Nils Asther

Nils Asther

Acting
Born Jan 16, 1897
From Copenhagen, Denmark
Died Oct 13, 1981

​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 — Acting

The Night of January 16th
5.0
1941

The Night of January 16th

Bjorn Faulkner

Son of Lassie
6.0
1945

Son of Lassie

Olav

Letty Lynton
6.8
1932

Letty Lynton

Emile Renaul

Bluebeard
5.4
1944

Bluebeard

Inspector Lefevre

The Bitter Tea of General Yen
6.2
1932

The Bitter Tea of General Yen

General Yen

The Hour Before the Dawn
5.5
1944

The Hour Before the Dawn

Kurt van der Breughel

Night Monster
6.2
1942

Night Monster

Agor Singh

Storm at Daybreak
5.8
1933

Storm at Daybreak

Capt. Geza Petery

Our Dancing Daughters
6.2
1928

Our Dancing Daughters

Norman

The Feathered Serpent
5.8
1948

The Feathered Serpent

Paul Evans

Laugh, Clown, Laugh
7.3
1928

Laugh, Clown, Laugh

Count Luigi Ravelli

But the Flesh Is Weak
5.3
1932

But the Flesh Is Weak

Prince Paul

The Gyurkovics Boys
4.2
1920

The Gyurkovics Boys

Bandi Gyurkovics

The Right To Romance
4.0
1933

The Right To Romance

Dr. Helmuth Heppling

Sorrell and Son
5.7
1927

Sorrell and Son

Christopher 'Kit' Sorrell

The Night Before the Divorce
4.5
1942

The Night Before the Divorce

Victor Roselle

Alaska
5.0
1944

Alaska

Thomas Leroux

The Sea Bat
4.2
1930

The Sea Bat

Carl

A Trip to Mars
6.4
1918

A Trip to Mars

Martian citizen

Lady in White
5.7
1962

Lady in White

Simon Ek

Abdul the Damned
5.3
1935

Abdul the Damned

Kadar Pasha, Chief of Police

Mystery Broadcast
6.2
1943

Mystery Broadcast

Ricky Moreno

Flying Blind
3.2
1941

Flying Blind

Eric Karolek

Sweater Girl
4.0
1942

Sweater Girl

Prof. Henri Menard

The Washington Masquerade
6.5
1932

The Washington Masquerade

Henri Brenner

Jealousy
5.4
1945

Jealousy

Peter Urban

Dr. Kildare's Wedding Day
6.6
1941

Dr. Kildare's Wedding Day

Constanzo Labardi

The Cossacks
7.0
1928

The Cossacks

Prince Olenin Stieshneff

Forced Landing
4.0
1941

Forced Landing

Col. Jan Golas

The Golden Butterfly
1926

The Golden Butterfly

Andy McFarland

Love's Crucible
6.3
1922

Love's Crucible

Apprentice

5.0
1936

The Marriage of Corbal

Varennes

Submarine Alert
4.3
1943

Submarine Alert

Dr. Arthur Huneker

By Candlelight
5.5
1933

By Candlelight

Prince Alfred Von Rommer

When Darkness Falls
5.4
1960

When Darkness Falls

Vicar Tord Ekstedt

Prejudice and Pride: Swedish Film Queer
6.0
2022

Prejudice and Pride: Swedish Film Queer

Self (archive footage)

The Man Who Lost Himself
4.5
1941

The Man Who Lost Himself

Peter Ransome

The Man in Half Moon Street
5.4
1945

The Man in Half Moon Street

Dr. Julian Karell

1937

Make-Up

Bux

The Cardboard Lover
5.4
1928

The Cardboard Lover

Andre

Love Time
1934

Love Time

Franz Schubert

The Crime Doctor
2.7
1934

The Crime Doctor

Gary Patten

That Man from Tangier
1.0
1953

That Man from Tangier

Henri

Dream of Love
7.0
1928

Dream of Love

Prince Mauritz

Madame Spy
6.0
1934

Madame Spy

Capt. Franck

Topsy and Eva
1927

Topsy and Eva

George Shelby

Wild Orchids
6.3
1929

Wild Orchids

Prince de Gace

The Norrtull Gang
6.4
1923

The Norrtull Gang

Love, Honor and Goodbye
4.0
1945

Love, Honor and Goodbye

Tony Linnard

If I Were Free
4.3
1933

If I Were Free

Tono Casanove

The Wings
5.9
1916

The Wings

Aspiring actor

1926

Adventure Mad

Reginald Ellis

The Blue Danube
1928

The Blue Danube

Erich von Statzen

Carl XII:s kurir
1924

Carl XII:s kurir

Stanislaus, Potockis nevö

The Single Standard
5.5
1929

The Single Standard

Packy Cannon

Screen Snapshots (Series 12, No. 2)
6.0
1932

Screen Snapshots (Series 12, No. 2)

Himself

Svenska Floyd
4.0
1961

Svenska Floyd

Vincent Mitella

Loves of an Actress
1928

Loves of an Actress

Raoul Duval

The Love Captive
1934

The Love Captive

Dr. Alexis Collender

The Sweet Girl
1926

The Sweet Girl

The Prince's Son

Retten sejrer
1918

Retten sejrer

Wrath of the Seas
4.0
1926

Wrath of the Seas

Torpedooffizier Günther Adenried

1936

Guilty Melody

Galloni

Hittebarnet
1917

Hittebarnet

Gudrun
8.0
1963

Gudrun

Mr. Roscoe

Do You Remember?
1935

Do You Remember?

(archive footage)

1927

Gauner im Frack

George Valeska

1927

Hotelratten

Fürst Ladrone