Nils Asther

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

66

Gender

Male

Birthday

1897-01-16

Deathday

1981-10-13 (84 years old)

Place of Birth

Copenhagen, Denmark

Also Known As

  • Nils Anton Alfhild Asther

Nils 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.

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Known For

Bluebeard
5.6%

Bluebeard

Oct 26, 1944

Night Monster
6.2%

Night Monster

Oct 20, 1942

Laugh, Clown, Laugh
7.3%

Laugh, Clown, Laugh

Apr 14, 1928

A Trip to Mars
6.4%

A Trip to Mars

Feb 22, 1918

Our Dancing Daughters
6.4%

Our Dancing Daughters

Sep 1, 1928

Son of Lassie
6.0%

Son of Lassie

Apr 20, 1945

Wild Orchids
6.6%

Wild Orchids

Feb 23, 1929

The Wings
5.2%

The Wings

Sep 4, 1916

Jealousy
5.4%

Jealousy

Jul 23, 1945

The Feathered Serpent
5.8%

The Feathered Serpent

Dec 19, 1948

By Candlelight
5.8%

By Candlelight

Dec 18, 1933

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