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Alf Kjellin
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Director, Actor Born: February 28, 1920 in Lund, Sweden Death: April 5, 1988 in Los Angeles, CA Biography:Swedish actor/director "Alf Kjellin" studied for a theatrical career, but was swept into movie stardom thanks to his appearance as a troubled student in the "Ingmar Bergman"-scripted film "Hets" (1944), released in the US after the war as "Frenzy". Hailed as a "new discovery" (though he'd been in Swedish films since 1937), Kjellin was brought to Hollywood on the strength of "Torment", making his American bow in MGM's "Madame Bovary" (1949). MGM wasn't fond of Kjellin's name, so he was billed as "Christopher Kent" for Bovary, reverting to his real moniker for such subsequent American films as "My Six Convicts" (1952). Feeling confined by the second leads and villains he played in Hollywood, Kjellin turned to directing with "Girl in the Rain" in 1957. Few of his films as a director were memorable, though Kjellin gained an excellent reputation directing such TV series as "I Spy" in the '60s and Columbo... Full Biography
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