Douglas Haig
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."
Wings
as (uncredited)Two young men, one rich, one middle class, both in love with the same woman, become US Air Corps...
Movie pageCall Her Savage
as Pete as a Boy (Uncredited)A high-spirited, short-tempered, young woman hates her father and loves to rebel against him....
Movie pageThe Strong Man
as Minor Role (uncredited)A meek Belgian soldier (Harry Langdon) fighting in World War I receives penpal letters and a...
Movie pageWelcome Danger
as Buddy Lee (uncredited)A gentle botany student has to toughen up to replace his father as chief of police.
Movie pageSins of the Fathers
as Tom, as a childA married restaurant owner is persuaded to become a bootlegger by a beautiful young girl. When...
Movie pageSkippy
as BoySkippy, the mischievous son of a wealthy doctor, meets Sooky in poverty-ridden Shantytown, and...
Movie pageAttorney for the Defense
as Paul Wallace as a BoyA lawyer is haunted by a previous case in which he manipulated evidence and convicted an...
Movie pageHigh Gear
as PercyWhen Mark 'High Gear' Sherrod (Murray) looses his nerve, the race car driver takes a job driving...
Movie pageThat's My Boy
as Tommy - as a Young BoyFeaturing members of the 1931 National Champion football team from the University of Southern...
Movie pageThe Cisco Kid
as Billy BentonThe Cisco Kid rides again! This time, he robs a bank to save pretty widow Sally Benton and her...
Movie pageThe Spy
as SeryoskaSweethearts pitted against lovers, wives against husbands, sons against mothers, in a frantic...
Movie pageLet's Go Native
as Boy (uncredited)The company of a musical comedy gets shipwrecked on a tropical island inhabited by a "king" from...
Movie pageCaught Short
as JohnnyLandladies Polly Smith and Marie Jones, who operate boardinghouses on the same side of the...
Movie pageBetrayal
as PeterAndré Frey, a bohemian artist, woos and wins a rustic Swiss maid, promising to return to her...
Movie pageThe Family Group
as uncreditedCharley tries to get a photograph taken with his wife and child.
Movie pageMan's Best Friend
as Jed StrongJed and his dog Lightning contend with the boy's abusive father.
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