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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
Son of Lassie
(1945)
Olav
The Bitter Tea of General Yen
(1933)
General Yen
Night Monster
(1942)
Agor Singh
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
Wrath of the Seas
(1926)
Torpedooffizier Günther Adenried
The Golden Butterfly
(1926)
Andy McFarland
Die drei Kuckucksuhren
(1926)
Reginald Ellis
Sorrell and Son
(1927)
Christopher 'Kit' Sorrell
Topsy and Eva
(1927)
George Shelby
Gauner im Frack
(1927)
George Valeska
Hotelratten
(1927)
Fürst Ladrone
The Cardboard Lover
(1928)
Andre
The Blue Danube
(1928)
Erich von Statzen
Loves of an Actress
(1928)
Raoul Duval
Our Dancing Daughters
(1928)
Norman
Laugh, Clown, Laugh
(1928)
Count Luigi Ravelli
Dream of Love
(1928)
Prince Mauritz
The Cossacks
(1928)
Prince Olenin Stieshneff
The Single Standard
(1929)
Packy Cannon
Wild Orchids
(1929)
Prince de Gace
The Sea Bat
(1930)
Carl
But the Flesh Is Weak
(1932)
Prince Paul
Letty Lynton
(1932)
Emile Renaul
The Washington Masquerade
(1932)
Henri Brenner
Screen Snapshots (Series 12, No. 2)
(1932)
Himself
If I Were Free
(1933)
Tono Casanove
By Candlelight
(1933)
Prince Alfred Von Rommer
The Right To Romance
(1933)
Dr. Helmuth Heppling
The Bitter Tea of General Yen
(1933)
General Yen
Storm at Daybreak
(1933)
Capt. Geza Petery
Madame Spy
(1934)
Capt. Franck
Love Time
(1934)
Franz Schubert
The Crime Doctor
(1934)
Gary Patten
Do You Remember?
(1935)
(archive footage)
Abdul the Damned
(1935)
Kadar Pasha, Chief of Police
Guilty Melody
(1936)
Galloni
The Marriage of Corbal
(1936)
Varennes
Make-Up
(1937)
Bux
Forced Landing
(1941)
Col. Jan Golas
Flying Blind
(1941)
Eric Karolek
The Night of January 16th
(1941)
Bjorn Faulkner
Dr. Kildare's Wedding Day
(1941)
Constanzo Labardi
The Man Who Lost Himself
(1941)
Peter Ransome
Sweater Girl
(1942)
Prof. Henri Menard
Night Monster
(1942)
Agor Singh
The Night Before the Divorce
(1942)
Victor Roselle
Mystery Broadcast
(1943)
Ricky Moreno
Submarine Alert
(1943)
Dr. Arthur Huneker
The Hour Before the Dawn
(1944)
Kurt van der Breughel
Alaska
(1944)
Thomas Leroux
Bluebeard
(1944)
Inspector Lefevre
Love, Honor and Goodbye
(1945)
Tony Linnard
The Man in Half Moon Street
(1945)
Dr. Julian Karell
Jealousy
(1945)
Peter Urban
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)