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Nils Asther

Nils Asther

Acting

Biography

​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. Description above from the Wikipedia article  Nils Anton Alfhild Asther, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For

Night Monster
6.3

Kurt Ingston, a rich recluse, invites the doctors who left him a hopeless cripple to his desolate mansion in the swamps as one by one they meet horrible deaths.

Night Monster

1942
The Bitter Tea of General Yen
6.3

An American missionary is gradually seduced by a courtly warlord holding her in Shanghai.

The Bitter Tea of General Yen

1932
The Man in Half Moon Street
5.9

A British doctor and painter must kill for the glands he needs to stop the aging process.

The Man in Half Moon Street

1945
Submarine Alert
4.8

Nazi spies use a stolen shortwave transmitter prototype to broadcast top secret shipping info to an offshore Japanese sub. To nab the spy ring, the Government has the West Coast's top radio engineers fired and shadowed to see if the Nazis recruit them to complete work on the prototype radio. Radio engineer Lew Deerhold, a resident alien without a job to pay for his adorable little ward Gina's life-saving operation, falls prey to the spy ring, and is swept up in a maelstrom of deceit and danger.

Submarine Alert

1943
Letty Lynton
7.2

Socialite Letty Lynton is returning to New York, abandoning one-time lover Emile Renaul in South America, when she strikes up a shipboard romance with Jerry Darrow. Renault is waiting for her in New York and will not leave her alone, so she poisons him. When detectives take her to the D.A.'s office, Jerry cooks up an alibi.

Letty Lynton

1932
The Man Who Lost Himself
5.4

John Evans encounters his lookalike, Malcolm Scott. When Scott is killed in an accident, Evans finds himself mistaken for Scott and decides to do some good in his new role.

The Man Who Lost Himself

1941
The Hour Before the Dawn
6.4

A beautiful Austrian refugee in England--who is also a Nazi agent--marries a scholarly English pacifist. He lives near a secret military base she needs to get information about so she can help in Hitler's planned invasion of England.

The Hour Before the Dawn

1944
Son of Lassie
6.2

Laddie (Son of Lassie) and his master are trapped in Norway during WW2 - has he inherited his mothers famous courage?

Son of Lassie

1945
Bluebeard
5.4

Young female models are being strangled. Will law enforcement be able to stop the crime wave before more women become victims?

Bluebeard

1944
The Sea Bat
4.5

The sister of a sponge diver killed by a stingray loves an escaped convict posing as a priest.

The Sea Bat

1930
Prejudice and Pride: Swedish Film Queer
6.0

A journey through Swedish queer film history.

Prejudice and Pride: Swedish Film Queer

2022
Topsy and Eva
10.0

Topsy, a Black slave girl who "jes' growed" is auctioned but nobody will bid. A young girl named Eva purchases Topsy for a nickel.

Topsy and Eva

1927
Flying Blind
4.6

A spy steals a secret military device, then hijacks an airliner to get away. The airliner crashes in the wilderness & the survivors are threatened by a raging forest fire.

Flying Blind

1941
Madame Spy
7.5

Maria is married to Captain Franck of German Intelligence. He does not know she is a Russian assigned to spy on him. When he is told to uncover a leak, he vows revenge on his wife.

Madame Spy

1934
The Night of January 16th
5.8

Accused of killing her employer, financier Bjorn Faulkner, Kit is championed by wisecracking sailor-on-leave Steve Van Ruyle, who has a vested interest in the outcome of the trial.

The Night of January 16th

1941
The Washington Masquerade
6.8

An honest, talented and well respected attorney defeats a corrupt incumbent U.S. Senator. After a very good start he has to face the subtle temptations and innocent looking traps of Washington.

The Washington Masquerade

1932
Wild Orchids
6.4

A prince in Java tries to seduce his visitor's wife, but he's discovered.

Wild Orchids

1929
Loves of an Actress
8.0

Rachel becomes the leading actress in the Comédie Française through the patronage of three influential men: Baron Hartman, the wealthiest man in France; Count Vareski, a relative of Napoleon; and Dr. Durande. All three men are in love with her, but she throws them over when she falls in love with Raoul Duval. A lost film.

Loves of an Actress

1928
If I Were Free
5.0

A recently divorced interior decorator falls in love with a married barrister.

If I Were Free

1933
Sweater Girl
5.3

College students attempt to solve a series of murders on campus while also trying to put together the school's big show.

Sweater Girl

1942