Ole Søltoft (8 January 1941 â€" 9 May 1999 in Kolding) was a Danish
actor who became an icon of the 1970s wave of Danish erotic feature
film comedies. For over a decade he starred or co-starred in nearly
all notable films in this genre and became hopelessly typecast,
usually playing naive, likeable guys with a healthy sexual appetite.
He is especially remembered for the Bedside-films and Zodiac-films,
though his big breakthrough was as the romantic lead in Annelise
Meineche's Sytten (1965).Ole Søltoft was born in Kolding and was the
son of engineer Svend Aage Sølvtoft and his wife Maria Rita Viola
Sølvtoft (née Kristensen). He grew up in Holeby on the island of
Lolland and was a substitute teacher after high school. Then he
studied one year at the Tandlægehøjskolen.Through student revues he
was admitted to Private Theatres' Pupil School from 1960 to 1962. He
debuted at the People's Theatre in 1962 and was already in the
apprenticeship role of the mischievous Nicholas in Nøddebo
Præstegård.Søltoft began his film career with the role of Jacob in
1962's Den kære familie, a film about turn of the century Copenhagen.
After a few small roles, the breakthrough of Erik Soya's Sytten in
1965 began a wave of erotic films for Søltoft. In Den røde rubin,
Søltoft starred as Ask Burlefot, who goes from shy schoolboy to
sexually experienced. He went on to star in numerous films of the
1970s, mainly sex comedies and erotic comedies - roles that have
always put him pigeonholed by the audience and the press. He usually
played a confused little man who had to fight his way through a sea of
sexy girls. He starred in the successful, decade-long series of
Bedside-films, including Mazurka på sengekanten (Mazurka on the
bedside), Tandlæge på sengekanten (Dentist on the bedside) and
Rektor på sengekanten (Rector on the bedside). Søltoft also played
in several of Zodiac-films, where Zodiac signs were part of the film's
title; for example, I Løvens tegn (In Leo), I Jomfruens tegn (In
Virgo), and I Tyrens tegn (In Taurus). He retired from film in 1978.
actor who became an icon of the 1970s wave of Danish erotic feature
film comedies. For over a decade he starred or co-starred in nearly
all notable films in this genre and became hopelessly typecast,
usually playing naive, likeable guys with a healthy sexual appetite.
He is especially remembered for the Bedside-films and Zodiac-films,
though his big breakthrough was as the romantic lead in Annelise
Meineche's Sytten (1965).Ole Søltoft was born in Kolding and was the
son of engineer Svend Aage Sølvtoft and his wife Maria Rita Viola
Sølvtoft (née Kristensen). He grew up in Holeby on the island of
Lolland and was a substitute teacher after high school. Then he
studied one year at the Tandlægehøjskolen.Through student revues he
was admitted to Private Theatres' Pupil School from 1960 to 1962. He
debuted at the People's Theatre in 1962 and was already in the
apprenticeship role of the mischievous Nicholas in Nøddebo
Præstegård.Søltoft began his film career with the role of Jacob in
1962's Den kære familie, a film about turn of the century Copenhagen.
After a few small roles, the breakthrough of Erik Soya's Sytten in
1965 began a wave of erotic films for Søltoft. In Den røde rubin,
Søltoft starred as Ask Burlefot, who goes from shy schoolboy to
sexually experienced. He went on to star in numerous films of the
1970s, mainly sex comedies and erotic comedies - roles that have
always put him pigeonholed by the audience and the press. He usually
played a confused little man who had to fight his way through a sea of
sexy girls. He starred in the successful, decade-long series of
Bedside-films, including Mazurka på sengekanten (Mazurka on the
bedside), Tandlæge på sengekanten (Dentist on the bedside) and
Rektor på sengekanten (Rector on the bedside). Søltoft also played
in several of Zodiac-films, where Zodiac signs were part of the film's
title; for example, I Løvens tegn (In Leo), I Jomfruens tegn (In
Virgo), and I Tyrens tegn (In Taurus). He retired from film in 1978.
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