Known for
Acting
Credits
66
Gender
Man
Birthday
16 Jan 1897
Day of death
13 Oct 1981 (84)
Place of birth
Copenhagen, Denmark
Also known as
Nils Anton Alfhild Asther
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
Acting roles
| Year | Movie / TV show / Other | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Prejudice and Pride: Swedish Film Queer | Self (archive footage) |
| 1963 | Gudrun | Mr. Roscoe |
| 1962 | Lady in White | Simon Ek |
| 1961 | Svenska Floyd | Vincent Mitella |
| 1960 | When Darkness Falls | Vicar Tord Ekstedt |
| 1953 | That Man from Tangier | Henri |
| 1948 | The Feathered Serpent | Paul Evans |
| 1945 | Son of Lassie | Olav |
| 1945 | Jealousy | Peter Urban |
| 1945 | The Man in Half Moon Street | Dr. Julian Karell |
| 1945 | Love, Honor and Goodbye | Tony Linnard |
| 1944 | Bluebeard | Inspector Lefevre |
| 1944 | The Hour Before the Dawn | Kurt van der Breughel |
| 1944 | Alaska | Thomas Leroux |
| 1943 | Submarine Alert | Dr. Arthur Huneker |
| 1943 | Mystery Broadcast | Ricky Moreno |
| 1942 | Night Monster | Agor Singh |
| 1942 | The Night Before the Divorce | Victor Roselle |
| 1942 | Sweater Girl | Prof. Henri Menard |
| 1941 | Dr. Kildare's Wedding Day | Constanzo Labardi |
| 1941 | The Night of January 16th | Bjorn Faulkner |
| 1941 | The Man Who Lost Himself | Peter Ransome |
| 1941 | Forced Landing | Col. Jan Golas |
| 1941 | Flying Blind | Eric Karolek |
| 1937 | Make-Up | Bux |
| 1936 | The Marriage of Corbal | Varennes |
| 1936 | Guilty Melody | Galloni |
| 1935 | Abdul the Damned | Kadar Pasha, Chief of Police |
| 1935 | Do You Remember? | (archive footage) |
| 1934 | The Crime Doctor | Gary Patten |
| 1934 | Madame Spy | Capt. Franck |
| 1934 | Love Time | Franz Schubert |
| 1933 | The Bitter Tea of General Yen | General Yen |
| 1933 | By Candlelight | Prince Alfred Von Rommer |
| 1933 | If I Were Free | Tono Casanove |
| 1933 | The Right To Romance | Dr. Helmuth Heppling |
| 1933 | Storm at Daybreak | Capt. Geza Petery |
| 1932 | Letty Lynton | Emile Renaul |
| 1932 | The Washington Masquerade | Henri Brenner |
| 1932 | But the Flesh Is Weak | Prince Paul |
| 1932 | Screen Snapshots (Series 12, No. 2) | Himself |
| 1930 | The Sea Bat | Carl |
| 1929 | Wild Orchids | Prince de Gace |
| 1929 | The Single Standard | Packy Cannon |
| 1928 | Laugh, Clown, Laugh | Count Luigi Ravelli |
| 1928 | Our Dancing Daughters | Norman |
| 1928 | The Cossacks | Prince Olenin Stieshneff |
| 1928 | The Cardboard Lover | Andre |
| 1928 | Dream of Love | Prince Mauritz |
| 1928 | The Blue Danube | Erich von Statzen |
| 1928 | Loves of an Actress | Raoul Duval |
| 1927 | Sorrell and Son | Christopher 'Kit' Sorrell |
| 1927 | Topsy and Eva | George Shelby |
| 1927 | Hotelratten | Fürst Ladrone |
| 1927 | Gauner im Frack | George Valeska |
| 1926 | The Golden Butterfly | Andy McFarland |
| 1926 | Wrath of the Seas | Torpedooffizier Günther Adenried |
| 1926 | Die drei Kuckucksuhren | Reginald Ellis |
| 1924 | Carl XII:s kurir | Stanislaus, Potockis nevö |
| 1923 | The Norrtull Gang | |
| 1922 | Love's Crucible | Apprentice |
| 1920 | The Gyurkovics Boys | Bandi Gyurkovics |
| 1918 | A Trip to Mars | Martian citizen |
| 1918 | Retten sejrer | |
| 1917 | Hittebarnet | |
| 1916 | The Wings | Aspiring actor |