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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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Known For
The Bitter Tea of General Yen
(1933)
General Yen
Son of Lassie
(1945)
Olav
Night Monster
(1942)
Agor Singh
Bluebeard
(1944)
Inspector Lefevre
Letty Lynton
(1932)
Emile Renaul
Full Filmography
Acting
The Wings
(1916)
Aspiring actor
Hittebarnet
(1917)
A Trip to Mars
(1918)
Martian citizen
Retten sejrer
(1918)
The Gyurkovics Boys
(1920)
Bandi Gyurkovics
Love's Crucible
(1922)
Apprentice
The Norrtull Gang
(1923)
Carl XII:s kurir
(1924)
Stanislaus, Potockis nevö
The Golden Butterfly
(1926)
Andy McFarland
Wrath of the Seas
(1926)
Torpedooffizier Günther Adenried
Die drei Kuckucksuhren
(1926)
Reginald Ellis
Sorrell and Son
(1927)
Christopher 'Kit' Sorrell
Hotelratten
(1927)
Fürst Ladrone
Gauner im Frack
(1927)
George Valeska
Topsy and Eva
(1927)
George Shelby
Laugh, Clown, Laugh
(1928)
Count Luigi Ravelli
Our Dancing Daughters
(1928)
Norman
The Cardboard Lover
(1928)
Andre
The Cossacks
(1928)
Prince Olenin Stieshneff
The Blue Danube
(1928)
Erich von Statzen
Dream of Love
(1928)
Prince Mauritz
Loves of an Actress
(1928)
Raoul Duval
Wild Orchids
(1929)
Prince de Gace
The Single Standard
(1929)
Packy Cannon
The Sea Bat
(1930)
Carl
Letty Lynton
(1932)
Emile Renaul
But the Flesh Is Weak
(1932)
Prince Paul
The Washington Masquerade
(1932)
Henri Brenner
Screen Snapshots (Series 12, No. 2)
(1932)
Himself
The Bitter Tea of General Yen
(1933)
General Yen
If I Were Free
(1933)
Tono Casanove
By Candlelight
(1933)
Prince Alfred Von Rommer
The Right To Romance
(1933)
Dr. Helmuth Heppling
Storm at Daybreak
(1933)
Capt. Geza Petery
Madame Spy
(1934)
Capt. Franck
The Crime Doctor
(1934)
Gary Patten
Love Time
(1934)
Franz Schubert
Abdul the Damned
(1935)
Kadar Pasha, Chief of Police
Do You Remember?
(1935)
(archive footage)
Guilty Melody
(1936)
Galloni
The Marriage of Corbal
(1936)
Varennes
Make-Up
(1937)
Bux
Dr. Kildare's Wedding Day
(1941)
Constanzo Labardi
The Night of January 16th
(1941)
Bjorn Faulkner
Forced Landing
(1941)
Col. Jan Golas
Flying Blind
(1941)
Eric Karolek
The Man Who Lost Himself
(1941)
Peter Ransome
Night Monster
(1942)
Agor Singh
Sweater Girl
(1942)
Prof. Henri Menard
The Night Before the Divorce
(1942)
Victor Roselle
Submarine Alert
(1943)
Dr. Arthur Huneker
Mystery Broadcast
(1943)
Ricky Moreno
Bluebeard
(1944)
Inspector Lefevre
Alaska
(1944)
Thomas Leroux
The Hour Before the Dawn
(1944)
Kurt van der Breughel
Jealousy
(1945)
Peter Urban
The Man in Half Moon Street
(1945)
Dr. Julian Karell
Love, Honor and Goodbye
(1945)
Tony Linnard
Son of Lassie
(1945)
Olav
The Feathered Serpent
(1948)
Paul Evans
That Man from Tangier
(1953)
Henri
When Darkness Falls
(1960)
Vicar Tord Ekstedt
Svenska Floyd
(1961)
Vincent Mitella
Lady in White
(1962)
Simon Ek
Gudrun
(1963)
Mr. Roscoe
Prejudice and Pride: Swedish Film Queer
(2022)
Self (archive footage)