Olof Ås

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.[2]

Selected filmography

Year Title Role Notes
1917A Man There WasLookoutUncredited
1917Thomas Graals bästa filmStage worker
1917Alexander den StoreOne city bidUncredited
1918The Outlaw and His WifeMan with Bjrön Bergstéinsson
1918Thomas Graals bästa barnDriver
1919Sons of IngmarFarm-HandUncredited
1919Sången om den eldröda blommanTimber Raft ManUncredited
1919His Lordship's Last Will (Hans nåds testamente)Farmhand
1920Karin Daughter of Ingmar (Karin Ingmarsdotter)Inspector
1920A Lover in Pawn (Mästerman)Sailor
1921The Phantom Carriage (Körkarlen)Driver
1922Vem dömerman at the innUncredited
1927The Devil and the SmalanderHjortberg
1928A.-B. gifta bort baron OlsonJakob
1929Artificial SvenssonOfficer
1946Harald HandfasteUncredited, (final film role)

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