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| Posted: Fri Jul 25, 2008 3:46 am Post subject: Larry Haines (Sidney), remembered..... |
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So sad  to post this, but yet ANOTHER daytime legend has left our stage. 'Sidney' was Ada's school pal in 1989-1990. According to the interview linked at the bottom, Haines suffered from macular degeneration in his last years, preventing him from taking any more acting roles.
http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117989403.html?categoryId=25&cs=1
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TV actor Larry Haines dies
'Search for Tomorrow' star won two Emmys
By VARIETY STAFF
Larry Haines, a two-time Daytime Emmy winner for his 35-year role on the soap opera "Search for Tomorrow," died July 17 in Delray Beach, Fla. He was 89.
The actor, who also had a successful career on Broadway, played Stu Bergman on "Search for Tomorrow" for almost the show's entire run from 1951 to 1986, missing only the first two months.
Stu was the neighbor and best friend of Joanne Gardner Barron, later Joanne Tourneur, the character at the center of most of the show's plot lines over the years. She was played by Mary Stuart for the entire 35 years.
The soap opera, which was first on CBS, later on NBC, was the longest-running daytime drama in television when its last episode aired in December 1986.
Haines credited the longtime appeal of the show to "basically believable characters that people kind of took to."
In an Associated Press interview at the time, he said he felt that quality was lost in its final years as more outlandish plot developments were written.
"Soap opera is a story," he said. "It should be a continuing story, rather than disoriented, meaningless adventures."
Haines won Daytime Emmys for his role in 1976 and 1981, and in 1985 was presented with a special recognition award for his longevity on the series.
He also appeared for shorter periods on "Another World" and "Loving."
He was generally billed as A. Larry Haines in his Broadway appearances. He was twice nominated for Tonys, for "Promises, Promises," the 1968 musical version of the film "The Apartment," and "Generation," a 1965 play starring Henry Fonda.
He also was in the 1962 Broadway comedy "A Thousand Clowns," as the brother of free-spirited Jason Robards, "Twigs," a 1971 program of four one-act plays starring Sada Thompson; and the 1978 "Tribute," which starred Jack Lemmon.
He appeared as a card player in the 1968 film version of "The Odd Couple," and made guest appearances on the TV series "Maude" and "Kojak," among others.
He was born in Mount Vernon, N.Y. Early in his career, he was an actor on radio series, including the popular horror series "Inner Sanctum," which famously opened with the sound of a creaking door. |
Well, I guess 'Jo' will get to see 'Stu' again....
Haines' last public appearance, on 50 Years of Soaps:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=58C6UzmEZP8
Haines' last known interview (audio, in 3 parts):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QKSoCs6mHbM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ui_DaPIbOTo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xY4HvE-xekA
And of course, that vintage last scene from the Search finale:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_l7kbLbFxMA |
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