Sven Hugo Borg
Sven Hugo Borg was a Swedish-American character actor.
Biography
Sven Hugo Borg was born in Vinslöv, Skåne län, Sweden. Early in his career, Borg was a secretary with the Swedish Consulate in Los Angeles. While working at the consulate he met the actress Greta Garbo who had recently arrived in Hollywood. Garbo asked Borg to be her interpreter for an upcoming movie to which he readily agreed. He served as Garbo's interpreter from 1925 to 1929. After interpreting for Greta, Borg decided to pursue acting as a career. He had done some dramatic work on the Swedish stage. He continued to remain with the consulate until the late 1930s.
Borg became much in demand during World War II Hollywood films, playing both Nazi officers and Scandinavian resistance fighters. Throughout his acting career, Borg was an actor who portrayed a wide range of many different characters, e.g. Sverre-King of Norway in The Crusades. Borg died in 1981 at the age of 84 in Los Angeles, California. He was buried in Westwood Village Memorial Park.
Filmography
Rose-Marie .... HudsonLet's Fall in Love .... Eric I'll Love You Always .... Hamlet The Crusades .... Sverre, the Norse King Barbary Coast .... Sailor Dangerous Waters .... Sailor The Country Doctor .... Logger A Son Comes Home .... Swedish Sailor Theodora Goes Wild .... Bartender Find the Witness .... DiverEspionage .... Masseuse Slave Ship .... Crew Member The Mysterious Pilot .... Lumberjack Smitht Here's Flash Casey .... Blonde Student Romance of the Redwoods .... Boarder Espionage Agent .... Chauffeur The Man from Montreal .... Mountie Death Rides the Range .... Baron StrakoffMystery Sea Raider .... SvenCaptain Caution .... Sailor Little Nellie Kelly .... Immigrant at Citizenship Ceremony Comrade X .... Streetcar Passenger Road Show .... Brawler Buzzy and the Phantom Pinto .... Kurt F. HenckMan Hunt .... Ship's Mate The Son of Davy Crockett .... Swede Night of January 16 .... Sailor Law of the Timber .... Olaf Dangerously They Live .... U-Boat Under Officer To Be or Not to Be .... German soldier Reap the Wild Wind .... Blackie, 'Falcon' Crewman The Affairs of Jimmy Valentine .... OlafThey Raid By Night .... DalbergInvisible Agent .... German Captain Desperate Journey .... Mechanic The Devil with Hitler .... Gestapo Guard The Navy Comes Through .... U-Boat first officer Stand By All Networks .... Sailor Chetniks... a.k.a. The Fighting Guerrillas ).... Nazi Officer Tarzan Triumphs .... Heinz The Moon Is Down .... Sergeant Tonight We Raid Calais .... German Soldier They Came to Blow Up America .... Cmdr. Ullrich HauserThis Land Is Mine .... German Soldier Action in the North Atlantic .... Norwegian Seaman Above Suspicion .... German Guard Appointment in Berlin .... Stockholm Waiter First Comes Courage .... Captain Schmidt Adventures of the Flying Cadets .... Jake The Strange Death of Adolf Hitler .... Soldier I Dood It .... German Valet The Cross of Lorraine .... German guard Jack London .... Axel What a Woman! .... Ricky None Shall Escape .... German Soldier Two-Man Submarine .... Nazi Officer Knickerbocker Holiday .... Swedish Colonist Address Unknown .... Angry German at Play The Story of Dr. Wassell .... Dutch Guard U-Boat Prisoner .... U-Boat Lt. Dorner Secrets of Scotland Yard .... Nazi Messenger My Buddy .... German Sniper Counter-Attack ).... German Lieutenant Nob Hill .... Swedish Sailor Pursuit to Algiers .... Johansson Blondie's Lucky Day .... Jensen, Butler's Masseur Spook Busters .... Slip's Relative at Graduation The Farmer's Daughter .... Dr. Mattsen The Senator Was Indiscreet .... Swedish Waiter Letter from an Unknown Woman .... Mover Annie Was a Wonder .... Gus Cargo to Capetown .... Captain The Reformer and the Redhead .... Finnish-American Speaker Fortunes of Captain Blood .... SwedeSanta Fe .... 'Swede' SwanstromReunion in Reno .... Swedish Waiter Mutiny .... Sailor in Saloon Captain Pirate .... SwedeDesirée .... Aide It's Always Fair Weather .... Svenson – Masseur The Gale Storm Show.... ArcherThe Prize .... Oscar Lindblom, Dead Make-up Artist