Sid Haig
In 2003, Haig starred in Rob Zombie's debut film "House of 1000 Corpses", as Captain Spaulding. The role revived Haig's acting career, earning him a "Best Supporting Actor" award in the thirteenth Annual Fangoria Chainsaw Awards, and induction into the Horror Hall of Fame. His image as Captain Spaulding has become iconic in today's horror genre. Haig reprised his role as Spaulding in Zombie’s sequel to "House of 1000 Corpses", entitled "The Devil's Rejects"
Rod Masterson
Masterson made his screen debut in the NBC television film, "The Life and Assassination of the Kingfish", which aired on March 21, 1977. It is written and directed by Robert Lee Collins. Masterson was cast as Murphy Roden, one of several bodyguards of then U.S. Senator Huey Pierce Long, Jr. Roden fired at close range upon Carl Austin Weiss, the Baton Rouge physician and Long's presumed assassin, at the Louisiana State Capitol on the night of September 8, 1935. Ed Asner plays Long in the film; Diane Kagan, Rose McConnell Long; and Steven Ramay, the teenaged son, Russell B. Long.
In 1978, Masterson was cast as Oscar Weinberg in the episode "Rosendahl and Gilda Stern Are Dead" on James Garner's NBC detective television series, "The Rockford Files". That same year he had minor parts on CBS's "Lou Grant", starring Ed Asner in the title role, and "", a ten-episode crime drama on NBC starring David Cassidy. In 1979, Masterson played an unnamed police officer in the film "Walk Proud", starring Robby Benson as a confused Chicano gang member. The script of the film was written by Evan Hunter who had penned Glenn Ford's "The Blackboard Jungle" twenty-five years earlier.
Masterson was cast as Patrolman Gallo in the 1984 film, "Tightrope", starring Clint Eastwood and Jennifer Beck, the story of attacks on prostitutes in New Orleans. In 1987, he played the character Couch in "A Gathering of Old Men", the story of a group of elderly African-Americans who rally to the defense of a fellow black charged with the murder of a white tenant farmer.