Judson Laire

{{short description|American actor}}

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.{{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}}

Laire was born in Pleasantville, New York.{{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}}

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.{{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}}

Laire portrayed Woodrow Wilson in "Woodrow Wilson and the Unknown Soldier", an episode of Our American Heritage on NBC=TV on May 13, 1961.{{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}}

Laire died in a hospital in Rhinebeck, New York, on July 5, 1979, aged 76.{{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}}