Orson Bean
Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
Jul 22, 1928 (98 years old)
Place of Birth
Burlington, Vermont, USA
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.
Known For
| 2022 | Boris Karloff: The Rest of the StorySelf - Interviewee | |
| 2021 | Boris Karloff: The Man Behind the MonsterSelf | |
| 2019 | Raúl Juliá: The World’s a StageSelf | |
| 2018 | The Equalizer 2Sam Rubinstein | |
| 2016 | TeachersJerry | |
| 2015 | SuperstoreDr. Fogler | |
| 2015 | Another PeriodLaverne Fusselforth V | |
| 2015 | Grace and FrankieBruno | |
| 2014 | Sleep CycleInsomniac #1 | |
| 2012 | Hating BreitbartSelf | |
| 2012 | A Golden Christmas 3Mr. Cole | |
| 2011 | D-MinusAndre | |
| 2011 | Two-Legged Rat BastardsEddie | |
| 2010 | Ashley's AshesDan | |
| 2010 | Hot in ClevelandDan | |
| 2009 | Modern FamilyMarty | |
| 2007 | Game of LifeDennis | |
| 2007 | Mattie Fresno and the Holoflux UniverseRaff Buddemeyer | |
| 2007 | Women's Murder Club | |
| 2007 | The Sarah Silverman Program.Mr. Myron | |
| 2006 | Alien AutopsyHomeless Man | |
| 2006 | CrossroadsFather McIlhenny | |
| 2006 | The Minor Accomplishments of Jackie WoodmanChick | |
| 2005 | Yesterday's DreamsTony Vicedomini | |
| 2005 | How I Met Your MotherBob | |
| 2005 | The CloserDonald Baxter | |
| 2005 | Commander in ChiefBill Harrison | |
| 2004 | Soccer Dog 2: European CupMayor Milton Gallagher | |
| 2004 | Behind the Camera: The Unauthorized Story of Charlie's AngelsVoice of John Forsythe (voice) | |
| 2004 | The GristleMr. Bowen | |
| 2004 | Desperate HousewivesRoy Bender | |
| 2003 | Knee High P.I.Macintyre | |
| 2003 | Cold CaseHarland Sealey | |
| 2003 | Two and a Half MenNorman | |
| 2002 | Frank McKlusky, C.I.Mr. Gafty | |
| 2001 | Burning Down the HouseSy | |
| 2000 | Normal, OhioBill Gamble | |
| 1999 | Being John MalkovichDr. Lester | |
| 1999 | UnBowedPurdy | |
| 1999 | Family LawArchbishop Phillips | |
| 1998 | The King of QueensCarl Tepper | |
| 1998 | Will & GraceJoseph Dudley | |
| 1998 | BeckerMr. Bennett | |
| 1997 | Ally McBealMarty Brigg | |
| 1996 | 7th HeavenPatient | |
| 1994 | EllenGameshow Contestant | |
| 1993 | Dr. Quinn, Medicine WomanLoren Bray | |
| 1993 | Diagnosis: MurderLewis Sweeney | |
| 1992 | Just My ImaginationJeremy Sticher | |
| 1992 | Final JudgementMonsignor Corelli | |
| 1992 | Vicki!Self | |
| 1991 | Chance of a LifetimeFred | |
| 1990 | Jacob's LadderSelf - Game Show Panelist (archive footage) (uncredited) | |
| 1990 | Instant KarmaDr. Berlin | |
| 1990 | Tiny Toon AdventuresGepetto (voice) | |
| 1987 | InnerspaceLydia's Editor | |
| 1986 | Smart AlecArthur Fitzgerald | |
| 1984 | Garfield in the RoughBilly Rabbit (voice) | |
| 1984 | Murder, She WroteEbeneezer McEnery | |
| 1983 | Reading RainbowSelf - Narrator (voice) | |
| 1982 | Forty DeuceMr. Roper | |
| 1980 | The Return of the KingFrodo Baggins / Bilbo Baggins (voice) | |
| 1979 | The Facts of Life | |
| 1978 | SkateboardSelf | |
| 1977 | The HobbitBilbo Baggins (voice) | |
| 1977 | Forever Fernwood | |
| 1977 | The Love BoatArtie D'Angelo | |
| 1975 | Ellery QueenWarren Wright | |
| 1974 | The Spy Who Returned from the DeadBob | |
| 1974 | Dinah!Self | |
| 1970 | TwinkyHal | |
| 1970 | A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's CourtHank / Sir Boss (voice) | |
| 1969 | Love, American StyleArtie Kaufman | |
| 1968 | The Dick Cavett ShowSelf - Guest | |
| 1966 | The Star WagonStephen Minch | |
| 1963 | Vacation Playhouse | |
| 1962 | The Merv Griffin ShowSelf | |
| 1962 | The Tonight Show Starring Johnny CarsonSelf | |
| 1962 | The Tonight Show Starring Johnny CarsonSelf - Guest Host | |
| 1961 | The Mike Douglas ShowSelf | |
| 1961 | The Mike Douglas ShowSelf - Co-Host | |
| 1960 | Two by Saroyan: 'Once Around the Block' and 'My Heart's in the Highlands'Jimmy London | |
| 1959 | Anatomy of a MurderDr. Matthew Smith | |
| 1959 | Miracle On 34th StreetDr. William Sawyer | |
| 1959 | The Twilight ZoneJames B.W. Bevis | |
| 1959 | The DuPont Show with June AllysonJohn Monroe | |
| 1958 | Naked CityArnold Platt | |
| 1957 | Where's Charley?Jack Chesney | |
| 1957 | Tonight Starring Jack PaarSelf - Guest Host | |
| 1957 | Tonight Starring Jack PaarSelf | |
| 1956 | Showdown at Ulcer GulchLlewelyn Throckmorton, III | |
| 1955 | How to Be Very, Very PopularToby Marshall | |
| 1955 | The MillionaireNewman Johnson | |
| 1955 | The Phil Silvers ShowPvt. Wally Gunther / Pete Gunther | |
| 1954 | The Blue AngelHost | |
| 1952 | Omnibus | |
| 1952 | I've Got a Secret | |
| 1952 | OmnibusNarrator | |
| 1950 | Robert Montgomery Presents | |
| 1950 | What's My Line?Self - Mystery Guest | |
| 1948 | Studio OneHarvey B. Hines | |
| 1948 | The Ed Sullivan ShowSelf | |
| 1948 | Studio OneCharlie Digger | |
| 1948 | Studio OneJoey | |
| 1947 | Kraft Television Theatre | |
| 1947 | Kraft Television TheatreGeorge Sanford | |
| - | Mr. Bevis |