Olof Ås
Known For
Acting
Born
1892-09-01
Died
1949-09-04
Biography
Olof Alvar Hage Ås (21 September 1892 – 4 September 1949)[1] was a Swedish theater and film actor stage manager. Ås was born in Stockholm, and begin his career on the stage. He then began a career in the 1910s as a stage manager. Some of his work as a stage manager includes films such as Victor Sjöström's The Lass from the Stormy Croft (Swedish: Tösen från Stormyrtorpet) (1917) and Mauritz Stiller's Gösta Berlings saga (1922), for which he also worked on special effects. Ås made his film debut in the 1912 Paul Garbagni-directed I lifvets vår and would appear in nearly 30 films (most of them directed by either Stiller or Sjöström) until his death in Tureberg, Sollentuna Municipality, following a road accident, aged 56.
Most Known For
Artificial Svensson
A Lover in Pawn
as Sailor
Brother Against Brother
The Phantom Carriage
as Driver
Livets konflikter
A Man There Was
as Utkiken på den engelska korvetten (uncredited)
The Brothers' Woman
as Haymaker (uncredited)
The Outlaw and His Wife
as Man with Björn Bergstéinsson
The Springtime of Life
as Man in theater crowd
Harald Handfaste
as von Dotzen's daughter chamber maid (uncredited)
Karin, Daughter of Ingmar
as Inspector
Thomas Graal's Best Child
as Driver
Song of the Scarlet Flower
as Raftsman
Love's Crucible
as Man at the inn
Hin och smålänningen
Thomas Graal's Best Film
as Stage worker
A Wild Bird
as Officer
The Girl from the Marsh Croft
The Last Performance
His Lord's Will
as Farmhand