Sven Hugo Borg
Acting • Born 1896-07-26 – Died 1981-02-19
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.
Filmography
41 credits
Theodora Goes Wild
Movie • 1936
Bartender (uncredited)
The Affairs of Jimmy Valentine
Movie • 1942
Olaf
To Be or Not to Be
Movie • 1942
German Soldier (uncredited)
Invisible Agent
Movie • 1942
German Captain (uncredited)
Fortunes of Captain Blood
Movie • 1950
Swede
Buzzy and the Phantom Pinto
Movie • 1941
Kurt F. Henck
Captain Pirate
Movie • 1952
Swede
Mystery Sea Raider
Movie • 1940
Sven
They Came to Blow Up America
Movie • 1943
Cmdr. Ullrich Hauser
Let's Fall in Love
Movie • 1933
Eric
The Moon Is Down
Movie • 1943
Sergeant (uncredited)
The Crusades
Movie • 1935
Sverre, the Norse King
Death Rides the Range
Movie • 1939
Baron Starkoff
Espionage Agent
Movie • 1939
Chauffeur
Appointment in Berlin
Movie • 1943
Stockholm Waiter (uncredited)
The Country Doctor
Movie • 1936
Logger (uncredited)
Espionage
Movie • 1937
Masseuse
Law of the Timber
Movie • 1941
Olaf (as Sven-Hogo Borg)
It's Always Fair Weather
Movie • 1955
Svenson - Masseur (uncredited)
This Land Is Mine
Movie • 1943
German Soldier
Little Nellie Kelly
Movie • 1940
Immigrant at Citizenship Ceremony (uncredited)
Captain Caution
Movie • 1940
Sailor
The Son of Davy Crockett
Movie • 1941
Swede
Santa Fe
Movie • 1951
'Swede' Swanstrom
Dangerously They Live
Movie • 1941
U-Boat Under Officer (uncredited)
Slave Ship
Movie • 1937
Crew Member
The Devil with Hitler
Movie • 1942
Gestapo Guard (uncredited)
Reunion in Reno
Movie • 1951
Swedish Waiter
Action in the North Atlantic
Movie • 1943
Norwegian Seaman (uncredited)
Above Suspicion
Movie • 1943
German Guard (Uncredited)
Annie Was a Wonder
Movie • 1949
Gus
Comrade X
Movie • 1940
Streetcar Passenger
Address Unknown
Movie • 1944
Angry German at Play (uncredited)
Dangerous Waters
Movie • 1936
Sailor (uncredited)
Rose-Marie
Movie • 1928
Hudson
Man Hunt
Movie • 1941
They Raid by Night
Movie • 1942
Dalberg
I'll Love You Always
Movie • 1935
Hamlet
Désirée
Movie • 1954
Aide (uncredited)
None Shall Escape
Movie • 1944
German Soldier (uncredited)
Find the Witness
Movie • 1937
Diver