Spoiler : Larry Haines, one of my favorite OTR actors.

Spoiler : Larry Haines (born Larry Hecht; August 3, 1918 – July 17, 2008) was an American actor Haines first became known in the 1930s as an actor on the radio crime series Gangbusters. Playing Joe Lincoln, he was the star of Treasury Agent on the Mutual Broadcasting System in 1947-48, and he had the title role of Mike Hammer in That Hammer Guy on Mutual in 1953-54. He also was featured in The Chase, Cloak and Dagger, Inner Sanctum Mystery, The Man Behind the Gun, and This Is Nora Drake.] It was estimated that he acted in more than 15,000 radio programs in the 1940s and 1950s. Larry is best known role was that of next door neighbor Stu Bergman on the soap opera Search for Tomorrow. He joined the show for its eleventh episode in 1951, and remained on the serial for the show's duration. In this role, which he played from 1951 to 1986, Haines became very popular. He won Daytime Emmy Awards in 1976 and 1981 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. Larry 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 whom he reunited with right before she was identified as the serial killer in the slaying of the Alden family and several other characters. In the last episides of the show, his character proposed to old girlfriend Kate Rescott. Stage He appeared in 85 episodes of Radio Mystery Theater.

Spoiler : My favorite CBSRMT actor.

Spoiler : Larry Haines was in the first Inner Sanctum Mystery episode I ever heard when being introduced to #otr. "Only The Dead Die Twice" was the name of the episode.

Spoiler : Haines, Larry (birth name was Larry Hecht) Born in Mount Vernon, New York 8/3/1917. Married to Gertrude Halberstadt (?-1967-?). As of 2006, he is retired, living in Florida.

Spoiler : Gil on the NBC and CBS Radio Network soap, Pepper Young's Family (?-?). Lefty Higgins on the NBC and CBS Radio Network soap, Rosemary (?-?). Carl Ward and Doctor Ralph Munson on the NBC- BLUE and CBS Radio Network soap, Young Dr. Malone (?-?). Fred Molina on the NBC and CBS Radio Network soap, This Is Nora Drake (?-?). Drew Stevens on the syndicated radio program, Manhunt (1945-1946). Dean Russell on Joyce Jordan (1945-1946). Lew Archer on the CBS-Radio soap, The Second Mrs. Burton (1946-1960). Mozart on Big Town for NBC-Radio (1948-1951). One of two actors that played Boats, the narrator on Now Hear This for NBC-Radio (1951). Lieutenant Brooks on Murder And Mr. Malone for NBC-Radio (1952). Mike Hammer on That Hammer Guy for Mutual-Radio (1953-1954). Joe Lincoln on Treasury Agent for Mutual-Radio (1954-1957).

Spoiler : Regular performer on radio programs including Cloak And Dagger for NBC (1950); The Chase for NBC (1952-1953); The Man Behind The Gun for CBS (1942-1944); X Minus One for NBC (1955-1958); some 82 episodes of CBS Radio Mystery Theater (1974-1981).

Spoiler : Appeared in the following feature movies; played Speed in The Odd Couple (1968); Max Kalish in The Seven-Ups (1973); a biker in Tank (1984).

Spoiler : Television actor from 1950 to the early 1980s. Cast member on the CBS-TV soap, The First Hundred Years for CBS-TV (1950-1952). Stu Bergman on the CBS-TV and NBC-TV soap, Search for Tomorrow (1951-86). Max Wilson on Phyl and Mikhy for CBS-TV (1980). Sidney Sugarman on the NBC- TV soap, Another World (1989). Neal Warren on the ABC-TV soap, Loving (The City) (1994-1995). Emmy Awards in 1976 and 1981 for his role on Search For Tomorrow.