Nils Asther
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- January 16, 1897
- Died
- October 13, 1981
- Birthplace
- Copenhagen, Denmark
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.
Filmography
Prejudice and Pride: Swedish Film Queer 2022
as Self (archive footage)
Gudrun 1963
as Mr. Roscoe
Lady in White 1962
as Simon Ek
Svenska Floyd 1961
as Vincent Mitella
When Darkness Falls 1960
as Vicar Tord Ekstedt
That Man from Tangier 1953
as Henri
The Feathered Serpent 1948
as Paul Evans
Love, Honor and Goodbye 1945
as Tony Linnard
Jealousy 1945
as Peter Urban
Son of Lassie 1945
as Olav
The Man in Half Moon Street 1945
as Dr. Julian Karell
Alaska 1944
as Thomas Leroux
Bluebeard 1944
as Inspector Lefevre
The Hour Before the Dawn 1944
as Kurt van der Breughel
Mystery Broadcast 1943
as Ricky Moreno
Submarine Alert 1943
as Dr. Arthur Huneker
Night Monster 1942
as Agor Singh
Sweater Girl 1942
as Prof. Henri Menard
The Night Before the Divorce 1942
as Victor Roselle
The Night of January 16th 1941
as Bjorn Faulkner
Flying Blind 1941
as Eric Karolek
Dr. Kildare's Wedding Day 1941
as Constanzo Labardi
Forced Landing 1941
as Col. Jan Golas
The Man Who Lost Himself 1941
as Peter Ransome
- Make-Up
Make-Up 1937
as Bux
Guilty Melody 1936
as Galloni
- The Marriage of Corbal
The Marriage of Corbal 1936
as Varennes
Abdul the Damned 1935
as Kadar Pasha, Chief of Police
- Do You Remember?
Do You Remember? 1935
as (archive footage)
Love Time 1934
as Franz Schubert
The Love Captive 1934
as Dr. Alexis Collender
The Crime Doctor 1934
as Gary Patten
Madame Spy 1934
as Capt. Franck
By Candlelight 1933
as Prince Alfred Von Rommer
If I Were Free 1933
as Tono Casanove
The Right To Romance 1933
as Dr. Helmuth Heppling
Storm at Daybreak 1933
as Capt. Geza Petery
The Bitter Tea of General Yen 1933
as General Yen
The Washington Masquerade 1932
as Henri Brenner
Screen Snapshots (Series 12, No. 2) 1932
as Himself
Letty Lynton 1932
as Emile Renaul
But the Flesh Is Weak 1932
as Prince Paul
The Sea Bat 1930
as Carl
The Single Standard 1929
as Packy Cannon
Wild Orchids 1929
as Prince de Gace
Dream of Love 1928
as Prince Mauritz
The Cardboard Lover 1928
as Andre
Our Dancing Daughters 1928
as Norman
Loves of an Actress 1928
as Raoul Duval
The Cossacks 1928
as Prince Olenin Stieshneff
Laugh, Clown, Laugh 1928
as Count Luigi Ravelli
The Blue Danube 1928
as Erich von Statzen
Sorrell and Son 1927
as Christopher 'Kit' Sorrell
Topsy and Eva 1927
as George Shelby
- Hotelratten
Hotelratten 1927
as Fürst Ladrone
Crooks in Tails 1927
as George Valeska
Wrath of the Seas 1926
as Torpedooffizier Günther Adenried
The Sweet Girl 1926
as The Prince's Son
The Golden Butterfly 1926
as Andy McFarland
- Adventure Mad
Adventure Mad 1926
as Reginald Ellis
Carl XII:s Courier 1924
as Stanislaus, Potockis nevö
The Norrtull Gang 1923
Actor
Love's Crucible 1922
as Apprentice
The Gyurkovics Boys 1920
as Bandi Gyurkovics
A Trip to Mars 1918
as Martian citizen
Retten sejrer 1918
Actor
Hittebarnet 1917
Actor
The Wings 1916
as Aspiring actor
Credits from TMDB.