Terrible news has come down today as Horror movie legend, Sid Haig, has died after an illness and after a recent hospitalization. The news was made public by his wife Suzie on social media post, which you can see below. Sid had a huge career in the 1970s in the horror, blaxploitation, sci-fi genres in movies and television, but had a resurgence after being cast in Quentin Tarantino’s Jackie Brown (1997) and Kill Bill II (2004) and Rob Zombie’s House of a 1000 Corpses (2003). Sid’s last two roles are in Zombie’s upcoming 3 From Hell, and he was also in Slayer’s Repentless Killogy of music videos and mini-movies. We last saw Sid and last fall’s Spooky Empire con. We wish his loved ones, friends, collaborators and fans our sympathies as this time.
According to IMDB and Wikipedia, Haig was a regularly featured actor in the films of producer-director Roger Corman. He appeared in George Lucas’ (Star Wars) groundbreaking debut movie, THX 1138 (1971) and the James Bond film Diamonds Are Forever (1971). His television credits include appearances in such programs as Batman, Gunsmoke, Get Smart, Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman (55 appearances), Mission: Impossible (at least eight appearances in eight different roles as a villain), Charlie’s Angels, Jason of Star Command, Buck Rogers in the 25th Century, The Dukes of Hazzard, Automan, MacGyver and The A-Team, Emergency! and many more.