Nils Asther

Nils Asther

Acting

Birthday

1897/01/16

Day of death

1981/10/13 (84 years old)

Gender

Male

Place of Birth

Copenhagen, Denmark

Also know as

Nils Anton Alfhild 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.

Acting
Himmelskibet
6.4

(1918) A Trip to Mars

as Martian citizen

Wild Orchids
6.6

(1929) Wild Orchids

as Prince de Gace

Carl XII:s kurir
0.0

(1924) Carl XII:s kurir

as Stanislaus, Potockis nevö

Laugh, Clown, Laugh
7.2

(1928) Laugh, Clown, Laugh

as Count Luigi Ravelli

Topsy and Eva
0.0

(1927) Topsy and Eva

as George Shelby

The Bitter Tea of General Yen
6.1

(1932) The Bitter Tea of General Yen

as General Yen

Bluebeard
5.6

(1944) Bluebeard

as Inspector Lefevre

Our Dancing Daughters
6.4

(1928) Our Dancing Daughters

as Norman

Jealousy
5.4

(1945) Jealousy

as Peter Urban

The Crime Doctor
3.5

(1934) The Crime Doctor

as Gary Patten

Screen Snapshots (Series 12, No. 2)
6.0

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

as Himself

Submarine Alert
4.6

(1943) Submarine Alert

as Dr. Arthur Huneker

Love Time
0.0

(1934) Love Time

as Franz Schubert

När mörkret faller
5.4

(1960) When Darkness Falls

as Vicar Tord Ekstedt

Dr. Kildare's Wedding Day
6.5

(1941) Dr. Kildare's Wedding Day

as Constanzo Labardi

The Feathered Serpent
5.8

(1948) The Feathered Serpent

as Paul Evans

The Cardboard Lover
5.7

(1928) The Cardboard Lover

as Andre

The Night of January 16th
5.0

(1941) The Night of January 16th

as Bjorn Faulkner

Aquel hombre de Tánger
1.0

(1953) That Man from Tangier

as Henri

The Single Standard
6.2

(1929) The Single Standard

as Packy Cannon

Night Monster
6.2

(1942) Night Monster

as Agor Singh

If I Were Free
5.0

(1933) If I Were Free

as Tono Casanove

Mystery Broadcast
6.2

(1943) Mystery Broadcast

as Ricky Moreno

Letty Lynton
6.8

(1932) Letty Lynton

as Emile Renaul

By Candlelight
5.8

(1933) By Candlelight

as Prince Alfred Von Rommer

But the Flesh Is Weak
6.0

(1932) But the Flesh Is Weak

as Prince Paul

Fördom & stolthet – en queer filmhistoria
7.0

(2022) Prejudice and Pride: Swedish Film Queer

as Self (archive footage)

Alaska
5.0

(1944) Alaska

as Thomas Leroux

The Cossacks
7.3

(1928) The Cossacks

as Prince Olenin Stieshneff

The Sea Bat
4.6

(1930) The Sea Bat

as Carl

The Right To Romance
4.5

(1933) The Right To Romance

as Dr. Helmuth Heppling

The Man in Half Moon Street
5.4

(1945) The Man in Half Moon Street

as Dr. Julian Karell

Abdul the Damned
5.3

(1935) Abdul the Damned

as Kadar Pasha, Chief of Police

0.0

(1936) Guilty Melody

as Galloni

5.0

(1936) The Marriage of Corbal

as Varennes

Gyurkovicsarna
4.2

(1920) The Gyurkovics Boys

as Bandi Gyurkovics

The Washington Masquerade
6.5

(1932) The Washington Masquerade

as Henri Brenner

Sweater Girl
4.0

(1942) Sweater Girl

as Prof. Henri Menard

Hittebarnet
0.0

(1917) Hittebarnet

as ---

Storm at Daybreak
5.8

(1933) Storm at Daybreak

as Capt. Geza Petery

The Hour Before the Dawn
5.0

(1944) The Hour Before the Dawn

as Kurt van der Breughel

Minns du?
0.0

(1935) Do You Remember?

as (archive footage)

The Blue Danube
0.0

(1928) The Blue Danube

as Erich von Statzen

Dream of Love
7.0

(1928) Dream of Love

as Prince Mauritz

0.0

(1937) Make-Up

as Bux

Forced Landing
4.0

(1941) Forced Landing

as Col. Jan Golas

Gudrun
8.0

(1963) Gudrun

as Mr. Roscoe

Love, Honor and Goodbye
4.5

(1945) Love, Honor and Goodbye

as Tony Linnard

Der goldene Schmetterling
0.0

(1926) The Golden Butterfly

as Andy McFarland

Flying Blind
5.0

(1941) Flying Blind

as Eric Karolek

Sorrell and Son
5.5

(1927) Sorrell and Son

as Christopher 'Kit' Sorrell

Loves of an Actress
0.0

(1928) Loves of an Actress

as Raoul Duval

The Night Before the Divorce
5.0

(1942) The Night Before the Divorce

as Victor Roselle

Son of Lassie
6.0

(1945) Son of Lassie

as Olav

Madame Spy
6.0

(1934) Madame Spy

as Capt. Franck

Vingarne
5.2

(1916) The Wings

as Aspiring actor

Vita frun
5.7

(1962) Lady in White

as Simon Ek

The Man Who Lost Himself
4.0

(1941) The Man Who Lost Himself

as Peter Ransome

Norrtullsligan
6.4

(1923) The Norrtull Gang

as ---

Die versunkene Flotte
4.0

(1926) Wrath of the Seas

as Torpedooffizier Günther Adenried

0.0

(1927) Hotelratten

as Fürst Ladrone

Svenska Floyd
4.0

(1961) Svenska Floyd

as Vincent Mitella

0.0

(1926) Die drei Kuckucksuhren

as Reginald Ellis

0.0

(1927) Gauner im Frack

as George Valeska

Vem dömer
6.3

(1922) Love's Crucible

as Apprentice

Retten sejrer
0.0

(1918) Retten sejrer

as ---