Orson Bean
Born in Burlington, Vermont, USA — Jul 22 1928• Died Feb 07 2020
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Biography
Orson Bean (born Dallas Frederick Burrows; July 22, 1928 – February 7, 2020) was an American film, television, and stage actor, as well as a comedian, writer, and producer. He appeared frequently on televised game shows from the 1960s through the 1980s and was a longtime panelist on the television game show To Tell the Truth. On February 7, 2020, while walking near Venice Boulevard and Shell Avenue, in Venice, California, Bean was struck by two cars, with the second striking him fatally. He was 91.
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Modern Family
Marty
Two and a Half Men
Norman
The Closer
Donald Baxter
How I Met Your Mother
Bob
Desperate Housewives
Roy Bender
Murder, She Wrote
Ebeneezer McEnery
Diagnosis: Murder
Lewis Sweeney
Will & Grace
Joseph Dudley
Cold Case
Harland Sealey
The Love Boat
Artie D'Angelo
The King of Queens
Carl Tepper
Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman
Loren Bray
The Twilight Zone
James B.W. Bevis
Love, American Style
Artie Kaufman
Robert Montgomery Presents
Naked City
Arnold Platt
Tiny Toon Adventures
Gepetto (voice)
The Facts of Life
Studio One
Harvey B. Hines
Superstore
Dr. Fogler
Grace and Frankie
Bruno
Hot in Cleveland
Dan
Becker
Mr. Bennett
Ellen
Gameshow Contestant
Dinah!
Self
What's My Line?
Self - Mystery Guest
7th Heaven
Patient
Family Law
Archbishop Phillips
Kraft Television Theatre
Ally McBeal
Marty Brigg
Reading Rainbow
Self - Narrator (voice)
Commander in Chief
Bill Harrison
Ellery Queen
Warren Wright
The Sarah Silverman Program.
Mr. Myron
Teachers
Jerry
The Phil Silvers Show
Pvt. Wally Gunther / Pete Gunther
The DuPont Show with June Allyson
John Monroe
The Millionaire
Newman Johnson
Another Period
Laverne Fusselforth V
Women's Murder Club
I've Got a Secret
The Equalizer 2
Sam Rubinstein
Vacation Playhouse
Jacob's Ladder
Self - Game Show Panelist (archive footage) (uncredited)
Being John Malkovich
Dr. Lester
Innerspace
Lydia's Editor
Anatomy of a Murder
Dr. Matthew Smith
The Hobbit
Bilbo Baggins (voice)
The Minor Accomplishments of Jackie Woodman
Chick
Normal, Ohio
Bill Gamble
The Blue Angel
Host
Forever Fernwood
Alien Autopsy
Homeless Man
The Return of the King
Frodo Baggins / Bilbo Baggins (voice)
Final Judgement
Monsignor Corelli
Boris Karloff: The Man Behind the Monster
Self
Raúl Juliá: The World’s a Stage
Self
Skateboard
Self
The Gristle
Mr. Bowen
A Golden Christmas 3
Mr. Cole
Twinky
Hal
Boris Karloff: The Rest of the Story
Self - Interviewee
Frank McKlusky, C.I.
Mr. Gafty
Ashley's Ashes
Dan
Smart Alec
Arthur Fitzgerald
Crossroads
Father McIlhenny
Miracle On 34th Street
Dr. William Sawyer
D-Minus
Andre
Behind the Camera: The Unauthorized Story of Charlie's Angels
Voice of John Forsythe (voice)
Chance of a Lifetime
Fred
Forty Deuce
Mr. Roper
Instant Karma
Dr. Berlin
The Star Wagon
Stephen Minch
Burning Down the House
Sy
Mattie Fresno and the Holoflux Universe
Raff Buddemeyer
Two-Legged Rat Bastards
Eddie
Knee High P.I.
Macintyre
Game of Life
Dennis
UnBowed
Purdy
Soccer Dog 2: European Cup
Mayor Milton Gallagher
Garfield in the Rough
Billy Rabbit (voice)
How to Be Very, Very Popular
Toby Marshall
Two by Saroyan: 'Once Around the Block' and 'My Heart's in the Highlands'
Jimmy London
Yesterday's Dreams
Tony Vicedomini
Mr. Bevis
Hating Breitbart
Self
Just My Imagination
Jeremy Sticher
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
Hank / Sir Boss (voice)
Sleep Cycle
Insomniac #1
The Spy Who Returned from the Dead
Bob
Showdown at Ulcer Gulch
Llewelyn Throckmorton, III
Where's Charley?
Jack Chesney