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Sven Hugo Borg
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.
As actor
It's Always Fair Weather
Désirée
Captain Pirate
Santa Fe
Reunion in Reno
Fortunes of Captain Blood
Annie Was a Wonder
Address Unknown
None Shall Escape
They Came to Blow Up America
The Moon Is Down
Appointment in Berlin
This Land Is Mine
Action in the North Atlantic
Above Suspicion
The Affairs of Jimmy Valentine
To Be or Not to Be
Invisible Agent
The Devil with Hitler
They Raid by Night
Buzzy and the Phantom Pinto
Law of the Timber
The Son of Davy Crockett
Dangerously They Live
Man Hunt
Mystery Sea Raider
Little Nellie Kelly
Captain Caution
Comrade X
Death Rides the Range