Nils Asther

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

67

Gender

Male

Birthday

1897-01-16

Day of death

1981-10-13 (84 years old)

Place of Birth

Copenhagen, Denmark

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

  • The Cossacks

    The Cossacks

  • Love's Crucible

    Love's Crucible

  • Flying Blind

    Flying Blind

  • By Candlelight

    By Candlelight

  • The Gyurkovics Boys

    The Gyurkovics Boys

  • Do You Remember?

    Do You Remember?

  • Lady in White

    Lady in White

  • Guilty Melody

    Guilty Melody

  • The Bitter Tea of General Yen

    The Bitter Tea of General Yen

  • Bluebeard

    Bluebeard

  • Forced Landing

    Forced Landing

  • Alaska

    Alaska

  • The Wings

    The Wings

  • Mystery Broadcast

    Mystery Broadcast

  • Svenska Floyd

    Svenska Floyd

  • Submarine Alert

    Submarine Alert

  • Screen Snapshots (Series 12, No. 2)

    Screen Snapshots (Series 12, No. 2)

  • Madame Spy

    Madame Spy

  • The Norrtull Gang

    The Norrtull Gang

  • Make-Up

    Make-Up

  • Prejudice and Pride: Swedish Film Queer

    Prejudice and Pride: Swedish Film Queer

  • Sweater Girl

    Sweater Girl

  • If I Were Free

    If I Were Free

  • The Golden Butterfly

    The Golden Butterfly

  • The Blue Danube

    The Blue Danube

  • The Single Standard

    The Single Standard

  • The Man in Half Moon Street

    The Man in Half Moon Street

  • The Man Who Lost Himself

    The Man Who Lost Himself

  • Our Dancing Daughters

    Our Dancing Daughters

  • Son of Lassie

    Son of Lassie

  • The Night Before the Divorce

    The Night Before the Divorce

  • The Washington Masquerade

    The Washington Masquerade

  • Jealousy

    Jealousy

  • Storm at Daybreak

    Storm at Daybreak

  • When Darkness Falls

    When Darkness Falls

  • The Sea Bat

    The Sea Bat

  • The Sweet Girl

    The Sweet Girl

  • The Cardboard Lover

    The Cardboard Lover

  • Dr. Kildare's Wedding Day

    Dr. Kildare's Wedding Day

  • But the Flesh Is Weak

    But the Flesh Is Weak

  • Abdul the Damned

    Abdul the Damned

  • The Feathered Serpent

    The Feathered Serpent

  • Love, Honor and Goodbye

    Love, Honor and Goodbye

  • The Marriage of Corbal

    The Marriage of Corbal

  • The Hour Before the Dawn

    The Hour Before the Dawn

  • The Night of January 16th

    The Night of January 16th

  • Loves of an Actress

    Loves of an Actress

  • Topsy and Eva

    Topsy and Eva

  • Laugh, Clown, Laugh

    Laugh, Clown, Laugh

  • The Crime Doctor

    The Crime Doctor

  • Dream of Love

    Dream of Love

  • Die drei Kuckucksuhren

    Die drei Kuckucksuhren

  • Sorrell and Son

    Sorrell and Son

  • Wild Orchids

    Wild Orchids

  • Letty Lynton

    Letty Lynton

  • Night Monster

    Night Monster

  • Gudrun

    Gudrun

  • Retten sejrer

    Retten sejrer

  • Love Time

    Love Time

  • A Trip to Mars

    A Trip to Mars

  • Carl XII:s kurir

    Carl XII:s kurir

  • The Right To Romance

    The Right To Romance

  • That Man from Tangier

    That Man from Tangier

  • Hotelratten

    Hotelratten

  • Wrath of the Seas

    Wrath of the Seas

  • Hittebarnet

    Hittebarnet

  • Gauner im Frack

    Gauner im Frack