Sid Haig, the terrifying Captain Spaulding, died

Sid Haig, the terrifying Captain Spaulding, died

Sid Haig

The actor participated in classic series such as Batman, El Superagente 86 to cult films such as House of 1000 Corpses and The Devil's Rejects.

The slasher cinema is in mourning, as Sid Haig, the actor who gave life to Captain Spaulding in House of 1000 Corpses and The Devil’s Rejects, has died at the age of 80. The news was confirmed by his wife through social networks. “On Saturday, September 21, my light, my heart, my true love, my king, the other part of my soul, Sydney, passed from this reality to the next. He has returned to the universe, like a shining star in the heavens. He was my angel, my husband, my best friend and always will be. He loved his family, his friends and his fans. This was shocking for all of us. We, as a family, ask that you respect our privacy and time to regret, ”he wrote without going into details about the way in which the sudden death occurred, although it is said that he had an accident that caused him to be transferred to the hospital, where he died.

Although he is now well known for his role as a killer clown, Haig's career is long and prosperous. Born in 1939, he began his career at the hands of director Jack Hill in the role of Ralph, a man with a regressive mentality as a child in the marginal family. He went on to blaxploitation movies, including a role in the classic Foxy Brown. He worked with George Lucas on his influential THX 1138, with Robert Aldrich in Emperor Of The North, he was a James Bond villain in Diamonds Are Forever and starred in the fantastic adventure Beyond Atlantis. On television he appeared in The Untouchables, Batman, Star Trek, The Man of C.I.P.O.L., Gunsmoke, The Superseller 86, Mission Impossible, Charlie's Angels, The Dukes of Hazard, T.J. Hooker, Fantasy Island, The Magnificent, MacGyver and other classics. In the 21st century he returned to the cinema with Rob Zombie to appear in House of 1000 Corpses and The Devil's Rejects, and with Quentin Tarantino in Jackie Brown and Kill Bill: Vol. 2, although he also appeared in the new versions of Halloween and in The Lords of Salem. “Hooray for Captain Spaulding! Away but never forgotten, ”wrote Rob Zombie to remind one of his favorite fetish actors.

You may remember him as the fetish actor of Rob Zombie. Goodbye Sid, may the Force be with you. SHARED For many, Sid Haig's name may not say much. But the internet is in absolute mourning for his recent death. Because, unintentionally, the man became a legend. According to ScreenCrush reports, Sid died at 80 years of age. After spending a long period of convalescence in the hospital. The announcement of his death was made by his wife, Susan L. Oberg, through the official account of the actor on Instagram:

On Saturday, September 21, my light, my heart, my true love, my king, the other part of my soul, Sydney, went from this reality to the next. He has returned to the universe, like a shining star in the heavens. He was my angel, my husband, my best friend and always will be. He loved his family, his friends and his fans. This was shocking for everyone. We, as a family, ask that you respect our privacy and time to mourn. The exact causes of death are unknown. But it has been known, for months, that Sid Haig would have had some kind of accident that kept him hospitalized. His wife was never specific about the incident. But in the Instagram account itself it is possible to find several comments about her talking about Sid's struggle to get ahead. Now, the actor's legacy remains. Who we remember for all the roles he did in collaboration with Rob Zombie, the cult classics like House of 1,000 Corpses and The Devil’s Rejects, where was the iconic Captain Spaulding.

He also collaborated with Quentin Tarantino in Jackie Brown and Kill Bill Vol. 2. Since then he had already earned his status as a cult actor for B-series and Blaxploitation films. As are Coffy and Foxy Brown. His work can also be appreciated in Night of the Living Dead 3D, Halloween (the 2007 =, The Lords of Salem and Bone Tamahawk. We were a grante.