▁de cade ▁he ▁star red ▁or ▁co - star red ▁in ▁nearly ▁all ▁notable ▁films ▁in ▁this ▁genre ▁and ▁became ▁hop eless ly ▁type cast , ▁usually ▁playing ▁na ive , ▁like able ▁guys ▁with ▁a ▁health y ▁sexual ▁app et ite . ▁He ▁is ▁especially ▁remembered ▁for ▁the ▁Bed side - fil ms ▁and ▁Z od iac - fil ms , ▁though ▁his ▁big ▁break through ▁was ▁as ▁the ▁rom antic ▁lead ▁in ▁Ann el ise ▁Me ine che ' s ▁Sy tt en ▁( 1 9 6 5 ). ▁ ▁Ole ▁S ø l to ft ▁was ▁born ▁in ▁K old ing ▁and ▁was ▁the ▁son ▁of ▁engineer ▁Sv end ▁A age ▁S ø lv to ft ▁and ▁his ▁wife ▁Maria ▁R ita ▁Vi ola ▁S ø lv to ft ▁( née ▁Krist ensen ). ▁He ▁grew ▁up ▁in ▁H ole by ▁on ▁the ▁island ▁of ▁L ol land ▁and ▁was ▁a ▁substitute ▁teacher ▁after ▁high ▁school . ▁Then ▁he ▁studied ▁one ▁year ▁at ▁the ▁T and l æ geh ø j sk olen . ▁ ▁Through ▁student ▁rev ues ▁he ▁was ▁admitted ▁to ▁Private ▁The at res ' ▁P up il ▁School ▁from ▁ 1 9 6 0 ▁to ▁ 1 9 6 2 . ▁He ▁deb uted ▁at ▁the ▁People ' s ▁Theatre ▁in ▁ 1 9 6 2 ▁and ▁was ▁already ▁in ▁the ▁app rent ices hip ▁role ▁of ▁the ▁m isch iev ous ▁Nicholas ▁in ▁N ø d de bo ▁Pr æ st eg år d .