Judson Laire

'''Judson Laire''' (August 3, 1902 – July 5, 1979) was an American film, stage, and television actor best known for starring as Lars Hansen in the early CBS television series, ''Mama'' from 1949 to 1957, as well as several daytime soap operas including ''As the World Turns'', ''The Nurses'', ''Love is a Many Splendored Thing'', and ''The Edge Of Night''.<ref name=nytimes>{{cite news|first=Daniel E.|last=Slotnik|title=Rosemary Rice, Oldest Daughter of TV's 'Mama,' Dies at 87 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/23/arts/television/rosemary-rice-daughter-of-tvs-mama-dies-at-87.html |work=New York Times |date=2012-08-22 |access-date=2012-08-26}}</ref>

Laire was born in Pleasantville, New York.<ref name="sn">{{cite news |last1=McManus |first1=Margaret |title=Judson Laire Is Delighted To Return to 'Family' Life |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/106842626/judson-laire/ |access-date=August 3, 2022 |work=Sunday News |date=October 29, 1967 |location=Pennsylvania, Lancaster |page=5|via = Newspapers.com}}</ref>

In a 30-year stage career Laire appeared in nine Broadway productions. Among his Broadway credits was ''Advise and Consent'' by Loring Mandel which opened on November 17, 1960.<ref>{{cite web |title=Judson Laire |url=https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-cast-staff/judson-laire-48742 |website=Internet Broadway Database |publisher=The Broadway League |access-date=September 18, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210508172936/https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-cast-staff/judson-laire-48742 |archive-date=May 8, 2021 |url-status=live}}</ref>

Laire portrayed Woodrow Wilson in "Woodrow Wilson and the Unknown Soldier", an episode of ''Our American Heritage'' on NBC=TV on May 13, 1961.<ref name=":1">{{cite news |title='Heritage' Spotlights WW-I Leader |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/74787563/the-bradenton-herald/ |access-date=March 31, 2021 |work=The Bradenton Herald |date=April 15, 1961 |page=5|via = Newspapers.com}}</ref>

Laire died in a hospital in Rhinebeck, New York, on July 5, 1979, aged 76.<ref>{{cite news |title=Judson Laire, actor in I Remember Mama |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/106843283/obituary-for-judson-laire-aged-76/ |access-date=August 3, 2022 |work=The Baltimore Sun |agency=Associated Press |date=July 9, 1979 |page=8}}</ref>

==Filmography== {| class="wikitable" |- ! Year ! Title ! Role ! Notes |- |1948|| ''The Naked City'' || Publisher || Uncredited |- |1959|| ''John Paul Jones'' || Mr. Danders || |- |1963|| ''The Ugly American'' || Senator Brenner || |- |1964|| ''Shock Treatment'' || Harley Manning || |}

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==External links== *{{IMDb name|id=0481997|name=Judson Laire}}

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