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Douglas Haig

1920 - 2011 (age 90) • Acting

Douglas Patrick Haig (March 9, 1920 – February 1, 2011) 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"). From 1928 onward he appeared in at least 14 films. As a small child he was placid and pleasant-looking. In a scholarly review of Attorney for the Defense, a 1932 sound film, his performance is described as very annoying. 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. Betrayal(1929, a silent film with talking sequences, synchronized music and sound effects), 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."

Known For

Attorney for the Defense

63%

Paul Wallace as a Boy

1932

Man's Best Friend

70%

Jed Strong

1935

Caught Short

70%

Johnny

1930

Betrayal

90%

Peter

1929

The Family Group

70%
1928

Man's Best Friend

70%

Jed Strong

1935

High Gear

58%

Percy

1933

Call Her Savage

58%

Pete as a Boy (Uncredited)

1932

That's My Boy

80%

Tommy - as a Young Boy

1932

Attorney for the Defense

63%

Paul Wallace as a Boy

1932

The Cisco Kid

65%

Billy Benton

1931

The Spy

80%

Seryoska

1931

Skippy

61%

Boy

1931

Let's Go Native

77%

Boy (uncredited)

1930

Caught Short

70%

Johnny

1930

Welcome Danger

49%

Buddy Lee (uncredited)

1929

Betrayal

90%

Peter

1929

Sins of the Fathers

80%

Tom, as a child

1928

The Street of Sin

80%
1928

The Family Group

70%
1928

Wings

72%

(uncredited)

1927

The Strong Man

62%

Minor Role (uncredited)

1926

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