Acting
Nils Asther
SV, DA, EN, XX cinema · 68 credits
Born
16 January 1897
Died
13 October 1981 (aged 84)
Birthplace
Copenhagen, Denmark
Also known as Nils Anton Alfhild 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.
Known for
Filmography
Prejudice and Pride: Swedish Film Queer
as Self (archive footage)
Gudrun
as Mr. Roscoe
Lady in White
as Simon Ek
Svenska Floyd
as Vincent Mitella
When Darkness Falls
as Vicar Tord Ekstedt
The Feathered Serpent
as Paul Evans
Jealousy
as Peter Urban
The Man in Half Moon Street
as Dr. Julian Karell
Love, Honor and Goodbye
as Tony Linnard
Son of Lassie
as Olav
Bluebeard
as Inspector Lefevre
Alaska
as Thomas Leroux
The Hour Before the Dawn
as Kurt van der Breughel
Submarine Alert
as Dr. Arthur Huneker
Mystery Broadcast
as Ricky Moreno
Night Monster
as Agor Singh
Sweater Girl
as Prof. Henri Menard
The Night Before the Divorce
as Victor Roselle
Dr. Kildare's Wedding Day
as Constanzo Labardi
The Night of January 16th
as Bjorn Faulkner
Forced Landing
as Col. Jan Golas
Flying Blind
as Eric Karolek
The Man Who Lost Himself
as Peter Ransome
Guilty Melody
as Galloni
Abdul the Damned
as Kadar Pasha, Chief of Police
Minns du?
1935
Do You Remember?
as (archive footage)
The Crime Doctor
as Gary Patten
Love Time
as Franz Schubert
Madame Spy
as Capt. Franck
The Love Captive
as Dr. Alexis Collender
The Bitter Tea of General Yen
as General Yen
If I Were Free
as Tono Casanove
By Candlelight
as Prince Alfred Von Rommer
The Right To Romance
as Dr. Helmuth Heppling
Storm at Daybreak
as Capt. Geza Petery
Letty Lynton
as Emile Renaul
But the Flesh Is Weak
as Prince Paul
The Washington Masquerade
as Henri Brenner
The Sea Bat
as Carl
Wild Orchids
as Prince de Gace
The Single Standard
as Packy Cannon
Laugh, Clown, Laugh
as Count Luigi Ravelli
Our Dancing Daughters
as Norman
The Cardboard Lover
as Andre
The Cossacks
as Prince Olenin Stieshneff
The Blue Danube
as Erich von Statzen
Dream of Love
as Prince Mauritz
Loves of an Actress
as Raoul Duval
Topsy and Eva
as George Shelby
Sorrell and Son
as Christopher 'Kit' Sorrell
Hotelratten
1927
Hotelratten
as Fürst Ladrone
Crooks in Tails
as George Valeska
The Golden Butterfly
as Andy McFarland
Wrath of the Seas
as Torpedooffizier Günther Adenried
Die drei Kuckucksuhren
1926
Adventure Mad
as Reginald Ellis
The Sweet Girl
as The Prince's Son
Carl XII:s Courier
as Stanislaus, Potockis nevö
Love's Crucible
as Apprentice
The Gyurkovics Boys
as Bandi Gyurkovics
A Trip to Mars
as Martian citizen
The Wings
as Aspiring actor