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Home/People/Nils Asther
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Born
Jan 16, 1897Died: Oct 13, 1981
Lived 84 years
Place of Birth
Copenhagen, Denmark
Known For
Acting
Gender
Male

Career Highlights

68
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0
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Also Known As
Nils Anton Alfhild Asther
IMDb Profile

Nils Asther

Acting

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.
Prejudice and Pride: Swedish Film Queer poster

Prejudice and Pride: Swedish Film Queer

as Self (archive footage)
2022
Gudrun poster

Gudrun

as Mr. Roscoe
1963
Lady in White poster

Lady in White

as Simon Ek
1962
Svenska Floyd poster

Svenska Floyd

as Vincent Mitella
1961
When Darkness Falls poster

When Darkness Falls

as Vicar Tord Ekstedt
1960
That Man from Tangier poster

That Man from Tangier

as Henri
1953
The Feathered Serpent poster

The Feathered Serpent

as Paul Evans
1948
Love, Honor and Goodbye poster

Love, Honor and Goodbye

as Tony Linnard
1945
Jealousy poster

Jealousy

as Peter Urban
1945
Son of Lassie poster

Son of Lassie

as Olav
1945
The Man in Half Moon Street poster

The Man in Half Moon Street

as Dr. Julian Karell
1945
Alaska poster

Alaska

as Thomas Leroux
1944
Bluebeard poster

Bluebeard

as Inspector Lefevre
1944
The Hour Before the Dawn poster

The Hour Before the Dawn

as Kurt van der Breughel
1944
Mystery Broadcast poster

Mystery Broadcast

as Ricky Moreno
1943
Submarine Alert poster

Submarine Alert

as Dr. Arthur Huneker
1943
Night Monster poster

Night Monster

as Agor Singh
1942
Sweater Girl poster

Sweater Girl

as Prof. Henri Menard
1942
The Night Before the Divorce poster

The Night Before the Divorce

as Victor Roselle
1942
The Night of January 16th poster

The Night of January 16th

as Bjorn Faulkner
1941