Sid Haig Pics

Sid

Haig

76

Male

1939-07-14

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Bald

Fresno, California, USA

Cancer

Middle Eastern

Spider Baby

American

Brown - Dark

Haig was born Sidney Eddy Mosesian[3] in Fresno, California and was raised in an Armenian American community.[4] His father, Haig Mosesian, was an electrician.[5] Haig`s career began somewhat by accident. As a youth, his rapid physical growth interfered with his motor coordination, prompting him to take dancing lessons.[6] At the age of seven, he was a paid dancer in a children’s Christmas show, and later joined a vaudeville revival show.[7] Haig also displayed musical talent particularly for the drums, prompting his parents to buy him a drum set, on which he mastered a wide range of musical styles, including swing, country, jazz, blues and rock and roll. He found it easy to earn money with his music, and signed a recording contract one year out of high school. Haig went on to record the single "Full House" with the T-Birds in 1958 which shot to #4 on the charts. Haig`s first acting job was in Jack Hill`s student film at UCLA titled The Host, which launched Haig`s more-than-40-year acting career in over 50 films and 350 television episodes.[6] He became a staple in Hill`s films, such as Spider Baby, Coffy and Foxy Brown. Haig was also a regular player for producer-director Roger Corman. He appeared in George Lucas` THX-1138 and the 1971 James Bond film Diamonds Are Forever. His television credits include appearances in such programs as Gunsmoke, Get Smart, Mission: Impossible, Charlie`s Angels, Jason of Star Command, Buck Rogers in the 25th Century, MacGyver and The A-Team and Emergency! (in which he played a motorcycle gang leader). Haig retired in 1992 on account of getting typecast: "I just didn’t want to play stupid heavies anymore. They just kept giving me the same parts but just putting different clothes on me. It was stupid, and I resented it, and I wouldn’t have anything to do with it".[6] Haig did not work in acting for five years, instead training and becoming a certified Hypnotherapist.[6] During this time, he was offered the role of Marsellus Wallace (later to be played by Ving Rhames) in Pulp Fiction, Quentin Tarantino`s second film.[10] At the time, Sid was concerned that low budget television had been ruining his career and at seeing the shooting script and the short number of days dedicated for each location he passed on the project. This is something that he`s always regretted.[11] Then, in 1997, Tarantino wrote the part of the judge in Jackie Brown specifically for Haig, whose acting prospects continued to improve.[6] In 2000, Haig starred in Rob Zombie`s debut film House of 1000 Corpses, as Captain Spaulding. The role revived Haig`s acting career, earning him a "Best Supporting Actor" award in the 13th Annual Fangoria Chainsaw Awards, and induction into the Horror Hall of Fame. His image as Captain Spaulding has become iconic in today`s horror genre. Haig reprised his role as Spaulding in Zombie’s sequel to House of 1000 Corpses, entitled The Devil`s Rejects For this film, he received the award for "Best Actor" in the 15th Annual Fangoria Chainsaw Awards, as well as sharing the award for "Most Vile Villain" at the First Annual Spike TV Scream Awards with Leslie Easterbrook, Sheri Moon and Bill Moseley as The Firefly Family. [12] He was also nominated as "Best Butcher" in the Fuse/Fangoria Chainsaw Awards, but lost to Tobin Bell`s Jigsaw from Saw II.[13] Recently, Haig reunited with Rob Zombie once again, albeit briefly, in the director`s Halloween remake, in the role of cemetery caretaker Chester Chesterfield.[14] Sid Haig has also confirmed that he will reprise the role of Captain Spaulding in Rob Zombie`s new animated film The Haunted World of El Superbeasto.[15]

Sidney Eddy Mosesian

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Sid Haig (born July 14, 1939) is an American actor. His roles have included acting in Jack Hill's blaxploitation films of the 1970s as well as his role as Captain Spaulding in Rob Zombie's horror films House of 1000 Corpses and The Devil's Rejects. He has appeared in many television programs including Batman, Star Trek, Mission: Impossible, Gunsmoke, The Rockford Files, Buck Rogers in the 25th Century, Fantasy Island, Sledge Hammer!, The A-Team, The Fall Guy and MacGyver.

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