![]() Haig's other memorable credits include George Lucas' "THX-1138",and the 1970 James Bond opus "Diamonds are Forever" (he's one of the Slumber Brothers, and got to toss a topless Lana Wood from the window of a high-rise Vegas hotel). He also became a staple in the pictures of Jack Hill, appearing in "Spider Baby", "Coffy", and "Foxy Brown". He has proven himself quite valuable to such filmmakers as producer Roger Corman. That role launched a 40-year acting career during which Haig appeared in over 50 films and 350 television shows. It was called "The Host", which was released in 2004 on DVD as a companion to "Switchblade Sisters", another Hill film. Sid's first acting job was in Jack Hill's student film at UCLA. Sid did so with long time friend and roommate Stuart Margolin (Angel on the Rockford Files). After two years of "actor's hell" - non-stop 7am to 11pm with homework thrown in just for the fun of it - it was time to move on to the big "H", Hollywood! ![]() Two years later, Sid enrolled in the world famous Pasadena Playhouse, the school that trained such actors as Robert Preston, Robert Young, Gene Hackman, Dustin Hoffman, and so on. The rest is history - he picked Sid for the role, then two weeks later came back to see the show and told Sid that he should continue his education down south and consider acting as a career path. When the appointed day came the "friend" that showed up was Dennis Morgan, a big musical comedy star from the 40's. You see, Merrill was quite famous as an actress on Broadway and kept up her contacts in the business. The way that the senior play was cast was that she would double cast the show, then have one of her friends from Hollywood come up and pick the final cast. Alice Merrill was the head of the drama department at that time and gave Sid all the encouragement in the world to pursue an acting career. However, back while he was in high school, he got bitten by the "acting bug". Sid went on to record the single "Full House" with the T-Birds in 1958. One year out of high school and signing a recording contract isn't too bad. Sid always found it easy to make money with his music, and did very well. First it was swing, then country, then jazz, blues and ROCK & ROLL. The music was in him and he took to it immediately, a born natural. So, when his parents got tired of him denting all the pots and pans in the house, they bought him a drum set. ![]() Sid also showed a musical inclination, particularly for the drums. At the age of seven, he was dancing for pay in a children's Christmas Show, then a revival of a vaudeville show - and on it went. It was decided that he would take dancing lessons, and that's when it all began. ![]() Sid was growing so fast that he had absolutely no coordination. Sid Haig was born Sidney Eddie Mosesian in Fresno, California on July 14th 1939, a screaming ball of hair. Tall, bald and nearly always bearded, Sid Haig has provided hulking menace to many a low-budget exploitation film and high-priced action film. ![]()
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