Nils Asther

Known for acting · Born 16 January 1897 · Died 13 October 1981 · aged 84 · Copenhagen, Denmark

68 credits

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

The Bitter Tea of General Yen

1933

Bluebeard

1944

Our Dancing Daughters

1928

Wild Orchids

1929

By Candlelight

1933

Laugh, Clown, Laugh

1928

Letty Lynton

1932

The Sea Bat

1930

Lady in White

1962

When Darkness Falls

1960

Submarine Alert

1943

The Single Standard

1929

Acting (68)

2022Prejudice and Pride: Swedish Film QueerSelf (archive footage)Film

1963GudrunMr. RoscoeFilm

1962Lady in WhiteSimon EkFilm

1961Svenska FloydVincent MitellaFilm

1960When Darkness FallsVicar Tord EkstedtFilm

1953That Man from TangierHenriFilm

1948The Feathered SerpentPaul EvansFilm

1945Son of LassieOlavFilm

1945JealousyPeter UrbanFilm

1945The Man in Half Moon StreetDr. Julian KarellFilm

1945Love, Honor and GoodbyeTony LinnardFilm

1944BluebeardInspector LefevreFilm

1944The Hour Before the DawnKurt van der BreughelFilm

1944AlaskaThomas LerouxFilm

1943Submarine AlertDr. Arthur HunekerFilm

1943Mystery BroadcastRicky MorenoFilm

1942Night MonsterAgor SinghFilm

1942The Night Before the DivorceVictor RoselleFilm

1942Sweater GirlProf. Henri MenardFilm

1941Dr. Kildare's Wedding DayConstanzo LabardiFilm

1941The Night of January 16thBjorn FaulknerFilm

1941Flying BlindEric KarolekFilm

1941The Man Who Lost HimselfPeter RansomeFilm

1941Forced LandingCol. Jan GolasFilm

1937Make-UpBuxFilm

1936The Marriage of CorbalVarennesFilm

1936Guilty MelodyGalloniFilm

1935Abdul the DamnedKadar Pasha, Chief of PoliceFilm

1935Do You Remember?(archive footage)Film

1934The Crime DoctorGary PattenFilm

1934Madame SpyCapt. FranckFilm

1934Love TimeFranz SchubertFilm

1934The Love CaptiveDr. Alexis CollenderFilm

1933The Bitter Tea of General YenGeneral YenFilm

1933By CandlelightPrince Alfred Von RommerFilm

1933If I Were FreeTono CasanoveFilm

1933The Right To RomanceDr. Helmuth HepplingFilm

1933Storm at DaybreakCapt. Geza PeteryFilm

1932Letty LyntonEmile RenaulFilm

1932The Washington MasqueradeHenri BrennerFilm

1932But the Flesh Is WeakPrince PaulFilm

1932Screen Snapshots (Series 12, No. 2)HimselfFilm

1930The Sea BatCarlFilm

1929Wild OrchidsPrince de GaceFilm

1929The Single StandardPacky CannonFilm

1928Laugh, Clown, LaughCount Luigi RavelliFilm

1928Our Dancing DaughtersNormanFilm

1928The CossacksPrince Olenin StieshneffFilm

1928The Cardboard LoverAndreFilm

1928Dream of LovePrince MauritzFilm

1928The Blue DanubeErich von StatzenFilm

1928Loves of an ActressRaoul DuvalFilm

1927Sorrell and SonChristopher 'Kit' SorrellFilm

1927Topsy and EvaGeorge ShelbyFilm

1927HotelrattenFürst LadroneFilm

1927Crooks in TailsGeorge ValeskaFilm

1926Wrath of the SeasTorpedooffizier Günther AdenriedFilm

1926The Golden ButterflyAndy McFarlandFilm

1926Adventure MadReginald EllisFilm

1926The Sweet GirlThe Prince's SonFilm

1924Carl XII:s CourierStanislaus, Potockis nevöFilm

1923The Norrtull GangFilm

1922Love's CrucibleApprenticeFilm

1920The Gyurkovics BoysBandi GyurkovicsFilm

1918A Trip to MarsMartian citizenFilm

1918Retten sejrerFilm

1917HittebarnetFilm

1916The WingsAspiring actorFilm