Michael Haigh gave up teaching to become a professional actor. A founding member of Wellington’s Circa Theatre, his TV legacy is gruff office worker Jim in Roger Hall’s Gliding On — one of Kiwi television’s great comic characters, and a role that won him a Feltex Award. He played Jim for five years, and appeared in a number of other TV shows and films (often playing a policeman). Michael Haigh died in October 1993.
Michael was enormously entertaining and charming, a slightly old world character who couldn't stand cant or hypocrisy. John Reid, in the December 1993 issue of Onfilm
1992, As: Policeman - Film
1989, As: Ted - Television
1988, As: Mr Tack (opera teacher) - Film
1986, As: Dutchman - Film
1986, As: Rugby commentator - Film
1985, As: Jim - Television
1985, As: Mr Whitehorn - Film
1984, As: Bert Pratley - Television
1984 - 1985, As: Bert Pratley - Television
1984, As: Bert Pratley - Television
1984, As: Jim - Television
1984, As: Benson - Film
1983, As: Sergeant - Television
1982, As: George (policeman) - Television
1982, As: Sgt. Cooper - Film
1982, As: Craig - Film
1981 - 1985, As: Jim - Television
1981, As: Jim - Television
1980, Narrator - Short Film
1980, Actor - Television
1978, As: Various roles - Television
1978, As: Various roles - Television
1977, As: Judge Chapman (suitor at the ball) - Television
1977, As: Judge Chapman - Television
1976, As: Jarvis - Television
1976 - 1977, As: Jarvis - Television
1975, As: Bennett - Short Film
1975 - 1983, As: Derek - Television
1975, As: Policeman - Television
1974, As: Trevor - Television
1973, As: Dr Marshall (psychiatrist) - Television
1973, As: McKenzie - Television
1972, As: Personnel Officer - Television
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