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Nils Asther

Nils Asther

Actor · 1897–1981 · Copenhagen, Denmark

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​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.

Acted in 61

1960s

  1. 1963

    Gudrun

    Mr. Roscoe

  2. 1962

    Lady in White

    Simon Ek

  3. 1961

    Svenska Floyd

    Vincent Mitella

  4. 1960

1950s

  1. 1953

    That Man from Tangier

    Henri

1940s

  1. 1948

    The Feathered Serpent

    Paul Evans

  2. 1945

    Love, Honor and Goodbye

    Tony Linnard

  3. Jealousy

    Peter Urban

  4. Son of Lassie

    Olav

  5. The Man in Half Moon Street

    Dr. Julian Karell

  6. 1944
  7. Bluebeard

    Inspector Lefevre

  8. The Hour Before the Dawn

    Kurt van der Breughel

  9. 1943

    Mystery Broadcast

    Ricky Moreno

  10. 1942

    Night Monster

    Agor Singh

  11. Sweater Girl

    Prof. Henri Menard

  12. The Night Before the Divorce

    Victor Roselle

  13. 1941

    The Night of January 16th

    Bjorn Faulkner

  14. Flying Blind

    Eric Karolek

  15. Dr. Kildare's Wedding Day

    Constanzo Labardi

  16. Forced Landing

    Col. Jan Golas

  17. The Man Who Lost Himself

    Peter Ransome

1930s

  1. 1936

    Guilty Melody

    Galloni

  2. 1935

    Abdul the Damned

    Kadar Pasha, Chief of Police

  3. 1934

    Love Time

    Franz Schubert

  4. The Love Captive

    Dr. Alexis Collender

  5. The Crime Doctor

    Gary Patten

  6. Madame Spy

    Capt. Franck

  7. 1933

    By Candlelight

    Prince Alfred Von Rommer

  8. If I Were Free

    Tono Casanove

  9. The Right To Romance

    Dr. Helmuth Heppling

  10. Storm at Daybreak

    Capt. Geza Petery

  11. The Bitter Tea of General Yen

    General Yen

  12. 1932

    The Washington Masquerade

    Henri Brenner

  13. Letty Lynton

    Emile Renaul

  14. But the Flesh Is Weak

    Prince Paul

  15. 1930

    The Sea Bat

    Carl

1920s

  1. 1929

    The Single Standard

    Packy Cannon

  2. Wild Orchids

    Prince de Gace

  3. 1928
  4. The Cardboard Lover

    Andre

  5. Our Dancing Daughters

    Norman

  6. Loves of an Actress

    Raoul Duval

  7. The Cossacks

    Prince Olenin Stieshneff

  8. The Blue Danube

    Erich von Statzen

  9. 1927

    Sorrell and Son

    Christopher 'Kit' Sorrell

  10. Topsy and Eva

    George Shelby

  11. Crooks in Tails

    George Valeska

  12. 1926

    Wrath of the Seas

    Torpedooffizier Günther Adenried

  13. The Sweet Girl

    The Prince's Son

  14. The Golden Butterfly

    Andy McFarland

  15. 1924

    Carl XII:s Courier

    Stanislaus, Potockis nevö

  16. 1923
  17. 1922

    Love's Crucible

    Apprentice

  18. 1920

    The Gyurkovics Boys

    Bandi Gyurkovics

1910s

  1. 1918

    A Trip to Mars

    Martian citizen

  2. Retten sejrer

    Movie

  3. 1917

    Hittebarnet

    Movie

  4. 1916

    The Wings

    Aspiring actor

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2020s

  1. 2022

    Prejudice and Pride: Swedish Film Queer

    Self (archive footage)

1930s

  1. 1932

    Screen Snapshots (Series 12, No. 2)

    Himself