Olof Ås

Olof Alvar Hage Ås 21 September 1892 4 September 19491 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 Sjöströms The Lass from the Stormy Croft Swedish Tösen från Stormyrtorpet 1917 and Mauritz Stillers Gösta Berlings saga 1922 for which he also worked on special effects Ås made his film debut in the 1912 Paul Garbagnidirected 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