Nils Asther

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.

Personal Info

Id

29036

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

0

Gender

Male

Birthday

1897-01-16

Place of Birth

Copenhagen, Denmark

Also Known As

  • Nils Anton Alfhild Asther
  • Content Score

    100

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    Known For

    A Trip to Mars

    A Trip to Ma

    Wild Orchids

    Wild Orchids

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    Carl XII:s k

    Laugh, Clown, Laugh

    Laugh, Clown

    Topsy and Eva

    Topsy and Ev

    The Bitter Tea of General Yen

    The Bitter T

    Bluebeard

    Bluebeard

    Our Dancing Daughters

    Our Dancing

    Jealousy

    Jealousy

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    The Crime Do

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    Screen Snaps

    Submarine Alert

    Submarine Al

    Love Time

    Love Time

    When Darkness Falls

    When Darknes

    Dr. Kildare's Wedding Day

    Dr. Kildare'

    The Feathered Serpent

    The Feathere

    The Cardboard Lover

    The Cardboar

    The Night of January 16th

    The Night of

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    That Man fro

    The Single Standard

    The Single S

    Night Monster

    Night Monste

    If I Were Free

    If I Were Fr

    Mystery Broadcast

    Mystery Broa

    Letty Lynton

    Letty Lynton

    By Candlelight

    By Candlelig

    But the Flesh Is Weak

    But the Fles

    Prejudice and Pride: Swedish Film Queer

    Prejudice an

    Alaska

    Alaska

    The Cossacks

    The Cossacks

    The Sea Bat

    The Sea Bat

    The Right To Romance

    The Right To

    The Man in Half Moon Street

    The Man in H

    Abdul the Damned

    Abdul the Da

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    Guilty Melod

    The Gyurkovics Boys

    The Gyurkovi

    The Washington Masquerade

    The Washingt

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    Sweater Girl

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    Hittebarnet

    Storm at Daybreak

    Storm at Day

    The Hour Before the Dawn

    The Hour Bef

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    Do You Remem

    The Blue Danube

    The Blue Dan

    Dream of Love

    Dream of Lov

    Forced Landing

    Forced Landi

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    Gudrun

    Love, Honor and Goodbye

    Love, Honor

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    The Golden B

    Flying Blind

    Flying Blind

    Sorrell and Son

    Sorrell and

    Loves of an Actress

    Loves of an

    The Night Before the Divorce

    The Night Be

    Son of Lassie

    Son of Lassi

    Madame Spy

    Madame Spy

    The Wings

    The Wings

    Lady in White

    Lady in Whit

    The Man Who Lost Himself

    The Man Who

    The Norrtull Gang

    The Norrtull

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    Wrath of the

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    Svenska Floy

    Love's Crucible

    Love's Cruci

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    Retten sejre

    2022

    Prejudice and Pride: Swedish Film Queer

    asSelf (archive footage)

    1963

    Gudrun

    asMr. Roscoe

    1962

    Lady in White

    asSimon Ek

    1961

    Svenska Floyd

    asVincent Mitella

    1960

    When Darkness Falls

    asVicar Tord Ekstedt

    1953

    That Man from Tangier

    asHenri

    1948

    The Feathered Serpent

    asPaul Evans

    1945

    Love, Honor and Goodbye

    asTony Linnard

    1945

    Jealousy

    asPeter Urban

    1945

    Son of Lassie

    asOlav

    1945

    The Man in Half Moon Street

    asDr. Julian Karell

    1944

    Alaska

    asThomas Leroux

    1944

    Bluebeard

    asInspector Lefevre

    1944

    The Hour Before the Dawn

    asKurt van der Breughel

    1943

    Mystery Broadcast

    asRicky Moreno

    1943

    Submarine Alert

    asDr. Arthur Huneker

    1942

    Night Monster

    asAgor Singh

    1942

    Sweater Girl

    asProf. Henri Menard

    1942

    The Night Before the Divorce

    asVictor Roselle

    1941

    The Night of January 16th

    asBjorn Faulkner

    1941

    Flying Blind

    asEric Karolek

    1941

    Dr. Kildare's Wedding Day

    asConstanzo Labardi

    1941

    Forced Landing

    asCol. Jan Golas

    1941

    The Man Who Lost Himself

    asPeter Ransome

    1937

    Make-Up

    asBux

    1936

    Guilty Melody

    asGalloni

    1936

    The Marriage of Corbal

    asVarennes

    1935

    Abdul the Damned

    asKadar Pasha, Chief of Police

    1935

    Do You Remember?

    as(archive footage)

    1934

    Love Time

    asFranz Schubert

    1934

    The Crime Doctor

    asGary Patten

    1934

    Madame Spy

    asCapt. Franck

    1933

    By Candlelight

    asPrince Alfred Von Rommer

    1933

    If I Were Free

    asTono Casanove

    1933

    The Right To Romance

    asDr. Helmuth Heppling

    1933

    Storm at Daybreak

    asCapt. Geza Petery

    1932

    The Bitter Tea of General Yen

    asGeneral Yen

    1932

    The Washington Masquerade

    asHenri Brenner

    1932

    Screen Snapshots (Series 12, No. 2)

    asHimself

    1932

    Letty Lynton

    asEmile Renaul

    1932

    But the Flesh Is Weak

    asPrince Paul

    1930

    The Sea Bat

    asCarl

    1929

    The Single Standard

    asPacky Cannon

    1929

    Wild Orchids

    asPrince de Gace

    1928

    Dream of Love

    asPrince Mauritz

    1928

    The Cardboard Lover

    asAndre

    1928

    Our Dancing Daughters

    asNorman

    1928

    Loves of an Actress

    asRaoul Duval

    1928

    The Cossacks

    asPrince Olenin Stieshneff

    1928

    Laugh, Clown, Laugh

    asCount Luigi Ravelli

    1928

    The Blue Danube

    asErich von Statzen

    1927

    Sorrell and Son

    asChristopher 'Kit' Sorrell

    1927

    Topsy and Eva

    asGeorge Shelby

    1927

    Hotelratten

    asFürst Ladrone

    1927

    Gauner im Frack

    asGeorge Valeska

    1926

    Wrath of the Seas

    asTorpedooffizier Günther Adenried

    1926

    The Golden Butterfly

    asAndy McFarland

    1926

    Die drei Kuckucksuhren

    asReginald Ellis

    1924

    Carl XII:s kurir

    asStanislaus, Potockis nevö

    1923

    The Norrtull Gang

    as

    1922

    Love's Crucible

    asApprentice

    1920

    The Gyurkovics Boys

    asBandi Gyurkovics

    1918

    A Trip to Mars

    asMartian citizen

    1918

    Retten sejrer

    as

    1917

    Hittebarnet

    as

    1916

    The Wings

    asAspiring actor