Portrait of Nils Asther

Acting

Nils Asther

Career

Active from 1916 to 1963, busiest in 1928 with 7 main titles.

Leading roles
35
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score59/100
Highest rated
Poster for Laugh, Clown, Laugh
Laugh, Clown, Laugh
GoodWatch score80/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 16 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 3.7 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.3 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.0 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.3 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.0 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 5.4 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Nils Asther Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Contemporary Realism
    1.9, average 5.4
  • Violence
    2.5, average 4.1
  • Adrenaline
    3.5, average 4.8
  • Family Dynamics
    3.8, average 4.8

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Historical Setting 3
  • Classic Hollywood 3
  • Period Piece 2
  • Classic Melodrama 2
  • Pre-Code Era 2
  • Forbidden Romance 2
  • Black & White Cinema 2
  • Intriguing Plot 2
  • Psychological Tension 2
  • Atmospheric Suspense 2
  • Romantic Drama 2
  • Forbidden Love 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

63
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

1960s

4 titles · average score 58
Gudrun
Gudrun (1963)

as Mr. Roscoe

Lady in White
Lady in White (1962)
GoodWatch score 59

as Simon Ek

Svenska Floyd
Svenska Floyd (1961)

as Vincent Mitella

When Darkness Falls
When Darkness Falls (1960)
GoodWatch score 57

as Vicar Tord Ekstedt

1950s

1 title
That Man from Tangier
That Man from Tangier (1953)

as Henri

1940s

18 titles · average score 59
The Feathered Serpent
The Feathered Serpent (1948)
GoodWatch score 60

as Paul Evans

The Man in Half Moon Street
The Man in Half Moon Street (1945)
GoodWatch score 59

as Dr. Julian Karell

Love, Honor and Goodbye
Love, Honor and Goodbye (1945)

as Tony Linnard

Bluebeard
Bluebeard (1944)
GoodWatch score 57

as Inspector Lefevre

Alaska
Alaska (1944)

as Thomas Leroux

The Hour Before the Dawn
The Hour Before the Dawn (1944)
GoodWatch score 60

as Kurt van der Breughel

Submarine Alert
Submarine Alert (1943)
GoodWatch score 51

as Dr. Arthur Huneker

Night Monster
Night Monster (1942)
GoodWatch score 55

as Agor Singh

Sweater Girl
Sweater Girl (1942)

as Prof. Henri Menard

The Night of January 16th
The Night of January 16th (1941)

as Bjorn Faulkner

Flying Blind
Flying Blind (1941)

as Eric Karolek

Dr. Kildare's Wedding Day
Dr. Kildare's Wedding Day (1941)
GoodWatch score 65

as Constanzo Labardi

1930s

18 titles · average score 57
Make-Up
Make-Up (1937)

as Bux

The Marriage of Corbal
The Marriage of Corbal (1936)

as Varennes

Abdul the Damned
Abdul the Damned (1935)

as Kadar Pasha, Chief of Police

The Crime Doctor
The Crime Doctor (1934)

as Gary Patten

Madame Spy
Madame Spy (1934)

as Capt. Franck

The Bitter Tea of General Yen
The Bitter Tea of General Yen (1933)
GoodWatch score 66

as General Yen

The Right To Romance
The Right To Romance (1933)
GoodWatch score 54

as Dr. Helmuth Heppling

By Candlelight
By Candlelight (1933)
GoodWatch score 62

as Prince Alfred Von Rommer

If I Were Free
If I Were Free (1933)
GoodWatch score 55

as Tono Casanove

Storm at Daybreak
Storm at Daybreak (1933)
GoodWatch score 46

as Capt. Geza Petery

Letty Lynton
Letty Lynton (1932)
GoodWatch score 69

as Emile Renaul

The Sea Bat
The Sea Bat (1930)
GoodWatch score 48

as Carl

1920s

20 titles · average score 63
Wild Orchids
Wild Orchids (1929)
GoodWatch score 59

as Prince de Gace

The Single Standard
The Single Standard (1929)
GoodWatch score 55

as Packy Cannon

Our Dancing Daughters
Our Dancing Daughters (1928)
GoodWatch score 63

as Norman

The Cardboard Lover
The Cardboard Lover (1928)
GoodWatch score 66

as Andre

Loves of an Actress
Loves of an Actress (1928)

as Raoul Duval

Laugh, Clown, Laugh
Laugh, Clown, Laugh (1928)
GoodWatch score 80

as Count Luigi Ravelli

Dream of Love
Dream of Love (1928)
GoodWatch score 48

as Prince Mauritz

The Cossacks
The Cossacks (1928)
GoodWatch score 71

as Prince Olenin Stieshneff

Topsy and Eva
Topsy and Eva (1927)

as George Shelby

Wrath of the Seas
Wrath of the Seas (1926)

as Torpedooffizier Günther Adenried

The Golden Butterfly
The Golden Butterfly (1926)

as Andy McFarland

The Gyurkovics Boys
The Gyurkovics Boys (1920)

as Bandi Gyurkovics

1910s

2 titles · average score 60
A Trip to Mars
A Trip to Mars (1918)
GoodWatch score 63

as Martian citizen

The Wings
The Wings (1916)
GoodWatch score 58

as Aspiring actor