Wissenswertes

He spent the final 15 years of his life in a care home after suffering brain damage when he choked on a chicken bone in a restaurant which caused oxygen starvation to his brain.

The son of a coal miner.

Set the precedent for British "angry young man" roles when he originated the part of "Jimmy Porter" on stage in "Look Back in Anger" in 1956. Richard Burton played the character in the 1959 film.

Studied acting at the Central School of Speech and Drama in London., which during Haigh's time was sited at the Royal Albert Hall.

Best known on screen for his commanding roles in "Man at the Top" as Joe Lampton, on TV from 1970 to 1972 and the 1973 feature, and the series, "The Search for the Nile" (1971) as explorer Richard Francis Burton.

His family moved to London before WWII to find work.

He was a founder member of America's Yale Rep Theatre in 1967.

He opened The Royal Court Theatre in May 1956 as Jimmy Porter in "Look Bach in Anger".

Has homes in Twickenham and New York.

He was left-handed and in a 1972 article on the subject he stated he was also "politically left".