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Acting
Birthday:
January 16, 1897
Place of Birth:
Copenhagen, Denmark
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Nils Asther
Biography
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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.
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Known For
Filmography
| Year | Movie | 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 | Jealousy | Peter Urban |
| 1945 | The Man in Half Moon Street | Dr. Julian Karell |
| 1945 | Love, Honor and Goodbye | Tony Linnard |
| 1945 | Son of Lassie | Olav |
| 1944 | Bluebeard | Inspector Lefevre |
| 1944 | Alaska | Thomas Leroux |
| 1944 | The Hour Before the Dawn | Kurt van der Breughel |
| 1943 | Submarine Alert | Dr. Arthur Huneker |
| 1943 | Mystery Broadcast | Ricky Moreno |
| 1942 | Night Monster | Agor Singh |
| 1942 | Sweater Girl | Prof. Henri Menard |
| 1942 | The Night Before the Divorce | Victor Roselle |
| 1941 | Dr. Kildare's Wedding Day | Constanzo Labardi |
| 1941 | The Night of January 16th | Bjorn Faulkner |
| 1941 | Forced Landing | Col. Jan Golas |
| 1941 | Flying Blind | Eric Karolek |
| 1941 | The Man Who Lost Himself | Peter Ransome |
| 1937 | Make-Up | Bux |
| 1936 | Guilty Melody | Galloni |
| 1936 | The Marriage of Corbal | Varennes |
| 1935 | Abdul the Damned | Kadar Pasha, Chief of Police |
| 1935 | Do You Remember? | (archive footage) |
| 1934 | The Crime Doctor | Gary Patten |
| 1934 | Love Time | Franz Schubert |
| 1934 | Madame Spy | Capt. Franck |
| 1933 | If I Were Free | Tono Casanove |
| 1933 | By Candlelight | Prince Alfred Von Rommer |
| 1933 | The Right To Romance | Dr. Helmuth Heppling |
| 1933 | Storm at Daybreak | Capt. Geza Petery |
| 1932 | The Bitter Tea of General Yen | General Yen |
| 1932 | Screen Snapshots (Series 12, No. 2) | Himself |
| 1932 | Letty Lynton | Emile Renaul |
| 1932 | But the Flesh Is Weak | Prince Paul |
| 1932 | The Washington Masquerade | Henri Brenner |
| 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 Cardboard Lover | Andre |
| 1928 | The Cossacks | Prince Olenin Stieshneff |
| 1928 | The Blue Danube | Erich von Statzen |
| 1928 | Dream of Love | Prince Mauritz |
| 1928 | Loves of an Actress | Raoul Duval |
| 1927 | Topsy and Eva | George Shelby |
| 1927 | Sorrell and Son | Christopher 'Kit' Sorrell |
| 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 |
| Year | TV Show | Role |
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