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Orson Bean was a veteran American film, television, and stage actor, and a comedian, writer, and producer. He was a game show and talk show host and a "mainstay of Los Angeles’s small theater scene." He appeared frequently on several televised game shows from the 1960s through the 1980s and was a long-time panelist on the television game show To Tell the Truth. "A storyteller par excellence", he was a favorite of Johnny Carson, appearing on The Tonight Show over 200 times.
Birth Name
Dallas Frederick Burrows
Born
Sunday, 22 July 1928
Died
Friday, 07 February 2020
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Froth and Bubble | Robert | 9419 |
| The Orson Bean Show | Self | 8696 |
| Boris Karloff: The Man Behind the Monster | Self - Interviewee / Self | 2021 |
| The Equalizer 2 | Sam Rubinstein | 2018 |
| Will & Grace | Professor Joseph Dudley | 2017 |
| The Guest Book | Edgar | 2017 |
| Teachers | Jerry | 2016 |
| Superstore | Dr. Fogler | 2015 |
| Grace and Frankie | Bruno | 2015 |
| Another Period | Laverne Fusselforth V | 2013 |
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Froth and Bubble | Robert | 9419 |
| The Orson Bean Show | Self | 8696 |
| Boris Karloff: The Man Behind the Monster | Self - Interviewee / Self | 2021 |
| The Equalizer 2 | Sam Rubinstein | 2018 |
| Will & Grace | Professor Joseph Dudley | 2017 |
| The Guest Book | Edgar | 2017 |
| Teachers | Jerry | 2016 |
| Superstore | Dr. Fogler | 2015 |
| Grace and Frankie | Bruno | 2015 |
| Another Period | Laverne Fusselforth V | 2013 |
| Mistresses | Elderly Patient | 2013 |
| A Golden Christmas 3 | Mr. Cole | 2012 |
| Hating Breitbart | Himself / Self | 2012 |
| Two-Legged Rat Bastards | Eddie | 2011 |
| Hot in Cleveland | Dan | 2010 |
| Ashley's Ashes | Dan | 2010 |
| Modern Family | Marty | 2009 |
| Safe Harbor | Judge | 2009 |
| Mattie Fresno and the Holoflux Universe | Raff Buddemeyer | 2008 |
| Imagine a School... Summerhill | Self | 2008 |
| Women's Murder Club | Harold Grant | 2007 |
| Game of Life | Dennis | 2007 |
| The Sarah Silverman Program. | Mr. Myron | 2007 |
| The Novice | Father McIlhenny | 2006 |
| The Minor Accomplishments of Jackie Woodman | Chick | 2006 |
| The Lather Effect | Jonathan 'God Damn' Iverson | 2006 |
| Alien Autopsy | Homeless Man | 2006 |
| Commander in Chief | Bill Harrison | 2005 |
| How I Met Your Mother | Bob | 2005 |
| The Closer | Donald Baxter | 2005 |
| Desperate Housewives | Roy Bender | 2004 |
| Soccer Dog: European Cup | Mayor Milton Gallagher | 2004 |
| The Gristle | Mr. Bowen | 2004 |
| Behind the Camera: The Unauthorized Story of 'Charlie's Angels' | Voice of John Forsythe (voice) / Voice of John Forsythe | 2004 |
| Myron's Movie | Stanley | 2004 |
| Cold Case | Harland Sealey | 2003 |
| Two and a Half Men | Norman | 2003 |
| Frank McKlusky, C.I. | Mr. Gafty | 2002 |
| Burning Down the House | Sy | 2001 |
| Normal, Ohio | William 'Bill' Gamble, Sr. / Bill Gamble | 2000 |
| Manhattan, AZ | Lew Goldberg | 2000 |
| Being John Malkovich | Dr. Lester | 1999 |
| Family Law | Archbishop Phillips | 1999 |
| Thanks | Burnaby Fitzhugh | 1999 |
| Dr. Quinn Medicine Woman: The Movie | Loren Bray | 1999 |
| Becker | Mr. Bennett | 1998 |
| The King of Queens | Carl Tepper | 1998 |
| Will & Grace | Professor Joseph Dudley | 1998 |
| Ally McBeal | Marty Brigg | 1997 |
| One of Those Nights | Neighbor | 1997 |
| 7th Heaven | Patient / Mr. Hampton Impersonator | 1996 |
| Ellen | Gameshow Contestant | 1994 |
| Diagnosis Murder | Lewis Sweeney | 1993 |
| Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman | Loren Bray | 1993 |
| Final Judgement | Monsignor Corelli | 1992 |
| Jacob's Ladder | Self - Game Show Panelist | 1990 |
| Tiny Toon Adventures | Gepetto | 1990 |
| To Tell the Truth | Self - Panelist | 1990 |
| Instant Karma | Dr. Berlin | 1990 |
| Monsters | Dr. Hubbard | 1988 |
| American Film Institute Comedy Special | Father Sean (segment "The Rec Room") | 1987 |
| Innerspace | Lydia's Editor | 1987 |
| American Masters | Self - Actor | 1986 |
| Smart Alec | Arthur Fitzgerald | 1986 |
| Garfield in the Rough | Billy Rabbit (voice) / Billy Rabbit | 1984 |
| Murder, She Wrote | Ebeneezer McEnery | 1984 |
| Super Password | Self - Celebrity Contestant | 1984 |
| Body Language | Self | 1984 |
| Reading Rainbow | Self | 1983 |
| Freedom to Speak | Self - Reader | 1983 |
| Forty Deuce | Mr. Roper | 1982 |
| The Fall Guy | Jason Klemer | 1981 |
| The Return of the King | Frodo Baggins / Bilbo Baggins | 1980 |
| The Toni Tennille Show | Self | 1979 |
| The Facts of Life | Oliver Thompson | 1979 |
| Skateboard | Self | 1978 |
| The Hobbit | Bilbo Baggins | 1977 |
| Hollywood Connection | Self | 1977 |
| The Love Boat | Artie D'Angelo | 1977 |
| Stumpers! | Self | 1976 |
| Match Game PM | Self - Panelist | 1975 |
| Rhyme and Reason | Self | 1975 |
| Showoffs | Self / Himself | 1975 |
| Ellery Queen | Warren Wright | 1975 |
| Dinah! | Self - Guest | 1974 |
| Bicentennial Minutes | Self - Narrator | 1974 |
| Celebrity Sweepstakes | Self | 1974 |
| Tattletales | Self | 1974 |
| Match Game | Himself - Panelist | 1973 |
| London Affair | Hal / Hal Wardman | 1970 |
| A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court | Hank / Sir Boss (voice) / Sir Boss | 1970 |
| Love, American Style | Artie Kaufman (segment "Love and the Teacher") | 1969 |
| To Tell the Truth | Self - Panelist | 1969 |
| The David Frost Show | Self | 1969 |
| You're Putting Me On | Self | 1969 |
| The Generation Gap | Self - Contestant | 1969 |
| The Joey Bishop Show | Self - Guest Host | 1967 |
| The Star Wagon | Stephen Minch | 1966 |
| NET Playhouse | Multiple Roles | 1966 |
| The Jackie Gleason Show | Himself | 1966 |
| The Dean Martin Show | Self | 1965 |
| ABC's Nightlife | Self | 1964 |
| Get the Message | Self | 1964 |
| Picture This | Self - Guest | 1963 |
| The Match Game | Self - Team Captain | 1962 |
| The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson | Himself - Guest / Himself / Himself - Guest Host / Self / Herself - Guest | 1962 |
| The Merv Griffin Show | Self | 1962 |
| The Mike Douglas Show | Himself - Comedian | 1961 |
| Password | Self / Self - Celebrity Contestant | 1961 |
| Candid Camera | Self | 1960 |
| Play of the Week | Jimmy London | 1959 |
| Art Carney Special | Self | 1959 |
| The Twilight Zone | James B.W. Bevis | 1959 |
| The DuPont Show with June Allyson | John Monroe | 1959 |
| Anatomy of a Murder | Dr. Matthew Smith | 1959 |
| Laugh Line | Self | 1959 |
| Naked City | Arnold Platt | 1958 |
| The Ben Hecht Show | Self - Comic | 1958 |
| Keep Talking | Self | 1958 |
| Make Me Laugh | Self | 1958 |
| The Tonight Show Starring Jack Paar | Himself - Guest Host / Himself / Self | 1957 |
| The Mike Wallace Interview | Self - Humorist | 1957 |
| To Tell the Truth | Self - Panelist / Self / Self - Guest Host | 1956 |
| Probe and Night Beat | Self | 1956 |
| Playhouse 90 | Jack Chesney | 1956 |
| The Vic Damone Show | Self - Humorist | 1956 |
| Showdown at Ulcer Gulch | Llewelyn Throckmorton, III | 1956 |
| The Phil Silvers Show | Pvt. Wally Gunther / Pete Gunther | 1955 |
| How to Be Very, Very Popular | Toby Marshall | 1955 |
| The Millionaire | Newman Johnson | 1955 |
| The Elgin Hour | Arthur | 1954 |
| The Tonight Show | Self | 1954 |
| The Best of Broadway | Mortimer Brewster | 1954 |
| The Blue Angel | Self - Host / Host / Self | 1954 |
| The United States Steel Hour | Dennis Kavanaugh / Eddie West / Lester | 1953 |
| Omnibus | (segment "The Best Year in the History of the Whole World") / Narrator (segment "The Whale Who Wanted to be a Submarine") / Self - Humorist (segment "Orson Bean") | 1952 |
| I've Got a Secret | Self - Panelist | 1952 |
| Broadway Television Theatre | Robert Bennett / Erwin Trowbridge | 1952 |
| The Arthur Murray Party | Self - Comedian | 1950 |
| What's My Line? | Himself - Panelist / Himself - Mystery Guest #1 / Himself - Mystery Guest | 1950 |
| Studio One | Joey / Harvey B. Hines / Charlie Digger | 1948 |
| The Ed Sullivan Show | Self | 1948 |
| Kraft Theatre | George Sanford | 1947 |
