Olof Ås
September 1, 1892 (132 years old) in
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.
Known For
Credits
- 1946 ·Harald Handfasteas von Dotzen's daughter chamber maid (uncredited)
- 1943 ·The Brothers' Womanas Haymaker (uncredited)
- 1929 ·Artificial Svenssonas
- 1928 ·A.-B. gifta bort baron Olsonas
- 1927 ·Hin och smålänningenas
- 1923 ·The Hell Shipas Member of the ships crew
- 1922 ·Love's Crucibleas Man at the inn
- 1921 ·A Wild Birdas Officer
- 1921 ·The Phantom Carriageas Driver
- 1920 ·A Lover in Pawnas Sailor
- 1920 ·Karin, Daughter of Ingmaras Inspector
- 1919 ·His Lord's Willas Farmhand
- 1919 ·Song of the Scarlet Floweras Raftsman
- 1919 ·Sons of Ingmaras Farm-Hand
- 1918 ·Thomas Graal's Best Childas Driver
- 1918 ·The Outlaw and His Wifeas Man with Björn Bergstéinsson
- 1917 ·Alexander the Greatas
- 1917 ·The Girl from the Marsh Croftas
- 1917 ·Thomas Graal's Best Filmas Stage worker
- 1917 ·A Man There Wasas Lookout
- 1913 ·Brother Against Brotheras
- 1913 ·Livets konflikteras
- 1912 ·The Springtime of Lifeas Man in theater crowd
- 1912 ·The Last Performanceas
- 1912 ·Agaton och Finaas