Nils Asther

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
- Acting
- Born
- 1897-01-16 · Copenhagen, Denmark
- Died
- 1981-10-13
Known for
- The Bitter Tea of General Yen (1933) — General Yen
- Bluebeard (1944) — Inspector Lefevre
- Night Monster (1942) — Agor Singh
- Laugh, Clown, Laugh (1928) — Count Luigi Ravelli
- A Trip to Mars (1918) — Martian citizen
- Our Dancing Daughters (1928) — Norman
- Son of Lassie (1945) — Olav
- The Wings (1916) — Aspiring actor
- Wild Orchids (1929) — Prince de Gace
- By Candlelight (1933) — Prince Alfred Von Rommer
- Jealousy (1945) — Peter Urban
- The Feathered Serpent (1948) — Paul Evans
- Letty Lynton (1932) — Emile Renaul
- The Sea Bat (1930) — Carl
- Submarine Alert (1943) — Dr. Arthur Huneker
- When Darkness Falls (1960) — Vicar Tord Ekstedt