Acting
Olof Ås
SV cinema · 26 credits
Born
1 September 1892
Died
4 September 1949 (aged 57)
Also known as Olof Åhs · Olle Ås
Olof Alvar Hage Ås (21 September 1892 – 4 September 1949)[1] was a Swedish theater and film actor stage manager. Ås was born in Stockholm, and begin his career on the stage. He then began a career in the 1910s as a stage manager. Some of his work as a stage manager includes films such as Victor Sjöström's The Lass from the Stormy Croft (Swedish: Tösen från Stormyrtorpet) (1917) and Mauritz Stiller's Gösta Berlings saga (1922), for which he also worked on special effects. Ås made his film debut in the 1912 Paul Garbagni-directed I lifvets vår and would appear in nearly 30 films (most of them directed by either Stiller or Sjöström) until his death in Tureberg, Sollentuna Municipality, following a road accident, aged 56.
Known for
Filmography
Harald Handfaste
as von Dotzen's daughter chamber maid (uncredited), Production Manager
The Brothers' Woman
as Haymaker (uncredited), Unit Manager
The Saga of Gösta Berling
Special Effects
The Hell Ship
as Member of the ships crew
Love's Crucible
as Man at the inn
The Phantom Carriage
as Driver
A Wild Bird
as Officer
Karin, Daughter of Ingmar
as Inspector
A Lover in Pawn
as Sailor
His Grace’s Will
as Farmhand
Sons of Ingmar
as Farm-Hand
Song of the Scarlet Flower
as Raftsman
The Outlaw and His Wife
as Man with Björn Bergstéinsson
A Man There Was
as Utkiken på den engelska korvetten (uncredited)
The Springtime of Life
as Man in theater crowd