Biography
Tall, bald and nearly always bearded, Sid Haig has provided hulking menace to many a low-budget exploitationer and high-priced actioner. A 1960 alumnus of the Pasadena Playhouse, Haig has been in films at least since 1964, when he played a lobotomized "poor relation" in the cult horror classic
Spider Baby. He has proved quite valuable to such filmmakers as producer
Roger Corman and director Jack Hill, playing abusive goons in such fare as The Big Doll House and
The Big Bird Cage. Sid Haig's more "respectable" credits include
George Lucas'
THX 1138 and the 1970 James Bond opus
Diamonds are Forever (he's the flunkey who tosses a topless
Lana Wood from the window of a high-rise Vegas hotel).
After decades of B-movie roles, Haig received a late-career boost in 1997, when he was given a small part in
Quentin Tarantino's
Jackie Brown. In the ensuing years, he would again work with Tarantino in Kill Bill, Vol. 2, and show up in the
Rob Zombie horror flicks
House of 1000 Corpses and
The Devil's Rejects. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide