{{Short description|Canadian actor}} '''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 life== Haig was born in Montreal and grew up in Georgeville, Quebec and suburban New York City.<ref name="Hickey" /> His father was American, but Haig renounced his American citizenship during the Vietnam War.<ref name="Kapica" /> He attended Ohio Wesleyan University and was a sportswriter for the school newspaper.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Haig |first1=Terry |title=Bishops Sluggishly Beat Denison, Pioneers |url=https://ohio5.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/p15963coll9/id/111121/ |access-date=21 October 2024 |work=The Ohio Wesleyan Transcript |date=February 12, 1964}}</ref> 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.<ref name="Kapica" />
==Acting== 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.<ref name="Kapica">{{cite news |last1=Kapica |first1=Jack |title=Montreal actor finds the top close to home |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Gn4xAAAAIBAJ&pg=PA85 |access-date=21 October 2024 |work=The Gazette |date=October 20, 1972}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite web |title=1974 Federal Election |url=https://canadianelectionsdatabase.ca/PHASE5/index.php?p=0&type=election&ID=606#page_1=quebec&page_2=constituency_2408 |website=Canadian Elections Database |access-date=21 October 2024}}</ref> During the late 1970s, he appeared in advertisements for the Office québécois de la langue française.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Blackman |first1=Ted |title=Terry Haig takes off for fame in Toronto |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=v2UxAAAAIBAJ&pg=PA3 |access-date=21 October 2024 |work=The Gazette |date=November 14, 1979}}</ref>
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''.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Gilbey |first1=Ryan |date=September 2004 |title=The Terminal |work=Sight and Sound}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Griffin |first1=John |date=December 17, 2004 |title=A performer at the pinnacle |work=The Gazette}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Kelly |first1=Brendan |date=January 8, 2005 |title=Aviator may help local actors' careers take off |work=The Gazette}}</ref> The following year, he had a role in the miniseries ''Human Trafficking''.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Kelly |first1=Brendan |date=May 25, 2005 |title=Why Sutherland loves our city |work=The Gazette}}</ref> He also had a supporting role in ''I'm Not There''.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Hays |first1=Matthew |date=September 30, 2006 |title=What's that blowin' in the wind? |work=The Globe and Mail}}</ref>
==Radio== A lack of full-time acting work led Haig to return to journalism.<ref name="Hickey" /> He covered the Montreal Expos for the short-lived ''Montreal Daily News''.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Boone |first1=Mike |title=No world issue is beyond Journal host's rasp |work=The Gazette |date=February 20, 1991}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite news |title=Haig follows Melnick to CIQC |work=The Gazette |date=February 23, 1993}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Boone |first1=Mike |title=CIQC's new afternoon show designed to attract more women |work=The Gazette |date=February 22, 1994}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Boone |first1=Mike |title=Talk station launched with fighting words |work=The Gazette |date=January 13, 1996}}</ref> The program was canceled later that year and replaced with syndicated programing.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Chodan |first1=Lucinda |title=CKGM cans 2 local hosts: Syndicated shows get preference over Albert Nerenberg, Terry Haig |work=The Gazette |date=August 31, 1995}}</ref> He returned to CIQC as Mitch Melnick's sidekick.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Boone |first1=Mike |title=A Show With No Name: Mitch Melnick behind the wheel of CIQC's quirky, no-rules, drive-home radio show |work=The Gazette |date=June 15, 1997}}</ref> He also wrote for the alternative weekly newspapers ''Hour'' and the ''Montreal Mirror''.<ref>{{cite news |title=Verbatim: Words from the week |work=The Vancouver Sun |date=September 27, 1997}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Todd |first1=Jack |title=Winning the Big One |work=The Gazette |date=December 31, 1999}}</ref> He was the colour analyst for the Montreal Expos radio broadcasts during the 2001 and 2002 seasons.<ref name="Hickey">{{cite news |last1=Hickey |first1=Mike |title=Haig to analyze Montreal Expos on Team 990 |work=The Record |date=May 7, 2001}}</ref>
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