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.

Known For

Martian citizen

Himmelskibet

Prince de Gace

Wild Orchids

Stanislaus, Potockis nevö

Carl XII:s kurir

Count Luigi Ravelli

Laugh, Clown, Laugh

George Shelby

Topsy and Eva

General Yen

The Bitter Tea of General Yen

Inspector Lefevre

Bluebeard

Norman

Our Dancing Daughters

Peter Urban

Jealousy

Gary Patten

The Crime Doctor

Himself

Screen Snapshots (Series 12, No. 2)

Dr. Arthur Huneker

Submarine Alert

Franz Schubert

Love Time

Vicar Tord Ekstedt

När mörkret faller

Constanzo Labardi

Dr. Kildare's Wedding Day

Paul Evans

The Feathered Serpent

Andre

The Cardboard Lover

Bjorn Faulkner

The Night of January 16th

Henri

Aquel hombre de Tánger

Packy Cannon

The Single Standard

Agor Singh

Night Monster

Tono Casanove

If I Were Free

Ricky Moreno

Mystery Broadcast

Emile Renaul

Letty Lynton

Prince Alfred Von Rommer

By Candlelight

Prince Paul

But the Flesh Is Weak

Self (archive footage)

Fördom & stolthet – en queer filmhistoria

Thomas Leroux

Alaska

Prince Olenin Stieshneff

The Cossacks

Carl

The Sea Bat

Dr. Helmuth Heppling

The Right To Romance

Dr. Julian Karell

The Man in Half Moon Street

Kadar Pasha, Chief of Police

Abdul the Damned

Galloni

Guilty Melody

Varennes

The Marriage of Corbal

Bandi Gyurkovics

Gyurkovicsarna

Henri Brenner

The Washington Masquerade

Prof. Henri Menard

Sweater Girl

Hittebarnet

Capt. Geza Petery

Storm at Daybreak

Kurt van der Breughel

The Hour Before the Dawn

(archive footage)

Minns du?

Erich von Statzen

The Blue Danube

Prince Mauritz

Dream of Love

Bux

Make-Up

Col. Jan Golas

Forced Landing

Mr. Roscoe

Gudrun

Tony Linnard

Love, Honor and Goodbye

Andy McFarland

Der goldene Schmetterling

Eric Karolek

Flying Blind

Christopher 'Kit' Sorrell

Sorrell and Son

Raoul Duval

Loves of an Actress

Victor Roselle

The Night Before the Divorce

Olav

Son of Lassie

Capt. Franck

Madame Spy

Aspiring actor

Vingarne

Simon Ek

Vita frun

Peter Ransome

The Man Who Lost Himself

Norrtullsligan

Torpedooffizier Günther Adenried

Die versunkene Flotte

Fürst Ladrone

Hotelratten

Vincent Mitella

Svenska Floyd

Reginald Ellis

Die drei Kuckucksuhren

George Valeska

Gauner im Frack

Apprentice

Vem dömer

Retten sejrer

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

66

Gender

Male

Birthday

1897-01-16

Place of Birth

Copenhagen, Denmark

Also Known As

Nils Anton Alfhild Asther