Nils Asther
Acting
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.
Born: January 16, 1897
Place of Birth: Copenhagen, Denmark
Known For
Gudrun
Danish drama about a young woman's rites of passage in finding romance.
Laugh, Clown, Laugh
A despairing clown suffering a broken heart and a self-indulgent count who uncontrollably laughs learn to help each other with their problems, but both fall in love with the same young woman.
The Cossacks
Stirring romance, hard riding, desperate fighting with the Cossacks playing their game of war and chivalry. A mighty picturization of Count Leo Tolstoi's famous novel of the same name.
Dream of Love
A duke has deposed Prince Mauritz's father, so Mauritz spends his time in affairs with a countess, the duke's wife and a gypsy girl Adrienne. Years later she is a famous actress in a play resembling the sad story of their earlier relationship. He falls in love with her again. The jealous duchess and the duke arrange to have him shot by firing squad but revolutionaries save him and make him King.
Letty Lynton
Socialite Letty Lynton is returning to New York, abandoning one-time lover Emile Renaul in South America, when she strikes up a shipboard romance with Jerry Darrow. Renault is waiting for her in New York and will not leave her alone, so she poisons him. When detectives take her to the D.A.s office, Jerry cooks up an alibi.
Dr. Kildare's Wedding Day
A variety of predicaments arise to distract Dr. Kildare from his wedding to Nurse Mary Lamont.
The Washington Masquerade
An honest, talented and well respected attorney defeats a corrupt incumbent U.S. Senator. After a very good start he has to face the subtle temptations and innocent looking traps of Washington.
A Trip to Mars
The navy captain Avanti Planetaros is inspired by his astronomer-father to travel through outer space to reach other worlds. He becomes an aviator and, along with the young scientist Dr. Krafft, the driving force behind the construction of a space-ship. Despite oppostion from the mocking Professor Dubius, Planetaros gathers a crew of fearless men and takes off. During the long voyage, the crew becomes restless; a mutiny is narrowly avoided. Finally, they reach Mars and discover that the planet is inhabited by people who have reached a higher stage of development, free of diseases, sorrow, violence, sexual urges, and the fear of death. Avanti falls in love with Marya, daughter of the Prince of Wisdom, the head of the Martians. Marya shares his feelings and decides to return with him in order to bring the wisdom of the Martians to the backward Earthlings. (stumfilm.dk)
The Norrtull Gang
A collective of office girls and their tribulations in the male world, female solidarity, the place of women in the labor and civil rights struggles and the conflict between love and work.
Wild Orchids
A prince in Java tries to seduce his visitor's wife, but he's discovered.
Filmography
as Self (archive footage)
as Mr. Roscoe
as Simon Ek
as Vincent Mitella
as Vicar Tord Ekstedt
as Henri
as Paul Evans
as Tony Linnard
as Peter Urban
as Olav
as Dr. Julian Karell
as Thomas Leroux
as Inspector Lefevre
as Kurt van der Breughel
as Ricky Moreno
as Dr. Arthur Huneker
as Agor Singh
as Prof. Henri Menard
as Victor Roselle
as Bjorn Faulkner
as Eric Karolek
as Constanzo Labardi
as Col. Jan Golas
as Peter Ransome
as Kadar Pasha, Chief of Police
as (archive footage)
as Franz Schubert
as Dr. Alexis Collender
as Gary Patten
as Capt. Franck
as Prince Alfred Von Rommer
as Tono Casanove
as Dr. Helmuth Heppling
as Capt. Geza Petery
as General Yen
as Henri Brenner
as Himself
as Emile Renaul
as Prince Paul
as Carl
as Packy Cannon
as Prince de Gace
as Prince Mauritz
as Andre
as Norman
as Raoul Duval
as Prince Olenin Stieshneff
as Count Luigi Ravelli
as Erich von Statzen
as Christopher 'Kit' Sorrell
as George Shelby
as Torpedooffizier Günther Adenried
as The Prince's Son
as Andy McFarland
as Stanislaus, Potockis nevö
as Apprentice
as Bandi Gyurkovics
as Martian citizen
as Aspiring actor