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Tall, bald and nearly always bearded, Sid Haig provided hulking menace to many a low-budget exploitation film and high-priced action film.
Sid Haig was born Sidney Eddie Mosesian on July 14, 1939 in Fresno, California, a screaming ball of hair. His parents, Roxy (Mooradian) and Haig Mosesian, an electrician, were of Armenian descent. Sid's career was somewhat of an accident. He was growing so fast that he had absolutely no coordination. It was decided that he would take dancing lessons, and that's when it all began. At the age of seven, he was dancing for pay in a children's Christmas Show, then a revival of a vaudeville show... and on it went.
Sid also showed a musical inclination, particularly for the drums. So when his parents got tired of him denting all the pots and pans in the house, they bought him a drum set. The music was in him and he took to it immediately, a born natural. First it was swing, then country, then jazz, blues and rock 'n' roll. Sid always found it easy to make money with his music, and did very well. One year out of high school and signing a recording contract is not too bad. Sid went on to record the single "Full House" with the T-Birds in 1958. However, back while he was in high school, Sid got bitten by the "acting bug". Alice Merrill was the head of the drama department at that time and gave him all the encouragement in the world to pursue an acting career. The clincher came in his senior year. The way that the senior play was cast was that she would double cast the show, then have one of her friends from Hollywood come up and pick the final cast.
You see, Merrill was quite famous as an actress on Broadway and kept up her contacts in the business. When the appointed day came, the "friend" that showed up was Dennis Morgan, a big musical comedy star from the 1940s. The rest is history -- he picked Sid for the role, then two weeks later came back to see the show and told Sid that he should continue his education down south and consider acting as a career path. Two years later, Sid enrolled in the world famous Pasadena Playhouse, the school that trained such actors as Robert Preston, Robert Young, Gene Hackman, Dustin Hoffman, and so on. After two years of "actor's hell" (non-stop 7:00 am to 11:00 pm with homework thrown in just for the fun of it), it was time to move on to the big "H", Hollywood! Sid did so with longtime friend and roommate Stuart Margolin (Angel on The Rockford Files (1974)).
Sid's first acting job was in Jack Hill's student film at UCLA. It was called The Host (2000), which was released in 2004 on DVD as a companion to Switchblade Sisters (1975), another Hill film. That role launched a 40-year acting career during which Haig appeared in over 50 films and 350 television series. He has proven himself quite valuable to such filmmakers as producer Roger Corman. He also became a staple in the pictures of Jack Hill, appearing in Spider Baby or, the Maddest Story Ever Told (1967), Coffy (1973) and Foxy Brown (1974). Haig's other memorable credits include George Lucas' THX 1138 (1971), and the James Bond opus Diamonds Are Forever (1971) (he is one of the Slumber Brothers, and got to toss a topless Lana Wood from the window of a high-rise Vegas hotel).
Among his most significant television credits are appearances on such landmark series as The A-Team (1983), T.J. Hooker (1982), The Dukes of Hazzard (1979), Quincy M.E. (1976), Hart to Hart (1979), Fantasy Island (1977), Charlie's Angels (1976), Police Woman (1974), The Rockford Files (1974), The Six Million Dollar Man (1974), Mannix (1967), Mission: Impossible (1966), Gunsmoke (1955), Get Smart (1965), Here's Lucy (1968), The Flying Nun (1967), Daniel Boone (1964), Star Trek (1966), Batman (1966) and The Untouchables (1959).
Sid was never one to give-up on anything but after nearly 40 years of carrying a gun (except for the occasional Jack Hill or Roger Corman film), his dreams of being recognized as a more than competent actor were fading. Then in 1992, frustrated with being typecast, Sid retired from acting and quoted, "I'll never play another stupid heavy again, and I don't care if that means that I never work, ever." This just proves that if you take a stand people will listen, for Quentin Tarantino wrote for Sid the role of the judge in Jackie Brown (1997). Then things got better, much better. During the mid and late 1990s, Sid managed a community theatre company, as well as dabbled occasionally in theater in Los Angeles.
Then in 2000, Sid came out of his self-imposed retirement at the request of Rob Zombie for a role in Zombie's debut film House of 1000 Corpses (2003). He starred as the fun-loving, but murderous, Captain Spaulding. This role breathed new life into Sid's acting career and earned him an award for Best Supporting Actor in the 13th Annual Fangoria Chainsaw Awards, as well as an induction into the Horror Hall of Fame. Sid's character Captain Spaulding became an icon for the new horror genre. Sid has recently enjoyed success as Captain Spaulding once again in Rob Zombie's follow-up to House of 1000 Corpses (2003), entitled, The Devil's Rejects (2005). For this film, Sid received the award for best Actor in the 15th Annual Fangoria Chainsaw Awards, as well as sharing the award for "Most Vile Villain" at the First Annual Spike TV Scream Awards with Leslie Easterbrook, Sheri Moon Zombie and Bill Moseley as The Firefly Family.
In the 2000s and 2010s, Sid continued to enjoy his renewed success as an actor. In September 2019, he was hospitalized after falling in his home in Los Angeles, California. While recovering, he suffered from a lung infection after vomiting in his sleep. He died on September 21, 2019, from complications of the infection at age 80.- Actor
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Aron Eisenberg was born on 6 January 1969 in Hollywood, California, USA. He was an actor and producer, known for Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (1993), Star Trek: Voyager (1995) and Star Trek Online (2010). He was married to Malissa Longo. He died on 21 September 2019 in the USA.- Actor
- Writer
- Producer
Widely known and admired as Romulan Subcommander Tal in the original Star Trek (1966), Jack Donner has worked steadily in TV, film and theater since the 1950s. Born and raised in Los Angeles, he did his first professional theater and TV work there before heading for New York during the glory days of TV, appearing in many prestigious early shows like Studio One (1948), and soap operas such as As the World Turns (1956) and Guiding Light (1952). He also did seven seasons of New York regional and stock theater. Returning to L.A., he worked his way up to guest star and co-star status in shows like The Streets of San Francisco (1972), Mannix (1967), Kojak (1973), The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (1964), the aforementioned Star Trek (1966) episode "The Enterprise Incident", and eleven episodes (the most by any guest star in any series) of Mission: Impossible (1966). He also founded, with fellow actor Lee Delano, his own theater and drama school. His students included Barry Levinson, Craig T. Nelson, Barbara Parkins, and Don Johnson. Recent TV credits include Baywatch (1989), Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1997), Frasier (1993), Charmed (1998), General Hospital (1963), Chicken Soup for the Soul (1999), Good vs Evil (1999), Malcolm in the Middle (2000) and Roswell (1999), and as a regular in The Privateers (2000). Donner has assayed a wide variety of roles in recent feature films such as Gideon (1998) (with Christopher Lambert and Charlton Heston), and Family Tree (1999) (with Robert Forster). With his deep, resonant voice, silver-white hair and patrician profile, he has recently been compared with Vincent Price for his roles in a run of classy horror flicks, as Afzel the sorcerer in Retro Puppet Master (1999), the mysterious Father Almeida in Stigmata (1999), the manipulative Dr. Bassett in Demon Under Glass (2002), and the obsessed Father Lansing in Exorcism (2003).- Carl Ruiz was a celebrity chef and consultant who helped numerous other celebrity chefs carve out and craft their own brands, his own restaurant, Marie's Italian Specialties, located at 641 Shunpike Road Chatham, New Jerse was featured on The Food Network's "Diners, Drive-ins, and Dives." Ruiz won the grand prize on Guy's Grocery Games, in which 16 of the best chefs from Diners, Drive-ins, and Dives were pitted against each other. He was also featured on Guy's Grocery Games as a celebrity judge giving his sage advice and counsel to up and coming chefs.
Ruiz was a regular guest on the Opie Radio Show on Sirius XM along side Gregg "Opie" Hughes'. - Director
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Mel Chionglo was born on 16 July 1946 in Lucena, Quezon, Philippines. He was a director and writer, known for Deliver Us (2016), The Rites of May (1976) and You Are Mine (1978). He died on 21 September 2019 in Manila, Philippines.- Caliope Brattlestreet was born on 7 June 1944 in the USA. Caliope was a writer, known for Showdown in Little Tokyo (1991), The Watsons Go to Birmingham (2013) and Dragnet (1989). Caliope was married to Stephen Glantz. Caliope died on 21 September 2019.
- After school, Jähn completed training as a book printer from 1951 to 1955. He then did his military service in the GDR army, where he was deployed in the air force. Jähn then worked as a pilot in the Soviet Air Force in the GDR. From 1966 to 1970 he studied at the Soviet Military Academy "J. A. Gagarin" in Monino. In 1970, Jähn was appointed inspector for fighter pilot training and flight safety in the staff of the GDR air force.
He held this position until 1976. In 1976, Jähn was appointed as a cosmonaut in the GDR and as such was sent to Moscow for training, where he prepared for his future space flight. On August 26, 1978, Jähn flew in the Soviet space capsule "Soyuz 31" to the space station "Salyut-6". He spent a week there with his Soviet colleague Valeri Fyodorovich Bykowski. On the return flight, the "Soyuz 29" space capsule hit exceptionally hard, causing the GDR cosmonaut to sustain permanent back damage.
Jähn subsequently received numerous honors as the first German in space. He was made a "Hero of the GDR" and a "Hero of the Soviet Union" and the cult surrounding the GDR cosmonaut led to the renaming of numerous schools and other public institutions. Jähn then began studying physics in Potsdam, which he completed with a doctorate in 1983. After the fall of the GDR and its dissolution, Jähn worked as a consultant for the Russian cosmonaut training center and, from 1993, also for the European Space Agency (ESA).
The exhibition, which was set up in Morgenröthe-Rautenkranz in 1979, was expanded in terms of content in 1991/92 to become the "German Space Exhibition". In memory of Jähn's contributions to space travel, the planetoid 1998BF14 was named after the former GDR cosmonaut in 2001. - Director
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- Cinematographer
Napoleon A. Chagnon was born on 27 August 1938 in Port Austin, Michigan, USA. He was a director and writer, known for The Ax Fight (1975), Arrows (1974) and Bride Service (1975). He was married to Carlene Badgero. He died on 21 September 2019 in Traverse City, Michigan, USA.- Siva Prasad was born on 11 July 1951 in Chittoor, Andhra Pradesh, India. He was an actor, known for Sye Aata (2010), Dhrona (2009) and Soukhyam (2015). He died on 21 September 2019 in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India.
- Leonard Stadd was born on 23 October 1925 in Baltimore, Maryland, USA. He was a writer, known for Our Five Daughters (1962), The Time Tunnel (1966) and Matinee Theatre (1955). He was married to Arlene Stadd. He died on 21 September 2019 in Albany, New York, USA.
- Writer
- Actor
Günter Kunert was born on 6 March 1929 in Berlin, Germany. He was a writer and actor, known for Das zweite Gleis (1962), Unterwegs nach Atlantis (1977) and Vom König Midas (1963). He was married to Marianne and Erika Hinckel. He died on 21 September 2019 in Kaisborstel, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.- Producer
Boris Teterev was born on 5 November 1953 in Riga, Latvian SSR, USSR. He was a producer, known for Chef (2014), Devil's Pass (2013) and Sin City: A Dame to Kill For (2014). He was married to Inara Tetereva. He died on 21 September 2019 in Riga, Latvia.- Actress
- Soundtrack
Leigh 'Little Queenie' Harris was born on 27 July 1954 in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA. She was an actress, known for Eight Men Out (1988), Passion Fish (1992) and Jimmy's Music Club: The Movie. She died on 21 September 2019 in Rural Hall, North Carolina, USA.- Agim Mujo was born on 23 March 1956 in Tirana, Albania. He was an actor, known for Malet me blerim mbuluar (1971) and Guximtarët (1970). He died on 21 September 2019 in Rome, Italy.
- Faith Bailey was born in 1932 in Croydon, Surrey, England, UK. She was an actress, known for The Inch Man (1951), The Adventures of Robin Hood (1955) and The Vise (1954). She died on 21 September 2019 in Norwich, Norfolk, England, UK.
- Christopher Rouse was born on 15 February 1949 in Baltimore, Maryland, USA. He was a composer, known for The Devil and Father Amorth (2017), Sharon Isbin: Troubadour (2014) and Proms Extra (2013). He was married to Natasha Miller, Ann and Ann J. Rouse. He died on 21 September 2019 in Towson, Maryland, USA.
- Additional Crew
- Actor
Isah Red was an actor, known for Just One Summer (2012), Ang panday 2 (2011) and The Road (2011). He died on 21 September 2019.- Tommy Brooker was born on 31 October 1939 in Demopolis, Alabama, USA. He was married to Margaret Perry. He died on 21 September 2019 in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, USA.
- Jevan Snead was born on 2 September 1987 in San Angelo, Texas, USA. He died on 21 September 2019 in Austin, Texas, USA.
- Samba Diabare Samb was born in 1924 in Sénégal. He was a composer, known for Xala (1975), Birago Diop, conteur (1981) and An Alé (1991). He died on 21 September 2019 in Sénégal.
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- Director
- Writer
Jean Paul Delamotte was born on 21 October 1931 in France. Jean Paul was a production manager and director, known for The Sleeping Car Murder (1965), Divertissement pour amoureux... et concierges (1966) and Male Companion (1964). Jean Paul died on 21 September 2019 in Boulogne-Billancourt, Hauts-de-Seine, France.- E.J. Holub was born on 5 January 1938 in Schulenburg, Texas, USA. He died on 21 September 2019 in the USA.