Douglas Haig
Actor
Biography
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."
Filmography
The Strong Man
as Minor Role (uncredited) 1926
Skippy
as Boy 1931
Call Her Savage
as Pete as a Boy (Uncredited) 1932
Welcome Danger
as Buddy Lee (uncredited) 1929
The Cisco Kid
as Billy Benton 1931
High Gear
as Percy 1933
Attorney for the Defense
as Paul Wallace as a Boy 1932
Let's Go Native
as Boy (uncredited) 1930
Sins of the Fathers
as Tom, as a child 1928
The Family Group
1928
Caught Short
as Johnny 1930
Man's Best Friend
as Jed Strong 1935
Betrayal
as Peter 1929
That's My Boy
as Tommy - as a Young Boy 1932
The Spy
as Seryoska 1931