Noble Craig

Craig was born in Los Angeles, California on August 6, 1948.^[4] After graduating from North High School in Torrance, he was drafted into the United States Army on May 3, 1967, during the Vietnam War, and was sent to Vietnam in April 1969.^[1][2] On his twelfth day of duty while serving with the 82nd Airborne Division, he stepped on a buried artillery shell or land mine, causing him to lose both of his legs, his right arm, and most of the sight in his right eye.^[1][2][5]

After his medical discharge, Craig attended the University of California, Los Angeles on the G.I. Bill. He made his acting debut in the 1973 film Sssssss, in which he played Tim McGraw, "the Snake Man".^[2]

He later played a legless monster in the Poltergeist II: The Other Side^[6][7] and a sewer monster in Big Trouble in Little China,^[5] as well as a partially dissolved character in The Blob.^[2] He briefly portrayed Freddy Krueger in the climax of A Nightmare on Elm Street 5: The Dream Child,^[2][8] and played one of Herbert West's failed experiments in Bride of Re-Animator.^[2][6]

Craig was married twice,^[1] and had six children.^[1][2] Aside from acting, he was an avid sportsman, ran a skeet and trap range, and worked as a mechanic.^[4]