Much in demand in World War II Hollywood films -- playing both Nazi officers and Scandinavian resistance fighters -- blond Sven-Hugo Borg was a secretary with the Swedish Consulate in Los Angeles in 1925 when the newly arrived Greta Garbo hired him as her interpreter. Bitten by the acting bug, Borg played minor roles in Joan Crawford's Rose Marie (1928) and a few other films but remained with the consulate until the late 1930s. Best remembered perhaps for playing "Sven," one of the doomed crew members in Paramount's Mystery Sea Raider (1940), Borg appeared as a German soldier in Ernst Lubitsch's satire To Be or Not to Be (1942), as well as This Land Is Mine (1943) and Tarzan Triumphs (1943). Filming less frequently after the war, Borg was Dr. Mattsen in The Farmer's Daughter (1947), "Swede" in Fortunes of Captain Blood (1950), an aide to Bernadotte (Michael Rennie) in Desirée (1954), and a scientist in The Prize (1963) -- his final credited role.
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The Prize
Actor |
1963 | |||
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Desiree
Actor |
1954 | |||
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Captain Pirate
Actor |
1952 | |||
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Santa Fe
Actor |
1951 | |||
| 1950 | ||||
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The Farmer's Daughter
Actor |
1947 | |||
| 1947 | ||||
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Nob Hill
Actor |
1945 | |||
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Pursuit to Algiers
Actor |
1945 | |||
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Knickerbocker Holiday
Actor |
1944 | |||
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My Buddy
Actor |
1944 | |||
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Secrets of Scotland Yard
Actor |
1944 | |||
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The Story of Dr. Wassell
Actor |
1944 | |||
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U-Boat Prisoner
Actor |
1944 | |||
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Above Suspicion
Actor |
1943 | |||
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First Comes Courage
Actor |
1943 | |||
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Jack London
Actor |
1943 | |||
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Tarzan Triumphs
Actor |
1943 | |||
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The Moon Is Down
Actor |
1943 | |||
| 1943 | ||||
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This Land Is Mine
Actor |
1943 | |||
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Dangerously They Live
Actor |
1942 | |||
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Desperate Journey
Actor |
1942 | |||
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Invisible Agent
Actor |
1942 | |||
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They Raid by Night
Actor |
1942 | |||
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To Be or Not to Be
Actor |
1942 | |||
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Law of the Timber
Actor |
1941 | |||
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Man Hunt
Actor |
1941 | |||
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Death Rides the Range
Actor |
1940 | |||
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Mystery Sea Raider
Actor |
1940 | |||
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Espionage
Actor |
1937 | |||
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Slave Ship
Actor |
1937 | |||
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Theodora Goes Wild
Actor |
1936 | |||
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The Crusades
Actor |
1935 | |||
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Let's Fall in Love
Actor |
1934 | |||
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Rose-Marie
Actor |
1928 |

