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.

Olof Ås is known for work in acting across film and television. New Release currently presents 25 verified screen credits connected to this profile.

Selected work includes The Phantom Carriage (1921), A Man There Was (1917), Life’s Conflicts (1913), Brother Against Brother (1913), Harald Handfaste (1946), The Outlaw and His Wife (1918), Song of the Scarlet Flower (1919), Thomas Graal's Best Child (1918). The recorded credits span 1912 to 1946, including 25 movies and 0 TV shows.

The filmography below lists available titles, release years and known roles. This profile is updated as additional verified information becomes available.