Orson Bean
Acting
Born July 22, 1928 · 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 · 40 titles
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Modern Family
Desperate Housewives
The King of Queens
The Mike Douglas Show
Two and a Half Men
The Love Boat
The Closer
How I Met Your Mother
Murder, She Wrote
Cold Case
The Merv Griffin Show
Diagnosis: Murder
The Twilight Zone
The Facts of Life
Love, American Style
Robert Montgomery Presents
What's My Line?
Hot in Cleveland
The Dick Cavett Show
Vicki!
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
Will & Grace
I've Got a Secret
Studio One
Superstore
Ellen
Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman
Naked City
Grace and Frankie
The Ed Sullivan Show
Dinah!
Becker
Kraft Television Theatre
Reading Rainbow
7th Heaven
Family Law
The Millionaire
Omnibus
Ally McBeal