Olof Ås

Olof Ås

1892-09-01 – 1949-09-04 (age 57)
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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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Known For

The Phantom Carriage
The Phantom Carriage

1921

as Driver

A Man There Was
A Man There Was

1917

as Utkiken på den engelska korvetten (uncredited)

The Brothers' Woman
The Brothers' Woman

1943

as Haymaker (uncredited)

The Outlaw and His Wife
The Outlaw and His Wife

1918

as Man with Björn Bergstéinsson

Thomas Graal's Best Child
Song of the Scarlet Flower
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Thomas Graal's Best Film

1917

as Stage worker

A Lover in Pawn
A Lover in Pawn

1920

as Sailor

Karin, Daughter of Ingmar
Karin, Daughter of Ingmar

1920

as Inspector

Sons of Ingmar
Sons of Ingmar

1919

as Farm-Hand

The Springtime of Life
The Springtime of Life

1912

as Man in theater crowd

Love's Crucible
Love's Crucible

1922

as Man at the inn