Maurtz Hugo, a Swedish native, made his grand entrance into the world on January 12, 1909, in the charming city of Gothenburg, Sweden. He was the offspring of Augusta Detterberg, a remarkable individual, and Ernst Robert Ekelöf, a pioneering figure in the film industry, who owned one of the city's first movie theaters, under the name Axel Hugo Mauritz Ekelöf.
As fate would have it, Maurtz Hugo's journey took an unexpected turn when he decided to leave his home at the tender age of 15 to pursue his dreams of making a name for himself in the United States of America. His odyssey led him to the sun-kissed state of California, where his path would soon intersect with the world of public relations, marking the beginning of his illustrious acting career.