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.
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Filmography 40
The Bitter Tea of General Yen
Bluebeard
Night Monster
Laugh, Clown, Laugh
A Trip to Mars
Our Dancing Daughters
Son of Lassie
The Wings
Wild Orchids
By Candlelight
The Feathered Serpent
The Sea Bat
Jealousy
Submarine Alert
When Darkness Falls
Lady in White
Love's Crucible
Letty Lynton
The Norrtull Gang
Dr. Kildare's Wedding Day
The Hour Before the Dawn
Prejudice and Pride: Swedish Film Queer
The Cossacks
If I Were Free
The Right To Romance
The Single Standard
The Night of January 16th
Mystery Broadcast
The Man in Half Moon Street
The Washington Masquerade
The Man Who Lost Himself
Storm at Daybreak
Flying Blind
The Gyurkovics Boys
The Night Before the Divorce
The Cardboard Lover
Abdul the Damned
But the Flesh Is Weak
The Crime Doctor
Sorrell and Son68 credits on file
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Keith RichardsAlso in The Night of January 16th (1941)
Frank CapraAlso in The Bitter Tea of General Yen (1932)
William Randolph HearstAlso in The Cardboard Lover (1928)
Veronica LakeAlso in The Hour Before the Dawn (1944)
Irving ThalbergAlso in Laugh, Clown, Laugh (1928)
Red SkeltonAlso in Dr. Kildare's Wedding Day (1941)About this person
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. 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.
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