Terry Haig
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
[edit]Haig 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
[edit]Haig 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
[edit]A 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
[edit]In 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 roles 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.