Orson Bean
Acting
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.
As actor 102
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
Modern Family
2009
Desperate Housewives
2004
The Closer
2005
Two and a Half Men
2003
How I Met Your Mother
2005
The Love Boat
1977
Cold Case
2003
Murder, She Wrote
1984
Diagnosis: Murder
1993
The Mike Douglas Show
1961
Omnibus
1952
Will & Grace
1998
Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman
1993
Grace and Frankie
2015
The King of Queens
1998
The Facts of Life
1979
The Merv Griffin Show
1962
The Twilight Zone
1959
Superstore
2015
Love, American Style
1969
Hot in Cleveland
2010
Robert Montgomery Presents
1950
Ellen
1994
I've Got a Secret
1952
What's My Line?
1950
Studio One
1948
Naked City
1958
The Dick Cavett Show
1968
Tiny Toon Adventures
1990
Becker
1998
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
1957
7th Heaven
1996
The Phil Silvers Show
1955
Family Law
1999
The Millionaire
1955
Dinah!
1974
The Ed Sullivan Show
1948
Ally McBeal
1997
The Equalizer 2
2018
Monsters
1988
Kraft Television Theatre
1947
Ellery Queen
1975
Another Period
2015
Vicki!
1992
Reading Rainbow
1983
NET Playhouse
1966
The Sarah Silverman Program
2007
Commander in Chief
2005
Teachers
2016
Being John Malkovich
1999
Jacob's Ladder
1990
Innerspace
1987
Women's Murder Club
2007
Vacation Playhouse
1963
The DuPont Show with June Allyson
1959
Anatomy of a Murder
1959
The Hobbit
1977
Normal, Ohio
2000
Forever Fernwood
1977
Alien Autopsy
2006
The Minor Accomplishments of Jackie Woodman
2006
The Return of the King
1980
The Blue Angel
1954
Soccer Dog 2: European Cup
2004
Frank McKlusky, C.I.
2002
Twinky
1970
Ashley's Ashes
2010
Final Judgement
1992
Yesterday's Dreams
2005
Sleep Cycle
2014
Boris Karloff: The Man Behind the Monster
2021
D-Minus
2011
Forty Deuce
1982
Smart Alec
1986
How to Be Very, Very Popular
1955
The Star Wagon
1966
Game of Life
2007
Chance of a Lifetime
1991
Just My Imagination
1992
Raúl Juliá: The World’s a Stage
2019
Skateboard
1978
The Gristle
2004
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
1970
Miracle On 34th Street
1959
A Golden Christmas 3
2012
Burning Down the House
2001
Crossroads
2006
Boris Karloff: The Rest of the Story
2022
Knee High P.I.
2003
Instant Karma
1990
Behind the Camera: The Unauthorized Story of Charlie's Angels
2004
Garfield in the Rough
1984
UnBowed
1999
The Spy Who Returned from the Dead
1974
Two-Legged Rat Bastards
2011
Where's Charley?
1957
Showdown at Ulcer Gulch
1956
Two by Saroyan: 'Once Around the Block' and 'My Heart's in the Highlands'
1960
Mattie Fresno and the Holoflux Universe
2007
Hating Breitbart
2012
Mr. Bevis