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.
Born: July 22, 1928
Place of Birth: Burlington, Vermont, USA
Known For
Burning Down the House
A down-on-his-luck film director sets fire to his home so he can collect the insurance money and fund his new movie. But crime apparently does pay, because once the rumor mill gets wind of his plans, everyone suddenly wants a slice of his new project's pie.
The Twilight Zone
An anthology series containing drama, psychological thriller, fantasy, science fiction, suspense, and/or horror, often concluding with a macabre or unexpected twist.
Reading Rainbow
Journey to exciting places and build a lasting connection with your favorite books. Each episode centers on a theme from a book, or other children's literature, which is explored through a number of segments or stories.
Family Law
Family attorney and mom, Lynn Holt, has had to scramble to keep her family and her law firm together, since her husband left her and took most of their joint law practice with him. Although the attorneys are carting plenty of life's baggage, they're all determined to make the most of this unexpected second chance—and make each month's mortgage payment.
How I Met Your Mother
A father recounts to his children - through a series of flashbacks - the journey he and his four best friends took leading up to him meeting their mother.
Desperate Housewives
Looking down on her friends and family isn't a way of life for Mary Alice Young... it's a way of death. One day, in her perfect house, in the loveliest of suburbs, Mary Alice ended it all. Now she's taking us into the lives of her family, friends and neighbors, commenting from her elevated P.O.V.
Women's Murder Club
Women's Murder Club was an American police procedural and legal drama. Longtime friends involved in homicide investigations gather to work off the clock to solve cases. District Attorney Jill has issues with her past, medical examiner Claire is dealing with a husband newly in a wheelchair, and tough Detective Lindsay suddenly finds herself working under her ex-husband. Despite personal issues, they allow young reporter Cindy to join their "club."
Modern Family
The Pritchett-Dunphy-Tucker clan is a wonderfully large and blended family. They give us an honest and often hilarious look into the sometimes warm, sometimes twisted, embrace of the modern family.
The Closer
Deputy Police Chief Brenda Leigh Johnson transfers from Atlanta to LA to head up a special unit of the LAPD that handles sensitive, high-profile murder cases. Johnson's quirky personality and hard-nosed approach often rubs her colleagues the wrong way, but her reputation as one of the world's best interrogator eventually wins over even her toughest critics.
Anatomy of a Murder
Semi-retired Michigan lawyer Paul Biegler takes the case of Army Lt. Manion, who murdered a local innkeeper after his wife claimed that he raped her. Over the course of an extensive trial, Biegler parries with District Attorney Lodwick and out-of-town prosecutor Claude Dancer to set his client free, but his case rests on the victim's mysterious business partner, who's hiding a dark secret.
Filmography
as Sam Rubinstein
as Jerry
as Dr. Fogler
as Laverne Fusselforth V
as Bruno
as Insomniac #1
as Mr. Cole
as Self
as Eddie
as Dan
as Dan
as Marty
as Raff Buddemeyer
as Dennis
as Mr. Myron
as Father McIlhenny
as Homeless Man
as Bill Harrison
as Bob
as Donald Baxter
as Tony Vicedomini
as Roy Bender
as Mayor Milton Gallagher
as Mr. Bowen
as Voice of John Forsythe (voice)
as Macintyre
as Harland Sealey
as Norman
as Mr. Gafty
as Bill Gamble
as Dr. Lester
as Archbishop Phillips
as Mr. Bennett
as Carl Tepper
as Joseph Dudley
as Marty Brigg
as Patient
as Gameshow Contestant
as Lewis Sweeney
as Loren Bray
as Jeremy Sticher
as Monsignor Corelli
as Fred
as Self - Game Show Panelist (archive footage) (uncredited)
as Gepetto (voice)
as Dr. Berlin
as Lydia's Editor
as Arthur Fitzgerald
as Billy Rabbit (voice)
as Ebeneezer McEnery
as Self - Narrator (voice)
as Mr. Roper
as Frodo Baggins / Bilbo Baggins (voice)
as Self
as Bilbo Baggins (voice)
as Artie D'Angelo
as Warren Wright
as Self
as Hank / Sir Boss (voice)
as Hal
as Artie Kaufman
as Self - Guest
as Stephen Minch
as Self - Guest Host
as Self
as Self
as Self - Co-Host
as Dr. William Sawyer
as James B.W. Bevis
as John Monroe
as Dr. Matthew Smith
as Arnold Platt
as Jack Chesney
as Llewelyn Throckmorton, III
as Pvt. Wally Gunther / Pete Gunther
as Toby Marshall
as Newman Johnson
as Narrator
as Self - Mystery Guest
as Harvey B. Hines
as Charlie Digger
as Joey
as Self
as George Sanford