Francis Lumsden Hare (17 October 1874 – 28 August 1964) was an Irish-born American film and theatre actor.

[3] In 1908, he made his Broadway debut in the play What Every Woman Knows, starring Maude Adams.

Throughout his career, he occasionally also did double duty as director (Peter's Mother [1918][4]) or producer (What Every Woman Knows [1926 revival],[5] Elmer Gantry [1928],[6] etc.)

The New York Times critic Mordaunt Hall praised his performances repeatedly: By his final screen appearance in 1961, Hare had amassed over 140 film credits and appeared in over a dozen television productions.

He died 28 August 1964, aged 89, in Beverly Hills, California.