Larry Haines

Template:Short description Template:For Template:Infobox person Larry Haines (born Larry Hecht; August 3, 1918 – July 17, 2008) was an American actor.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

Early years

Haines was born on August 3, 1918, in Mount Vernon, New York. (Some sources say August 18, 1918, in the same city).<ref name=p/> He had been active in dramatics in high school,<ref name=bp/> and while he was in college, he was advised to try acting. After a few months of instruction in dramatics, he passed an audition with CBS.<ref name=mm/> He dropped out during his sophomore year of college and "went right into radio working on little stations all around New York City,"<ref name=bp/> beginning at WWRL.<ref name=rtm>Template:Cite journalTemplate:Dead link</ref>

Radio

Haines first became known in the 1930s as an actor on the radio crime series Gangbusters.<ref name="dunningota">Template:Cite book</ref> Playing Joe Lincoln, he was the star of Treasury Agent on the Mutual Broadcasting System in 1947–48,<ref>Dunning, op. cit., Treasury Agent p. 680</ref> and he had the title role of Mike Hammer in That Hammer Guy on Mutual in 1953–54.<ref>Dunning, op. cit., That Hammer Guy p. 659 </ref> He also was featured in The Chase,<ref>Dunning, op. cit., The Chase p. 150</ref> Cloak and Dagger,<ref>Dunning, op. cit., Cloak and Dagger p. 160</ref> Inner Sanctum Mystery,<ref>Dunning, op. cit., Inner Sanctum Mysteries pp. 346-347</ref> The Man Behind the Gun,<ref>Dunning, op. cit., The Man Behind the Gun pp. 430-431</ref> and This Is Nora Drake.<ref>Dunning, op. cit., This Is Nora Drake p. 665</ref> It was estimated that he acted in more than 15,000 radio programs in the 1940s and 1950s.<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref> Four decades later, he would return to radio, starring in 82 episodes of the CBS Radio Mystery Theater.<ref name=p/>

Television

His best known role was that of next door neighbor Stu Bergman on the soap opera Search for Tomorrow. Haines joined the show for its eleventh episode in 1951, and remained on the serial for the show's duration. He won Daytime Emmy Awards in 1976 and 1981,<ref>Template:Cite news Template:Open access</ref> and was First Lady Pat Nixon's favorite soap opera actor.<ref name=p/> Haines was reunited with longtime Search for Tomorrow costar Mary Stuart on the prime-time special which saluted 50 years of the soaps in 1994.

In the 1980s, he co-starred with one of his Search for Tomorrow co-stars, Rick Lohman (who had played his grandson, Gary Walton) in a short-lived sitcom, called Phyl & Mikhy. Larry played Max Wilson, the father of Phyllis Wilson Orloff (Murphy Cross), who was married to Mikhy Orloff.

In 1989, several years after the cancellation of Search for Tomorrow, he briefly joined the cast of another NBC/Procter and Gamble serial, Another World. Haines played the role of Sid Sugarman, Ada Hobson's old boyfriend who escorted her to a gala honoring the show's 25th anniversary. He was later in the cast of Agnes Nixon's Loving, playing Neal Warren, the biological father of Gwyneth Alden with whom he was reunited right before she was identified as the serial killer in the slaying of the Alden family and several other characters. In the last episodes of the show, his character proposed to old girlfriend Kate Rescott.

Stage

Haines' Broadway debut came in 1962, when he played in A Thousand Clowns.<ref name=mm>Template:Cite news Template:Open access</ref> He earned Tony nominations for his work in Generation (1965) and Promises, Promises (1968).<ref name=p>Template:Cite web</ref> His other Broadway appearances were in Last of the Red Hot Lovers, Twigs, No Hard Feelings, and Tribute.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Death

Haines died in Delray Beach, Florida,<ref name=p/> on July 17, 2008. He was predeceased by his former wives, Gertrude Haines and Jean Pearlman Haines as well as by his only daughter, Debora Haines.<ref>PalmBeachPost.com: Obituaries</ref> He was survived by one niece.<ref name=p/>

Film

Haines appeared in the role of Speed in the film version of The Odd Couple (1968). He also appeared in the films The Seven-Ups (1973)<ref name=bp>Template:Cite news</ref> and Tank (1984).

Film roles

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1968	The Odd Couple	Speed
1973	The Seven-Ups	Max Kalish
1984	Tank	Biker #1

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