ACTOR · FROM COPENHAGEN, DENMARK
Nils Asther
1897–198166 credits since 1916
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ABOUT NILS
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.
Biography from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA. Credits and photos from TMDB.
Born16 January 1897
Died13 October 1981
BirthplaceCopenhagen, Denmark
Known forActing
On Cineora19 of 66 titles
Known for
The titles people know Nils from.
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MovieCareer
IMDb rating of each title on Cineora, by year.
- Titles on Cineora
- 19
- Average IMDb
- 6.3
- Highest rated
- Laugh, Clown, LaughIMDb 7.5
- Working since
- 1916
Size: how widely seen
Filmography
The 1960s
4 titles · IMDb 5.8 on average
as Mr. Roscoe
Movieas Simon Ek
as Vincent Mitella
Movieas Vicar Tord Ekstedt
The 1950s
1 title
as Henri
The 1940s
18 titles · IMDb 6.0 on averageMovieas Paul Evans
as Tony Linnard
Movieas Peter Urban
Movieas Olav
as Dr. Julian Karell
as Thomas Leroux
Movieas Inspector Lefevre
as Kurt van der Breughel
The 1930s
18 titles · IMDb 6.4 on averageMake-Up
Not on Cineoraas Bux
as Galloni
The Marriage of Corbal
Not on Cineoraas Varennes
as Kadar Pasha, Chief of Police
Do You Remember?
Not on Cineoraas (archive footage)
as Franz Schubert
as Dr. Alexis Collender
as Gary Patten
The 1920s
21 titles · IMDb 6.8 on average
as Packy Cannon
Movieas Prince de Gace
as Prince Mauritz
as Andre
Movieas Norman
as Raoul Duval
as Prince Olenin Stieshneff
Movieas Count Luigi Ravelli
The 1910s
4 titles · IMDb 6.1 on average
Movieas Martian citizen
Movieas Aspiring actor
Often works with
The people who keep turning up in Nils’s titles.
Joan CrawfordOur Dancing Daughters and Letty Lynton
Sif RuudWhen Darkness Falls and Lady in White
Lewis StoneLetty Lynton and Wild Orchids
John MiljanSubmarine Alert and The Sea Bat
Ruth CummingsWriter · Wild Orchids and By Candlelight
Fay HelmNight Monster and Son of Lassie
Hanns KrälyWriter · Wild Orchids and By Candlelight
Arne MattssonDirector · When Darkness Falls and Lady in White
