Nils Asther
Known For
Acting
Born
1897-01-16 in Copenhagen, Denmark
Died
1981-10-13
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.
Most Known For
Sweater Girl
as Prof. Henri Menard
Alaska
as Thomas Leroux
Laugh, Clown, Laugh
as Count Luigi Ravelli
That Man from Tangier
as Henri
Son of Lassie
as Olav
The Bitter Tea of General Yen
as General Yen
A Trip to Mars
as Martian citizen
Gudrun
as Mr. Roscoe
The Night of January 16th
as Bjorn Faulkner
Night Monster
as Agor Singh
Prejudice and Pride: Swedish Film Queer
as Self (archive footage)
The Single Standard
as Packy Cannon
The Feathered Serpent
as Paul Evans
Bluebeard
as Inspector Lefevre
Hotelratten
as Fürst Ladrone
Madame Spy
as Capt. Franck
The Man in Half Moon Street
as Dr. Julian Karell
The Crime Doctor
as Gary Patten
The Hour Before the Dawn
as Kurt van der Breughel
The Sea Bat
as Carl