Nils Asther

Nils Asther

Swedish actor (1897–1981)

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.

Filmography in the catalog

Credited on 27 films (1917–1953) — matched by name in the Creator or Credits field. Also mentioned in 3 other records (descriptions, transcriptions, copyright notes).

Year ▼ Title CreatorLengthFormatColorSound
1953 That Man From Tangier. Elemsee Overseas Productions Inc. 80 min. 35mm B&W sound
1945 Love, Honor, And Goodbye. Albert S. Rogell 10 reels Color & B&W
1944 The Man In Half Moon Street. Ralph Murphy 10 reels B&W
1942 Night Monster. Ford Beebe 7 reels B&W
1942 The Night Before The Divorce. Robert Siodmak 6032 ft. B&W
1941 Forced Landing. Gordon Wiles 7 reels B&W
1936 The Prisoner of Corbal Karl Grune 8 reels 16mm B&W Sound
1934 LOVE TIME. Fox Film Corp 5 reels B&W
1934 MADAME SPY. Universal Pictures Corp. 7 reels B&W
1933 BY CANDLELIGHT. Universal Pictures Corp. 7 reels B&W
1933 IF I WERE FREE. RKO Radio Pictures Inc. 7 reels B&W
1933 STORM AT DAYBREAK. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Corp. 8 reels B&W
1933 THE RIGHT TO ROMANCE. RKO Radio Pictures Inc. 7 reels B&W
1932 LETTY LYNTON. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Distributing Corp. 9 reels B&W
1932 THE BITTER TEA OF GENERAL YEN. Columbia Pictures Corp. 9 reels B&W
1930 THE SEA BAT. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Distributing Corp. 8 reels B&W
1929 THE SINGLE STANDARD. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Distributing Corp. 8 reels B&W
1929 Wild Orchids Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Corp 1:40:00 16mm B&W silent
1929 WILD ORCHIDS. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Distributing Corp. 11 reels. B&W
1928 Dream of Love Fred Niblo 65 min B&W
1928 Laugh, Clown, Laugh. Herbert Brenon 2300 16mm B&W silent
1928 LOVES OF AN ACTRESS. Paramount Famous Lasky Corp 8 reels B&W
1928 Our Dancing Daughters Harry Beaumont 84 min 16mm B&W
1928 OUR DANCING DAUGHTERS. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Distributing Corp. 9 reels B&W
1928 THE CARDBOARD LOVER. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Distributing Corp. 8 reels B&W
1928 THE COSSACKS. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Distributing Corp. 10 reels B&W
1917 THE WINGS. A.-B. Svenska Biografteatern 69 min B&W