Olof Ås

Who was Olof Ås?

Olof Alvar Hage Ås 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 and Mauritz Stiller's Gösta Berlings saga, 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 until his death in Tureberg, Sollentuna Municipality, following a road accident, aged 56.