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Nils Anton Alfhild Asther was a 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 of which were produced in the silent era. He is mainly remembered today for two silent films he made with his fellow Swede, Greta Garbo, and the pre-Code interracial love affair in The Bitter Tea of General Yen.
Birth Name
Nils Anton Alfhild Asther
Born
Sunday, 17 January 1897
Died
Tuesday, 13 October 1981
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Prejudice & Pride: Swedish Film Queer | Self (archive footage) | 2022 |
| American Masters | (archive footage) | 1986 |
| Suddenly, a Woman! | Londonchefen | 1963 |
| Lady in White | Simon Ek | 1962 |
| Svenska Floyd | Vincent Mitella | 1961 |
| När mörkret faller | Tord Ekstedt, Vicar / Vicar Tord Ekstedt | 1960 |
| Ponds Theater | Kurt von Obersdorf | 1953 |
| That Man from Tangier | Henri | 1953 |
| Lux Video Theatre | Norstad / Baron Hauser | 1950 |
| Starlight Theatre | Jack Corvello | 1950 |
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Prejudice & Pride: Swedish Film Queer | Self (archive footage) | 2022 |
| American Masters | (archive footage) | 1986 |
| Suddenly, a Woman! | Londonchefen | 1963 |
| Lady in White | Simon Ek | 1962 |
| Svenska Floyd | Vincent Mitella | 1961 |
| När mörkret faller | Tord Ekstedt, Vicar / Vicar Tord Ekstedt | 1960 |
| Ponds Theater | Kurt von Obersdorf | 1953 |
| That Man from Tangier | Henri | 1953 |
| Lux Video Theatre | Norstad / Baron Hauser | 1950 |
| Starlight Theatre | Jack Corvello | 1950 |
| Samson and Delilah | Prince | 1949 |
| The Feathered Serpent | Prof. Paul Evans / Paul Evans | 1948 |
| Love, Honor and Goodbye | Tony Linnard | 1945 |
| Jealousy | Peter Urban | 1945 |
| Son of Lassie | Olav | 1945 |
| The Man in Half Moon Street | Dr. Julian Karell | 1945 |
| Alaska | Thomas Leroux | 1944 |
| Bluebeard | Inspector Jacques Lefevre / Inspector Lefevre | 1944 |
| The Hour Before the Dawn | Kurt van der Breughel | 1944 |
| Mystery Broadcast | Ricky Moreno | 1943 |
| Submarine Alert | Dr. Arthur Huneker | 1943 |
| Night Monster | Agor Singh | 1942 |
| Sweater Girl | Prof. Henri Menard | 1942 |
| The Night Before the Divorce | Victor Roselle | 1942 |
| The Night of January 16th | Bjorn Faulkner | 1941 |
| Flying Blind | Eric Karolek | 1941 |
| Dr. Kildare's Wedding Day | Constanzo Labardi | 1941 |
| Forced Landing | Colonel Jan Golas / Col. Jan Golas | 1941 |
| The Man Who Lost Himself | Peter Ransome | 1941 |
| Hate in Paradise | Tony Drake | 1938 |
| Make-Up | Bux | 1937 |
| Guilty Melody | Galloni | 1936 |
| The Prisoner of Corbal | Varennes | 1936 |
| Abdul the Damned | Kadar Pasha, Chief of Police / Kadar-Pasha, Chief of Police | 1935 |
| Love Time | Franz Schubert | 1934 |
| The Crime Doctor | Gary Patten | 1934 |
| Madame Spy | Capt. Franck | 1934 |
| By Candlelight | Prince Alfred von Rommer | 1933 |
| If I Were Free | Tono Cazenove / Tono Casanove | 1933 |
| The Right to Romance | Dr. Helmuth Heppling | 1933 |
| Storm at Daybreak | Captain Geza Petery / Capt. Geza Petery | 1933 |
| The Bitter Tea of General Yen | General Yen | 1932 |
| The Washington Masquerade | Brenner / Henri Brenner | 1932 |
| Screen Snapshots (Series 12, No. 2) | Self | 1932 |
| Letty Lynton | Emile Renaul | 1932 |
| -But the Flesh Is Weak | Prince Paul | 1932 |
| The Sea Bat | Carl | 1930 |
| The Hollywood Revue of 1929 | Nils Asther | 1929 |
| The Single Standard | Packy Cannon | 1929 |
| Wild Orchids | Prince De Gace | 1929 |
| Dream of Love | Prince Mauritz / Prince Maurice de Saxe | 1928 |
| Our Dancing Daughters | Norman | 1928 |
| Loves of an Actress | Raoul Duval / Raoul | 1928 |
| The Cossacks | Prince Olenin Stieshneff / Prince Olenin | 1928 |
| Laugh, Clown, Laugh | Count Luigi Ravelli / Luigi | 1928 |
| The Blue Danube | Erich von Statzen | 1928 |
| Sorrell and Son | Christopher 'Kit' Sorrell | 1927 |
| Topsy and Eva | George Shelby | 1927 |
| Adventure Mad | Reginald Ellis | 1927 |
| Hotelratten | Fürst Ladrone | 1927 |
| Gauner im Frack | George Valeska | 1927 |
| Der Mann mit der falschen Banknote | 1927 | |
| Wrath of the Seas | Tropedooffizier Günther Adenried / Torpedooffizier Günther Adenried | 1926 |
| Wienerbarnet | Charles Dupont | 1924 |
| Carl XII:s kurir | Stanislaus / Stanislaus, Potockis nevö | 1924 |
| The Nurtull Gang | Baby's 'fiancé' | 1923 |
| Mortal Clay | Apprentice | 1922 |
| Gyurkovicsarna | Bandi Gyurkovics | 1920 |
| Solen der dræbte | Jan | 1918 |
| A Trip to Mars | Martian citizen / Wounded Martian Citizen | 1918 |
| Hittebarnet | Kurt | 1917 |
| Vingarne | Aspiring actor | 1916 |
