Terry Haig is a Canadian actor, radio host, and journalist. He had a featured role in the 1973 film, ''

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'' and hosted sports radio programs in

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during the 1990s.

Early life

Haig was born in

and grew up in Georgeville, Quebec and suburban

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. His father was American, but Haig renounced his American citizenship during the

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. He attended

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and was a sportswriter for the school newspaper. He also worked as a reporter for '' The Gazette'' during his summer breaks. After earning his BA in English, he moved to

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and worked on a novel. After a year, he decided to return to New York to study acting under

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. He then returned to Montreal, where he worked as a bouncer and took part in the

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's actor's workshop program.

Acting

Haig had a small role in ''

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''. He then played a Department of National Revenue investigator in a NFB film called '' The Sloane Affair''. He also had a role in

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's ''

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''. In 1973, Haig had a featured role in ''

'', a thriller starring

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and

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. In the

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, Haig was the

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candidate in Shefford. He finished a distant fourth place with 2.42% of the vote. During the late 1970s, he appeared in advertisements for the

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. In 2004, Haig appeared as a

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inspector in ''

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'', as a

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doctor in '' Bittersweet Memories'', and as a

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in '' The Aviator''. The following year, he had a role in the miniseries ''

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''. He also had a supporting role in ''

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''.

Radio

A lack of full-time acting work led Haig to return to journalism. He covered the

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for the short-lived ''

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''. From 1991 to 1993, he was a baseball reporter for

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. He then moved to CIQC, where he hosted the Expos postgame show and was the news anchor on Mitch Melnick's

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program. 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

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sports reporter Tom Harrington. In 1996, Haig returned to radio as the host of ''The Right Call'', a sports call-in show on

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that ran from 5 to 7 p.m. weekdays. The program was canceled later that year and replaced with syndicated programing. He returned to CIQC as Mitch Melnick's sidekick. He also wrote for the

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''Hour'' and the ''

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''. He was the colour analyst for the Montreal Expos radio broadcasts during the 2001 and 2002 seasons.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Haig, Terry Male actors from Montreal Baseball writers Journalists from Montreal Canadian emigrants to the United States Canadian radio personalities Montreal Expos announcers New Democratic Party candidates for the Canadian House of Commons Ohio Wesleyan University alumni People who renounced United States citizenship Year of birth missing (living people) Living people