Olof Alvar Hage Ås (21 September 1892 – 4 September 1949) was a

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theater and film actor stage manager. Ås was born in

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, 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

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'' (Swedish: ''Tösen från Stormyrtorpet'') (1917) and

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'' (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,

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, following a road accident, aged 56.Svenska Filminstitutet
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* 1892 births 1949 deaths Swedish male film actors Swedish male stage actors Swedish male silent film actors 20th-century Swedish male actors Male actors from Stockholm {{Sweden-actor-stub