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
Other names	Reginald LeBorg
Occupation	Film director
Years active	1936-1974

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

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.

Selected filmography

• Calling Dr. Death (1943)
• Heavenly Music (1943 - writer)
• Dead Man's Eyes (1944)
• Destiny (1944)
• Jungle Woman (1944)
• The Mummy's Ghost (1944)
• Weird Woman (1944)
• Joe Palooka, Champ (1946)
• Fall Guy (1947)
• Joe Palooka in Triple Cross (1951)
• The Flanagan Boy (aka Bad Blonde) (1953)
• The Black Sleep (1956)
• Voodoo Island (1957)
• Diary of a Madman (1963)

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