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Known For
Acting
Birthday
January 16, 1897
Died
October 13, 1981
Place of Birth
Copenhagen, Denmark
Also Known As
- Nils Anton Alfhild Asther
Nils Asther
0.4 Popularity
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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Nils Anton Alfhild Asther, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
6.0
Self (archive footage)
Prejudice and Pride: Swedish Film Queer
2022
8.0
Mr. Roscoe
Gudrun
1963
5.7
Simon Ek
Lady in White
1962
4.0
Vincent Mitella
Svenska Floyd
1961
5.4
Vicar Tord Ekstedt
When Darkness Falls
1960
1.0
Henri
That Man from Tangier
1953
5.8
Paul Evans
The Feathered Serpent
1948
4.0
Tony Linnard
Love, Honor and Goodbye
1945
5.4
Peter Urban
Jealousy
1945
6.0
Olav
Son of Lassie
1945
Credits
Prejudice and Pride: Swedish Film Queer
as Self (archive footage)
2022
6.0
Gudrun
as Mr. Roscoe
1963
8.0
Lady in White
as Simon Ek
1962
5.7
Svenska Floyd
as Vincent Mitella
1961
4.0
When Darkness Falls
as Vicar Tord Ekstedt
1960
5.4
That Man from Tangier
as Henri
1953
1.0
The Feathered Serpent
as Paul Evans
1948
5.8
Love, Honor and Goodbye
as Tony Linnard
1945
4.0
Jealousy
as Peter Urban
1945
5.4
Son of Lassie
as Olav
1945
6.0
The Man in Half Moon Street
as Dr. Julian Karell
1945
5.4
Alaska
as Thomas Leroux
1944
5.0
Bluebeard
as Inspector Lefevre
1944
5.3
The Hour Before the Dawn
as Kurt van der Breughel
1944
5.5
Mystery Broadcast
as Ricky Moreno
1943
6.2
Submarine Alert
as Dr. Arthur Huneker
1943
4.3
Night Monster
as Agor Singh
1942
6.2
Sweater Girl
as Prof. Henri Menard
1942
4.0
The Night Before the Divorce
as Victor Roselle
1942
4.5
The Night of January 16th
as Bjorn Faulkner
1941
5.0
Flying Blind
as Eric Karolek
1941
2.7
Dr. Kildare's Wedding Day
as Constanzo Labardi
1941
6.6
Forced Landing
as Col. Jan Golas
1941
4.0
The Man Who Lost Himself
as Peter Ransome
1941
4.3
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Make-Up
as Bux
1937
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Guilty Melody
as Galloni
1936
0.0
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The Marriage of Corbal
as Varennes
1936
5.0
Abdul the Damned
as Kadar Pasha, Chief of Police
1935
5.3
Do You Remember?
as (archive footage)
1935
0.0
Love Time
as Franz Schubert
1934
0.0
The Crime Doctor
as Gary Patten
1934
2.7
Madame Spy
as Capt. Franck
1934
6.0
By Candlelight
as Prince Alfred Von Rommer
1933
5.5
If I Were Free
as Tono Casanove
1933
4.3
The Right To Romance
as Dr. Helmuth Heppling
1933
4.0
Storm at Daybreak
as Capt. Geza Petery
1933
5.8
The Bitter Tea of General Yen
as General Yen
1932
6.2
The Washington Masquerade
as Henri Brenner
1932
6.5
Screen Snapshots (Series 12, No. 2)
as Himself
1932
6.0
Letty Lynton
as Emile Renaul
1932
6.8
But the Flesh Is Weak
as Prince Paul
1932
5.3
The Sea Bat
as Carl
1930
4.3
The Single Standard
as Packy Cannon
1929
5.5
Wild Orchids
as Prince de Gace
1929
6.3
Dream of Love
as Prince Mauritz
1928
7.0
The Cardboard Lover
as Andre
1928
5.4
Our Dancing Daughters
as Norman
1928
6.2
Loves of an Actress
as Raoul Duval
1928
0.0
The Cossacks
as Prince Olenin Stieshneff
1928
7.3
Laugh, Clown, Laugh
as Count Luigi Ravelli
1928
7.3
The Blue Danube
as Erich von Statzen
1928
0.0
Sorrell and Son
as Christopher 'Kit' Sorrell
1927
5.7
Topsy and Eva
as George Shelby
1927
0.0
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Hotelratten
as Fürst Ladrone
1927
0.0
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Gauner im Frack
as George Valeska
1927
0.0
Wrath of the Seas
as Torpedooffizier Günther Adenried
1926
4.0
The Sweet Girl
as The Prince's Son
1926
0.0
The Golden Butterfly
as Andy McFarland
1926
0.0
🎬
Die drei Kuckucksuhren
as Reginald Ellis
1926
0.0
Carl XII:s kurir
as Stanislaus, Potockis nevö
1924
0.0
The Norrtull Gang
1923
6.4
Love's Crucible
as Apprentice
1922
6.3
The Gyurkovics Boys
as Bandi Gyurkovics
1920
4.2
A Trip to Mars
as Martian citizen
1918
6.4
Retten sejrer
1918
0.0
Hittebarnet
1917
0.0
The Wings
as Aspiring actor
1916
5.9