Terry Haig is a Canadian actor, radio host, and journalist. He had a featured role in the 1973 film, The Pyx and hosted sports radio programs in Montreal during the 1990s.
Early
editHaig was born in Montreal and grew up in Georgeville, Quebec and suburban New York City.[1] His father was American, but Haig renounced his American citizenship during the Vietnam War.[2] He attended Ohio Wesleyan University and was a sportswriter for the school newspaper.[3] He also worked as a reporter for The Gazette during his summer breaks. After earning his BA in English, he moved to Ibiza and worked on a novel. After a year, he decided to return to New York to study acting under Lee Strasberg. He then returned to Montreal, where he worked as a bouncer and took part in the National Film Board of Canada's actor's workshop program.[2]
Acting
editHaig had a small role in Fortune and Men's Eyes. He then played a Department of National Revenue investigator in a NFB film called The Sloane Affair. He also had a role in George Kaczender's U-Turn. In 1973, Haig had a featured role in The Pyx, a thriller starring Karen Black and Christopher Plummer.[2] In the 1974 Canadian federal election, Haig was the New Democratic Party candidate in Shefford. He finished a distant fourth place with 2.42% of the vote.[4] During the late 1970s, he appeared in advertisements for the Office québécois de la langue française.[5]
Radio
editA lack of full-time acting work led Haig to return to journalism.[1] He covered the Montreal Expos for the short-lived Montreal Daily News.[6] From 1991 to 1993, he was a baseball reporter for CJAD. He then moved to CIQC, where he hosted the Expos postgame show and was the news anchor on Mitch Melnick's drive time program.[7] He later received his own afternoon talk show. In 1994, his talk show was canceled due to low ratings and he was replaced on the post-game show due to pressure from team management. Haig left CIQC later that year to replace CBMT sports reporter Tom Harrington.[8] In 1996, Haig returned to radio as the host of The Right Call, a sports call-in show on CKGM that ran from 5 to 7 p.m. weekdays.[9] The program was canceled later that year and replaced with syndicated programing.[10] He returned to CIQC as Mitch Melnick's sidekick.[11] He also wrote for the alternative weekly newspapers Hour and the Montreal Mirror.[12][13] He was the colour analyst for the Montreal Expos radio broadcasts during the 2001 and 2002 seasons.[1]
Return to acting
editIn 2004, Haig appeared as a U.S. Customs and Border Protection inspector in The Terminal, as a Mayo Clinic doctor in Bittersweet Memories, and as a United States Senator in The Aviator.[14][15][16] The following year, he had a role in the miniseries Human Trafficking.[17] He also had a supporting role in I'm Not There.[18]
References
edit- ^ a b c Hickey, Mike (May 7, 2001). "Haig to analyze Montreal Expos on Team 990". The Record.
- ^ a b c Kapica, Jack (October 20, 1972). "Montreal actor finds the top close to home". The Gazette. Retrieved 21 October 2024.
- ^ Haig, Terry (February 12, 1964). "Bishops Sluggishly Beat Denison, Pioneers". The Ohio Wesleyan Transcript. Retrieved 21 October 2024.
- ^ "1974 Federal Election". Canadian Elections Database. Retrieved 21 October 2024.
- ^ Blackman, Ted (November 14, 1979). "Terry Haig takes off for fame in Toronto". The Gazette. Retrieved 21 October 2024.
- ^ Boone, Mike (February 20, 1991). "No world issue is beyond Journal host's rasp". The Gazette.
- ^ "Haig follows Melnick to CIQC". The Gazette. February 23, 1993.
- ^ Boone, Mike (February 22, 1994). "CIQC's new afternoon show designed to attract more women". The Gazette.
- ^ Boone, Mike (January 13, 1996). "Talk station launched with fighting words". The Gazette.
- ^ Chodan, Lucinda (August 31, 1995). "CKGM cans 2 local hosts: Syndicated shows get preference over Albert Nerenberg, Terry Haig". The Gazette.
- ^ Boone, Mike (June 15, 1997). "A Show With No Name: Mitch Melnick behind the wheel of CIQC's quirky, no-rules, drive-home radio show". The Gazette.
- ^ "Verbatim: Words from the week". The Vancouver Sun. September 27, 1997.
- ^ Todd, Jack (December 31, 1999). "Winning the Big One". The Gazette.
- ^ Gilbey, Ryan (September 2004). "The Terminal". Sight and Sound.
- ^ Griffin, John (December 17, 2004). "A performer at the pinnacle". The Gazette.
- ^ Kelly, Brendan (January 8, 2005). "Aviator may help local actors' careers take off". The Gazette.
- ^ Kelly, Brendan (May 25, 2005). "Why Sutherland loves our city". The Gazette.
- ^ Hays, Matthew (September 30, 2006). "What's that blowin' in the wind?". The Globe and Mail.