Trivia

As of 2006, Haig donated 10% of his profits from conventions and appearances to charity. He also continued to enjoy a flourishing revival of his career.

Not exactly fond of the dialogue he was given in La Galaxie de la terreur (1981), Haig opted to play the character mute for most of the movie. When producer Roger Corman asked him why he was trying to play the role without dialogue, Haig's response was "Have you read it?".

Certified hypnotherapist.

He was Tarantino's top choice for the role of Marcellus Wallace in Quentin Tarantino's crime drama Pulp Fiction (1994). When Haig turned down this, the role went to Ving Rhames.

He and Pam Grier appeared in five blaxploitation films in the 1970s. Being a fan of those movies, when Tarantino was casting Jackie Brown, he orchestrated a reunion of Sid and Pam, who hadn't seen each other in about 20 years at the time. Everyone on set was told to not let Pam find out that Sid was playing the judge. So when Grier walked onto the courtroom set of Jackie Brown (1997), and saw Sid as the judge, she burst out laughing and ran over to him for a hug.

In The Devil's Rejects (2005), the line "I think I'll get me some Tutti Fuckin' Frutti" was not in any version of the script. Sid Haig created the line himself. Rob Zombie then added the line to the film.

Drummer for the late 1950s band The T-Birds, who released the single "Full House".

After shooting 3 from Hell (2019), Sid Haig received a letter of thanks from an executive at Lions Gate Films. They thanked him for signing on to do the film, because if he had not signed to the project, Lions Gate was going to cancel the entire production. Without Sid Haig's participation, Rob Zombie never would have gotten to make the film. Haig was cleared to work for two full days but only worked for a few hours as his role had been written down to four pages. Zombie had not spoken to him since March 2018 until his death.

Sid Haig has not been paid his merchandise royalties by Rob Zombie in 16 years.

Received both the Universal Eyegore Award for lifetime achievement and the prestigious Premi Maria Honorifica at the Sitges International Film Festival (2010).

Had appeared with Pam Grier in six films: The Big Doll House (1971), The Big Bird Cage (1972), Black Mama White Mama (1973), Coffy, la panthère noire de Harlem (1973), Foxy Brown (1974) and Jackie Brown (1997).

He was longtime close friends and roommates with Stuart Margolin.

Attended the Pasadena Playhouse (1959-61).

Managed a community theater in Simi Valley, California, called Stage and Video Education Theatre (S.A.V.E.), which operated from 1989 until 2004.

Had appeared in two sci-fi television series with Julie Newmar: Jason of Star Command (1978) and Buck Rogers (1979).

Formed his own corporation, The Haig Group, with his wife Susan L. Oberg, of which he was Founder and President (2006).

He appeared in Rob Zombie's music video "Feel So Numb" (2001).

Sid Haig's final film before his passing was Eben McGarr's Hanukkah (2019), which was filmed in October 2018.

Interviewed by James M. Tate on the Cult Film Freak podcast. A "random caller" phoned-in, who turned out to be a deliberate surprise: Actress Gloria Hendry, who had not spoken to Sid since working together in Savage Sisters (1974).