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Douglas Haig is a Actor American born on 9 march 1920 at New Orleans (USA)

Douglas Haig

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Birth name Douglas Patrick Haig
Nationality USA
Birth 9 march 1920 at New Orleans (USA)
Death 1 february 2011 (at 90 years) at West Hills (USA)

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.

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.

Usually with

Leo McCarey
Leo McCarey
(2 films)
Harold Lloyd
Harold Lloyd
(1 films)
Willard Robertson
Willard Robertson
(3 films)
E. Lloyd Sheldon
E. Lloyd Sheldon
(2 films)
Clyde Bruckman
Clyde Bruckman
(1 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Douglas Haig (15 films)

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Man's Best Friend
Man's Best Friend (1935)
, 1h2
Directed by Edward A. Kull
Origin USA
Genres Adventure
Themes Films about animals, Films about dogs
Actors Douglas Haig, Frank Brownlee, Mary MacLaren
Roles Jed Strong
Rating58% 2.901262.901262.901262.901262.90126
A boy (Haig) and his dog Lightning contend with the boy's abusive father.
High Gear
High Gear (1933)
, 1h7
Directed by Leigh Jason
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Action, Adventure, Romance
Actors James Murray, Joan Marsh, Ann Brody, Theodore von Eltz, Lee Moran, Gordon De Main
Roles Percy
Rating53% 2.6840652.6840652.6840652.6840652.684065
Mark "High Gear" Sherrod has been a race car driver for the past five years and is now at the height of his career. His co-driver Ed is the widowed father of Jimmy. Ed promised his wife before she died that he would send Jimmy off to a fine military school after winning the "big race". The day before the race finds Jimmy and Ed at home in their apartment, with Mr. and Mrs. Cohen visiting, and reporter Anne Merrit sneaking into Mark's hotel room for an exclusive interview. Mark agrees to give her the interview she needs over a dinner table. She break the date she already has for the night with her boss Larry Winston and goes out with Mark. Larry Winston walks into the same restaurant Mark and Anne are dining at, and sees them. Larry walks over to their table and has Anne introduce him to Mark. The two men become rivals.
Call Her Savage
Call Her Savage (1932)

Directed by John Francis Dillon
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Themes Films about sexuality, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film
Actors Clara Bow, Gilbert Roland, Thelma Todd, Estelle Taylor, Monroe Owsley, Willard Robertson
Roles Pete as a Boy (Uncredited)
Rating69% 3.487293.487293.487293.487293.48729
A wild young woman, born and raised in Texas, rebels against the man she believes to be her father. Moving to Chicago, she marries badly, loses her child in a boardinghouse fire, is nearly forced to become a prostitute, and is renounced by her father, who tells her he never wishes to see her again.
That's My Boy
That's My Boy (1932)
, 1h11
Directed by Roy William Neill
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance
Actors Richard Cromwell, Dorothy Jordan, Mae Marsh, Douglass Dumbrille, Leon Ames, Arthur Stone
Roles Tommy - as a Young Boy
Rating56% 2.8137352.8137352.8137352.8137352.813735
Expecting to become a doctor, Thomas Jefferson Scott enrolls at Thorpe University. A football coach there, "Daisy" Adams, finds out that while small, Tommy is quick and elusive and a natural at the sport. Tommy isn't interested in football, but jumps at the coach's offer of free tuition.
Skippy
Skippy (1931)
, 1h25
Directed by Norman Taurog
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama
Actors Jackie Cooper, Robert Coogan, Mitzi Green, Willard Robertson, Enid Bennett, Guy Oliver
Roles Boy
Rating62% 3.1467553.1467553.1467553.1467553.146755
Skippy (Jackie Cooper) is the feisty son of the strictly Dr. Herbert Skinner (Willard Robertson) and his wife Ellen (Enid Bennett). Skinner forbids his son Skippy to play in the pauperized Shantytown, because of the unhygenical and criminal surroundings there. But Skippy and his friend Sidney (Jackie Searl) still go to Shantytown whrere sidney meets a new boy named Sooky (Robert Coogan, Jackie Coogan's little brother). He saves the small boy Sooky from the much bigger bully Harley Nubbins (Donald Haines). Skippy and Sooky become friends. One day Harley accidentally breaks the windshield of his father's car with Skippy's yo-yo. Harley, who has a very aggressive and brute father, blames it on Skippy and Sooky. Mr. Nubbins (Jack Rube Clifford), who works as a dog catcher, takes Sooky's dog and demands that they pay him for the damages if they want their dog back. The boys gather three dollars by breaking Skippy's savings bank, but Mr. Nubbins accepts it only for his windshield. He gives them three days for getting another three dollars for a dog license and he threatens that he'll kill their dog if they don't get the money.
Betrayal
Betrayal (1929)
, 1h20
Directed by Lewis Milestone
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors Emil Jannings, Esther Ralston, Gary Cooper, Douglas Haig, Ann Brody, Bodil Rosing
Roles Peter
Rating53% 2.682582.682582.682582.682582.68258
Swiss peasant girl Vroni (Esther Ralston) is having a secret summer romance with Viennese artist Andre Frey (Gary Cooper). When Andre later returns to Switzerland, he learns that Vroni has been forced to marry wealthy burgomeister Poldi Moser (Emil Jannings). Explaining Andre's appearance, Vroni introduces him as a young man who has just lost his sweetheart, and in sympathy, Poldi invites Andre to be a guest in his house.
Welcome Danger
Welcome Danger (1929)
, 1h53
Directed by Malcolm St. Clair, Clyde Bruckman
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Actors Harold Lloyd, Barbara Kent, Noah Young, Charles Middleton, Grady Sutton, Will Walling
Roles Buddy Lee (uncredited)
Rating58% 2.9462152.9462152.9462152.9462152.946215
Harold Bledsoe, a botany enthusiast, is traveling by rail to San Francisco. The captain of police of that town, Captain Walton, has sent for him, to see if he can help them to investigate a crime wave in the Chinatown district; he is the son of the former more successful police captain Jim Bledsoe, and they hope to find him a ‘chip off the old block’.
Wings
Wings (1927)
, 2h19
Directed by William A. Wellman, Harry d'Abbadie d'Arrast
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Action, Romance
Themes Transport films, Aviation films, Political films, Disaster films, Films about aviation accidents or incidents
Actors Clara Bow, Buddy Rogers, Richard Arlen, Gary Cooper, Jobyna Ralston, El Brendel
Roles (uncredited)
Rating74% 3.746523.746523.746523.746523.74652
Jack Powell and David Armstrong are rivals in the same small American town, both vying for the attentions of pretty Sylvia Lewis. Jack fails to realize that "the girl next door", Mary Preston, is desperately in love with him. The two young men both enlist to become combat pilots in the Air Service. When they leave for training camp, Jack mistakenly believes Sylvia prefers him. She actually prefers David and lets him know about her feelings, but is too kindhearted to turn down Jack's affection.
The Strong Man
The Strong Man (1926)
, 1h15
Directed by Frank Capra
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romance
Actors Harry Langdon, Priscilla Bonner, Gertrude Astor, William V. Mong, Robert McKim, Arthur Thalasso
Roles Minor Role (uncredited)
Rating65% 3.291023.291023.291023.291023.29102
Paul Bergot (Harry Langdon) is a Belgian immigrant to the United States who has fallen in love with Mary Brown (Priscilla Bonner), a blind woman. They met as pen-pals when he was fighting in Europe during World War I. Mary even sent Paul a photo of her.