Portrait of Nils Asther

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

Filmography

2022
1963
Gudrun

as Mr. Roscoe

1962
Lady in White

as Simon Ek

1961
Svenska Floyd

as Vincent Mitella

1960
When Darkness Falls

as Vicar Tord Ekstedt

1948
1945
1945
Jealousy

as Peter Urban

1945
1945
The Man in Half Moon Street

as Dr. Julian Karell

1944
Alaska

as Thomas Leroux

1944
Bluebeard

as Inspector Lefevre

1944
The Hour Before the Dawn

as Kurt van der Breughel

1943
Mystery Broadcast

as Ricky Moreno

1943
Submarine Alert

as Dr. Arthur Huneker

1942
Night Monster

as Agor Singh

1942
Sweater Girl

as Prof. Henri Menard

1942
1941
The Night of January 16th

as Bjorn Faulkner

1941
Flying Blind

as Eric Karolek

1941
Dr. Kildare's Wedding Day

as Constanzo Labardi

1941
Forced Landing

as Col. Jan Golas

1941
The Man Who Lost Himself

as Peter Ransome

1935
Abdul the Damned

as Kadar Pasha, Chief of Police

1935
Do You Remember?

as (archive footage)

1934
Love Time

as Franz Schubert

1934
The Crime Doctor

as Gary Patten

1934
Madame Spy

as Capt. Franck

1933
By Candlelight

as Prince Alfred Von Rommer

1933
If I Were Free

as Tono Casanove

1933
The Right To Romance

as Dr. Helmuth Heppling

1933
Storm at Daybreak

as Capt. Geza Petery

1932
1932
Letty Lynton

as Emile Renaul

1932
But the Flesh Is Weak

as Prince Paul

1930
1929
The Single Standard

as Packy Cannon

1929
Wild Orchids

as Prince de Gace

1928
Dream of Love

as Prince Mauritz

1928
Loves of an Actress

as Raoul Duval

1928
The Cossacks

as Prince Olenin Stieshneff

1928
Laugh, Clown, Laugh

as Count Luigi Ravelli

1928
The Blue Danube

as Erich von Statzen

1927
Sorrell and Son

as Christopher 'Kit' Sorrell

1927
Topsy and Eva

as George Shelby

1926
Wrath of the Seas

as Torpedooffizier Günther Adenried

1926
The Sweet Girl

as The Prince's Son

1926
The Golden Butterfly

as Andy McFarland

1924
Carl XII:s kurir

as Stanislaus, Potockis nevö

1922
Love's Crucible

as Apprentice

1920
The Gyurkovics Boys

as Bandi Gyurkovics

1918
A Trip to Mars

as Martian citizen

1916
The Wings

as Aspiring actor