Douglas Haig (actor)

Douglas Patrick Haig (March 9, 1920 – February 1, 2011[3]) was an American child actor appearing in films in the 1920s and 1930s. His career began at age two in silent films and (unlike many silent film actors) continued into sound films ("talkies").[1]

Not to be confused with Douglas Haig, 1st Earl Haig.

Douglas Haig [1]
Born	Douglas Patrick Haig (1920-03-09)March 9, 1920[2] New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.[2]
Died	February 1, 2011(2011-02-01) (aged 90)[3] West Hills, Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1922-1937[1][2]

From 1928 onward he appeared in at least 14 films. As a small child he was placid and pleasant-looking.[1] In a scholarly review of Attorney for the Defense, a 1932 sound film, his performance is described as very annoying.[2] The high point of Haig's career as a film actor came in 1935, with a starring role in Man's Best Friend (1935).

Before this he had appeared in both feature films and shorts such as The Family Group (1928), Sins of the Fathers (1928 lost silent film, of which only excerpts survive at the UCLA Film and Television Archives.[4] Betrayal (1929, a silent film with talking sequences, synchronized music and sound effects),[5] and Welcome Danger (1929).

In Man's Best Friend (1935), he starred in the lead role of Jed Strong, a boy who has a fine dog and an abusive father who wants to kill the dog. In 1986, TV Guide described this film as a simple, unpretentious story of a little mountain boy and his pet police dog.[6]

Although some early films in which Haig appeared have been lost, the later film survive and of those a few have been released on DVD. These include Man's Best Friend (together with The Secret Code) and High Gear.

Filmography

List of acting performances in film

Title	Year	Role	Notes
Woman-Wise[7]	1937	Oscar	uncredited
Man's Best Friend[7]	1935	Jed Strong
High Gear[7]	1933	Percy
Call Her Savage[7]	1932	Pete as a boy[8]	uncredited
That's My Boy[7]	1932	Tommy as a young boy
Attorney for the Defense[7]	1932	Paul Wallace as a boy
The Cisco Kid[7]	1931	Billy	See The Cisco Kid
The Spy[7]	1931	Seryoska
Caught Short	1930	Johnny
Welcome Danger	1929	Buddy Lee or Roy[8]	uncredited
Betrayal	1929	Peter
Baby's Birthday	1929		uncredited
Sins of the Fathers	1928	Tom as a child
The Family Group	1928

References

1. John Holmstrom (1996). The moving picture boy: an international encyclopaedia from 1895 to 1995. Michael Russell. pp. 97 (photo).
2. Lynn Kear and James King (2009). Evelyn Brent: The Life and Films of Hollywood's Lady Crook. McFarland. pp. 203, 205.
3. "Douglas Patrick Haig profile". www.footnote.com. Retrieved March 22, 2011.
4. Charles Stumpf (2010). ZaSu Pitts: The Life and Career. McFarland. p. 126.
5. "Entry on Betrayal".
6. TV Guide. 34. Triangle Publications. 1986.
7. American Film Institute (1993). The American Film Institute Catalog of Motion Pictures Produced in the United States: Feature Films, 1931-1940. 3. University of California Press. p. 302.
8. Alan Gevinson, ed. (1997). American Film Institute Catalog. University of California Press.

External links

• Douglas Haig on IMDb