16 Facts About Larry Haines

Larry Haines had been active in dramatics in high school, and while he was in college, he was advised to try acting.

Larry Haines dropped out during his sophomore year of college and "went right into radio working on little stations all around New York City," beginning at WWRL.

Larry Haines first became known in the 1930s as an actor on the radio crime series Gangbusters.

Larry Haines was featured in The Chase, Cloak and Dagger, Inner Sanctum Mystery, The Man Behind the Gun, and This Is Nora Drake.

Larry Haines's best known role was that of next door neighbor Stu Bergman on the soap opera Search for Tomorrow.

Larry Haines joined the show for its eleventh episode in 1951, and remained on the serial for the show's duration.

Larry Haines won Daytime Emmy Awards in 1976 and 1981, and was First Lady Pat Nixon's favorite soap opera actor.

Larry 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.

Larry Haines played Max Wilson, the father of Phyllis Wilson Orloff, who was married to Mikhy Orloff.

Larry Haines played the role of Sid Sugarman, Ada Hobson's old boyfriend who escorted her to a gala honoring the show's 25th anniversary.

Larry Haines 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.

Larry Haines earned Tony nominations for his work in Generation and Promises, Promises.

Larry Haines died in Delray Beach, Florida, on July 17,2008.

Larry Haines was predeceased by his former wives, Gertrude Haines and Jean Pearlman Haines as well as by his only daughter, Debora Haines.

Larry Haines appeared in the role of Speed in the film version of The Odd Couple.

Larry Haines appeared in the films The Seven-Ups and Tank.