
Sven Hugo Borg
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.
He died in 1981 at the age of 84 in Los Angeles, California.
Acting (40 movies)

Theodora Goes Wild
1936

The Affairs of Jimmy Valentine
1942

To Be or Not to Be
1942

Invisible Agent
1942

Fortunes of Captain Blood
1950

Buzzy and the Phantom Pinto
1941

Captain Pirate
1952

Mystery Sea Raider
1940

They Came to Blow Up America
1943

Let's Fall in Love
1933

The Moon Is Down
1943

The Crusades
1935

Death Rides the Range
1939

Espionage Agent
1939

Appointment in Berlin
1943

The Country Doctor
1936

Espionage
1937

Law of the Timber
1941

It's Always Fair Weather
1955

This Land Is Mine
1943

Little Nellie Kelly
1940

Captain Caution
1940

The Son of Davy Crockett
1941

Santa Fe
1951

Dangerously They Live
1941

Slave Ship
1937

The Devil with Hitler
1942

Reunion in Reno
1951

Action in the North Atlantic
1943

Above Suspicion
1943

Annie Was a Wonder
1949

Comrade X
1940

Address Unknown
1944

Dangerous Waters
1936

Rose-Marie
1928

Man Hunt
1941

They Raid by Night
1942

I'll Love You Always
1935

Désirée
1954

None Shall Escape
1944
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