Olof Ås

Olof Ås

Personal information

Known for
Acting
Known credits
26
Gender
Male
Born
September 1, 1892
Died
September 4, 1949
Also known as
Olof ÅhsOlle Ås

Biography

Olof Alvar Hage Ås (21 September 1892 – 4 September 1949)[1] was a Swedish theater and film actor stage manager.

Ås was born in Stockholm, and begin his career on the stage. He then began a career in the 1910s as a stage manager. Some of his work as a stage manager includes films such as Victor Sjöström's The Lass from the Stormy Croft (Swedish: Tösen från Stormyrtorpet) (1917) and Mauritz Stiller's Gösta Berlings saga (1922), for which he also worked on special effects.

Ås made his film debut in the 1912 Paul Garbagni-directed I lifvets vår and would appear in nearly 30 films (most of them directed by either Stiller or Sjöström) until his death in Tureberg, Sollentuna Municipality, following a road accident, aged 56.

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The Phantom Carriage
Movie
1921

The Phantom Carriage

Movie · 1921

A Man There Was
Movie
1917

A Man There Was

Movie · 1917

The Outlaw and His Wife
Movie
1918

The Outlaw and His Wife

Movie · 1918

The Saga of Gösta Berling
Movie
1924

The Saga of Gösta Berling

Movie · 1924

Song of the Scarlet Flower
Movie
1919

Song of the Scarlet Flower

Movie · 1919

The Girl from the Marsh Croft
Movie
1917

The Girl from the Marsh Croft

Movie · 1917