Nils Asther
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- January 16, 1897, Copenhagen, Denmark
- Died
- October 13, 1981
- Movies
- 68
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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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Best-Known Movies
Filmography
| 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 | Love, Honor and Goodbye | Tony Linnard |
| 1945 | Jealousy | Peter Urban |
| 1945 | Son of Lassie | Olav |
| 1945 | The Man in Half Moon Street | Dr. Julian Karell |
| 1944 | Alaska | Thomas Leroux |
| 1944 | Bluebeard | Inspector Lefevre |
| 1944 | The Hour Before the Dawn | Kurt van der Breughel |
| 1943 | Mystery Broadcast | Ricky Moreno |
| 1943 | Submarine Alert | Dr. Arthur Huneker |
| 1942 | Night Monster | Agor Singh |
| 1942 | Sweater Girl | Prof. Henri Menard |
| 1942 | The Night Before the Divorce | Victor Roselle |
| 1941 | The Night of January 16th | Bjorn Faulkner |
| 1941 | Flying Blind | Eric Karolek |
| 1941 | Dr. Kildare's Wedding Day | Constanzo Labardi |
| 1941 | Forced Landing | Col. Jan Golas |
| 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 | Love Time | Franz Schubert |
| 1934 | The Love Captive | Dr. Alexis Collender |
| 1934 | The Crime Doctor | Gary Patten |
| 1934 | Madame Spy | Capt. Franck |
| 1933 | By Candlelight | Prince Alfred Von Rommer |
| 1933 | If I Were Free | Tono Casanove |
| 1933 | The Right To Romance | Dr. Helmuth Heppling |
| 1933 | Storm at Daybreak | Capt. Geza Petery |
| 1933 | The Bitter Tea of General Yen | General Yen |
| 1932 | The Washington Masquerade | Henri Brenner |
| 1932 | Screen Snapshots (Series 12, No. 2) | Himself |
| 1932 | Letty Lynton | Emile Renaul |
| 1932 | But the Flesh Is Weak | Prince Paul |
| 1930 | The Sea Bat | Carl |
| 1929 | The Single Standard | Packy Cannon |
| 1929 | Wild Orchids | Prince de Gace |
| 1928 | Dream of Love | Prince Mauritz |
| 1928 | The Cardboard Lover | Andre |
| 1928 | Our Dancing Daughters | Norman |
| 1928 | Loves of an Actress | Raoul Duval |
| 1928 | The Cossacks | Prince Olenin Stieshneff |
| 1928 | Laugh, Clown, Laugh | Count Luigi Ravelli |
| 1928 | The Blue Danube | Erich von Statzen |
| 1927 | Sorrell and Son | Christopher 'Kit' Sorrell |
| 1927 | Topsy and Eva | George Shelby |
| 1927 | Hotelratten | Fürst Ladrone |
| 1927 | Crooks in Tails | George Valeska |
| 1926 | Wrath of the Seas | Torpedooffizier Günther Adenried |
| 1926 | The Sweet Girl | The Prince's Son |
| 1926 | The Golden Butterfly | Andy McFarland |
| 1926 | Adventure Mad | Reginald Ellis |
| 1924 | Carl XII:s Courier | 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 |
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