Yen | |
| 1932 | Screen Snapshots (Series 12, No. 2)Himself | |
| 1932 | Letty LyntonEmile Renaul | |
| 1932 | But the Flesh Is WeakPrince Paul | |
| 1932 | The Washington MasqueradeHenri Brenner | |
| 1930 | The Sea BatCarl | |
| 1929 | Wild OrchidsPrince de Gace | |
| 1929 | The Single StandardPacky Cannon | |
| 1928 | Laugh, Clown, LaughCount Luigi Ravelli | |
| 1928 | Our Dancing DaughtersNorman | |
| 1928 | The Cardboard LoverAndre | |
| 1928 | The CossacksPrince Olenin Stieshneff | |
| 1928 | The Blue DanubeErich von Statzen | |
| 1928 | Dream of LovePrince Mauritz | |
| 1928 | Loves of an ActressRaoul Duval | |
| 1927 | Topsy and EvaGeorge Shelby | |
| 1927 | Sorrell and SonChristopher 'Kit' Sorrell | |
| 1927 | HotelrattenFürst Ladrone | |
| 1927 | Gauner im FrackGeorge Valeska | |
| 1926 | The Golden ButterflyAndy McFarland | |
| 1926 | Wrath of the SeasTorpedooffizier Günther Adenried | |
| 1926 | Adventure MadReginald Ellis | |
| 1926 | The Sweet GirlThe Prince's Son | |
| 1924 | Carl XII:s kurirStanislaus, Potockis nevö | |
| 1923 | The Norrtull Gang | |
| 1922 | Love's CrucibleApprentice | |
| 1920 | The Gyurkovics BoysBandi Gyurkovics | |
| 1918 | A Trip to MarsMartian citizen | |
| 1918 | Retten sejrer | |
| 1917 | Hittebarnet | |
| 1916 | The WingsAspiring actor |