Reginald Le Borg

Reginald Le Borg
Born	(1902-12-11)11 December 1902 Vienna, Austria
Died	25 March 1989(1989-03-25) (aged 86) Los Angeles, California
Occupation	Film director
Years active	1936-1974

Reginald Le Borg (11 December 1902 – 25 March 1989) was an Austrian film director. He was born in Vienna, Austria as Reginald Grobel and directed 68 films between 1936 and 1974.

Although he worked in a variety of genres, he is perhaps best remembered today for the series of low-budget horror films he made at Universal Studios in the 1940s. His most expensive and also most successful film was San Diego, I Love You (1944) featuring Buster Keaton in a supporting role.

Le Borg died in Los Angeles, California from a heart attack.

Selected filmography

• Calling Dr. Death (1943)
• Heavenly Music (1943 - writer)
• Adventure in Music (1944)
• Dead Man's Eyes (1944)
• San Diego, I Love You (1944)
• Destiny (1944)
• Jungle Woman (1944)
• The Mummy's Ghost (1944)
• Weird Woman (1944)
• Joe Palooka, Champ (1946)
• Fall Guy (1947)
• Trouble Makers (1948)
• Fighting Fools (1949)
• Hold That Baby! (1949)
• Joe Palooka in Triple Cross (1951)
• The Flanagan Boy (aka Bad Blonde) (1953)
• Sins of Jezebel (1953)
• The Black Sleep (1956)
• Voodoo Island (1957)
• War Drums (1957)
• The Dalton Girls (1957)
• The Flight that Disappeared (1961)
• Deadly Duo (1962)
• Diary of a Madman (1963)
• The Eyes of Annie Jones (1964)

Further reading

• Helmut G. Asper: Etwas besseres als den Tod – Filmexil in Hollywood. Schüren Verlag, Marburg 2002, ISBN 3-89472-362-9, p. 154–168 (German)

External links

• Reginald Le Borg at IMDb
• Reginald Le Borg at AllMovie