Nils Asther
Swedish actor (1897-1981) · Sweden · On the map · Actors · Died at 84
Nils Anton Alfhild Asther was a Swedish actor active in Hollywood from 1926 to the mid-1950s, known as "the male Greta Garbo". Between 1916 and 1963, he appeared in over seventy feature films, sixteen of which were produced in the silent era.
Nils Asther is read about 87 times a day, in 18 languages.
A typical day, 30 days to 6 November 2026
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Something wrong?A life in dates
When Darkness FallsFilm, 1960Vicar Tord Ekstedt1948
The Feathered SerpentFilm, Paul Evans1944
BluebeardFilm, Inspector Lefevre1943
Mystery BroadcastFilm, Ricky Moreno1941
Dr. Kildare's Wedding DayFilm, Constanzo Labardi1935
Abdul the DamnedFilm, Kadar Pasha, Chief of Police1933
By CandlelightFilm, Prince Alfred Von Rommer1932
But the Flesh Is WeakFilm, Prince Paul1929
The Single StandardFilm, Packy Cannon1928
Laugh, Clown, LaughFilm, Count Luigi Ravelli1922
Love's CrucibleFilm, Apprentice1920
The Gyurkovics BoysFilm, Bandi Gyurkovics1916
The WingsFilm, Aspiring actor1897Born17 January 1897People around Nils
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Anna Q. Nilsson Friend, also in Sorrell and Son (1927)
Irving Thalberg Produced Wild Orchids and Laugh, Clown, Laugh- William Axt Wrote Our Dancing Daughters and Dream of Love
Hunt Stromberg Produced Our Dancing Daughters and Letty Lynton
Manfred Noa Directed Wrath of the Seas and The Sweet Girl
Arne Mattsson Directed När mörkret faller and Lady in White
Merian C. Cooper Produced If I Were Free and The Right to Romance
Clarence Brown Directed Letty Lynton and The Cossacks
Herbert Brenon Directed Sorrell and Son (1927)
Karl Grune Directed Abdul the Damned (1935)
Joan Crawford Also in Our Dancing Daughters and Letty Lynton
Victor Sjöström Directed Vem dömer (1922)
Karen Morley Also in The Washington Masquerade (1932)
Jean Parker Also in Flying Blind and Storm at Daybreak
Holger-Madsen Directed Himmelskibet (1918)
John S. Robertson Directed The Single Standard (1929)
Karl Platen Also in The Golden Butterfly and The Sweet Girl
John W. Brunius Directed Lieutenant Tophat (1920)
Frank McDonald Directed Flying Blind (1941)
Karl-Arne Holmsten Also in När mörkret faller (1960)
Elliott Nugent Directed If I Were Free (1933)
Greta Garbo Also in Wild Orchids and The Single Standard
Frank Capra Directed The Bitter Tea of General Yen (1932)
Anker Sørensen Directed Suddenly, a Woman! (1963)
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About this person
He is mainly remembered today for two silent films, The Single Standard and Wild Orchids, which he made with fellow Swede Greta Garbo, and his portrayal of the title character in the controversial pre-Code Frank Capra film, The Bitter Tea of General Yen.
