- Born
- Died
- Birth nameGustaf Folke Maurtiz Hugoo
- Maurtz Hugo was born on January 12 1909 in Gothenburg, Sweden to Augusta Detterberg and Ernst Robert Ekelöf, one of the city's first movie owners, as Axel Hugo Mauritz Ekelöf. He left home at age 15 to seek his fortune in the USA and found the way to California where PR jobs led to the start of his acting career.
- IMDb mini biography by: Stefan Hallberg
- SpouseMary Cecelia McKee(1937 - ?) (his death)
- Per the naturalization papers, Hugo already had an alias: Mauritz Axel Hugo, but he requested it be changed when he arrived in the US to Mauritz Ekelof Hugo. A "migration card" indicates this was officially done by July 3, 1939.
- According to his naturalization papers, he came over to the US on the S. S. Gripsholm, arriving on January 9, 1929. The ship's passenger log on Dec. 29, 1928 lists his profession as interpreter, speaking both English and Swedish.
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