30 Facts About Sid Haig

Sidney Eddie Mosesian, known professionally as Sid Haig, was an American actor.

Sid Haig was known for his appearances in horror films, most notably his role as Captain Spaulding in the Rob Zombie films House of 1000 Corpses, The Devil's Rejects and 3 from Hell.

Haig's Captain Spaulding, and Haig himself, have been called icons of horror cinema.

Sid Haig had a leading role on the television series Jason of Star Command as the villain Dragos.

Sid Haig had roles in several of Jack Hill's blaxploitation films from the 1970s.

Sid Haig was the son of Roxy and Haig Mosesian, an electrician.

Sid Haig was a musician, playing a wide range of music styles on the drums, including swing, country, jazz, blues and rock and roll.

Sid Haig began to earn money from music, and signed a recording contract one year out of high school.

Still a teenager, Sid Haig went on to record the single "Full House" with the T-Birds in 1958, which reached No 4 in the charts.

Dennis Morgan, a musical comedy personality from the 1940s, saw Sid Haig perform, and chose him for a prominent role in the play.

Two weeks later, he returned to see the show and advised Haig to continue his education in the San Fernando Valley and to consider acting as a career.

Two years later, Sid Haig enrolled in the Pasadena Playhouse, the school that trained such noted actors as Robert Preston, Gene Hackman, and Dustin Hoffman.

Sid Haig later moved to Hollywood with longtime friend and Pasadena Playhouse roommate Stuart Margolin.

Sid Haig's first acting role was in a 1960 short student film titled The Host, directed by Jack Hill at UCLA.

Sid Haig became a staple in Hill's films, such as Spider Baby, Coffy and Foxy Brown.

In 1971, Sid Haig appeared in THX 1138, the feature film directorial debut of George Lucas, as well as the James Bond film Diamonds Are Forever.

Sid Haig's television debut was a role in a 1962 episode of The Untouchables.

Sid Haig did not work in acting for five years, instead training and becoming a certified hypnotherapist.

At the time, Sid Haig was concerned that low-budget television had been detrimental to his career and, at seeing the shooting script and the short number of days dedicated for each locale, he reportedly passed on the project; he is said to have later regretted this decision.

Sid Haig later appeared as a judge in Tarantino's 1997 film Jackie Brown, a part written specifically for Sid Haig by Tarantino.

In 2003, Sid Haig starred in Rob Zombie's debut film House of 1000 Corpses, as a psychotic clown named Captain Spaulding.

The role revived Sid Haig's acting career, earning him a "Best Supporting Actor" award in the 13th Annual Fangoria Chainsaw Awards, and an induction into Fangoria's Horror Hall of Fame.

Sid Haig reprised his role as Spaulding in the 2005 film The Devil's Rejects, a continuation of House of 1000 Corpses, in which Spaulding is portrayed as the patriarch of the murderous Firefly family.

Captain Spaulding has since been considered a modern icon of horror cinema, and Haig himself has been called a "horror icon".

Sid Haig reunited with Rob Zombie for the director's 2007 Halloween remake, with Sid Haig playing the role of cemetery caretaker Chester Chesterfield.

Sid Haig again reprised his role as Captain Spaulding for Zombie's 2009 animated film The Haunted World of El Superbeasto, and appeared in Zombie's 2013 film The Lords of Salem, as well as in the films Hatchet III and Devil in My Ride.

In 2019, Sid Haig appeared as Captain Spaulding for the final time in the Rob Zombie film 3 from Hell, a sequel to House of 1000 Corpses and The Devil's Rejects.

Sid Haig posthumously appeared in the 2020 slasher film Hanukkah, as well as the 2023 film Abruptio.

In early September 2019, Sid Haig was hospitalized after falling at his home in Thousand Oaks, California.

Sid Haig died on September 21,2019, at the age of 80.