About Olof Ås
Lived 1892 – 1948 (aged 55). Olof Ås was a Swedish actor.
Olof Alvar Hage Ås (21 September 1892 – 4 September 1949) 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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Who was Olof Ås?
Swedish stage and film actor, stage manager (1892–1948)
When was Olof Ås born?
Olof Ås was born on 21 September 1892 in Katarina church parish.
When did Olof Ås die?
Olof Ås died on 4 September 1948.
What was Olof Ås's occupation?
Olof Ås was an actor.
What nationality was Olof Ås?
Olof Ås was Swedish.
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