Douglas Haig

Born: 1920-03-09

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."


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Wings

as (uncredited)
Released: 1927-08-12

Two young men, one rich, one middle class, both in love with the same woman, become US Air Corps...

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Call Her Savage

as Pete as a Boy (Uncredited)
Released: 1932-11-24

A high-spirited, short-tempered, young woman hates her father and loves to rebel against him....

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The Strong Man

as Minor Role (uncredited)
Released: 1926-11-19

A meek Belgian soldier (Harry Langdon) fighting in World War I receives penpal letters and a...

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Welcome Danger

as Buddy Lee (uncredited)
Released: 1929-10-12

A gentle botany student has to toughen up to replace his father as chief of police.

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Sins of the Fathers

as Tom, as a child
Released: 1928-12-28

A married restaurant owner is persuaded to become a bootlegger by a beautiful young girl. When...

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Skippy

as Boy
Released: 1931-04-25

Skippy, the mischievous son of a wealthy doctor, meets Sooky in poverty-ridden Shantytown, and...

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Attorney for the Defense

as Paul Wallace as a Boy
Released: 1932-05-21

A lawyer is haunted by a previous case in which he manipulated evidence and convicted an...

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High Gear

as Percy
Released: 1933-03-21

When Mark 'High Gear' Sherrod (Murray) looses his nerve, the race car driver takes a job driving...

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That's My Boy

as Tommy - as a Young Boy
Released: 1932-11-13

Featuring members of the 1931 National Champion football team from the University of Southern...

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The Cisco Kid

as Billy Benton
Released: 1931-11-01

The Cisco Kid rides again! This time, he robs a bank to save pretty widow Sally Benton and her...

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The Spy

as Seryoska
Released: 1931-04-26

Sweethearts pitted against lovers, wives against husbands, sons against mothers, in a frantic...

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Let's Go Native

as Boy (uncredited)
Released: 1930-08-15

The company of a musical comedy gets shipwrecked on a tropical island inhabited by a "king" from...

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Caught Short

as Johnny
Released: 1930-05-10

Landladies Polly Smith and Marie Jones, who operate boardinghouses on the same side of the...

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Betrayal

as Peter
Released: 1929-05-11

André Frey, a bohemian artist, woos and wins a rustic Swiss maid, promising to return to her...

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The Family Group

as uncredited
Released: 1928-02-18

Charley tries to get a photograph taken with his wife and child.

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Man's Best Friend

as Jed Strong
Released: 1935-01-20

Jed and his dog Lightning contend with the boy's abusive father.

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