Loading amazing content...
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
July 22, 1928
Died
February 7, 2020
Place of Birth
Burlington, Vermont, USA
Also Known As
- Dallas Frederick Burrows
- اورسن بین
Orson Bean
1.1 Popularity
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
🎬
10.0
Self - Interviewee
Boris Karloff: The Rest of the Story
2022
7.0
Self
Boris Karloff: The Man Behind the Monster
2021
0.0
Self
Raúl Juliá: The World’s a Stage
2019
6.8
Sam Rubinstein
The Equalizer 2
2018
5.3
Jerry
Teachers
2016
7.5
Dr. Fogler
Superstore
2015
6.8
Laverne Fusselforth V
Another Period
2015
7.7
Bruno
Grace and Frankie
2015
0.0
Insomniac #1
Sleep Cycle
2014
5.3
Mr. Cole
A Golden Christmas 3
2012
Credits
🎬
Boris Karloff: The Rest of the Story
as Self - Interviewee
2022
10.0
Boris Karloff: The Man Behind the Monster
as Self
2021
7.0
Raúl Juliá: The World’s a Stage
as Self
2019
0.0
The Equalizer 2
as Sam Rubinstein
2018
6.8
Teachers
as Jerry
2016
5.3
Superstore
as Dr. Fogler
2015
7.5
Another Period
as Laverne Fusselforth V
2015
6.8
Grace and Frankie
as Bruno
2015
7.7
Sleep Cycle
as Insomniac #1
2014
0.0
A Golden Christmas 3
as Mr. Cole
2012
5.3
Hating Breitbart
as Self
2012
5.8
Two-Legged Rat Bastards
as Eddie
2011
6.5
🎬
D-Minus
as Andre
2011
0.0
Hot in Cleveland
as Dan
2010
7.3
Ashley's Ashes
as Dan
2010
2.5
Modern Family
as Marty
2009
7.9
Mattie Fresno and the Holoflux Universe
as Raff Buddemeyer
2007
1.0
Women's Murder Club
2007
7.9
Game of Life
as Dennis
2007
1.0
The Sarah Silverman Program.
as Mr. Myron
2007
6.3
Crossroads
as Father McIlhenny
2006
5.4
The Minor Accomplishments of Jackie Woodman
as Chick
2006
5.8
Alien Autopsy
as Homeless Man
2006
5.6
Commander in Chief
as Bill Harrison
2005
7.7
How I Met Your Mother
as Bob
2005
8.1
The Closer
as Donald Baxter
2005
7.9
Yesterday's Dreams
as Tony Vicedomini
2005
0.0
Desperate Housewives
as Roy Bender
2004
7.9
Soccer Dog 2: European Cup
as Mayor Milton Gallagher
2004
6.8
The Gristle
as Mr. Bowen
2004
5.5
Behind the Camera: The Unauthorized Story of Charlie's Angels
as Voice of John Forsythe (voice)
2004
4.8
Knee High P.I.
as Macintyre
2003
1.0
Cold Case
as Harland Sealey
2003
7.8
Two and a Half Men
as Norman
2003
7.4
Frank McKlusky, C.I.
as Mr. Gafty
2002
4.3
Burning Down the House
as Sy
2001
10.0
Normal, Ohio
as Bill Gamble
2000
4.7
🎬
UnBowed
as Purdy
1999
6.0
Being John Malkovich
as Dr. Lester
1999
7.4
Family Law
as Archbishop Phillips
1999
8.2
Becker
as Mr. Bennett
1998
7.1
The King of Queens
as Carl Tepper
1998
7.1
Will & Grace
as Professor Joseph Dudley
1998
6.8
Ally McBeal
as Marty Brigg
1997
6.6
7th Heaven
as Patient
1996
6.4
Ellen
as Gameshow Contestant
1994
6.1
Diagnosis: Murder
as Lewis Sweeney
1993
7.1
Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman
as Loren Bray
1993
7.6
Just My Imagination
as Jeremy Sticher
1992
2.0
🎬
Vicki!
as Self
1992
5.0
Final Judgement
as Monsignor Corelli
1992
3.3
Chance of a Lifetime
as Fred
1991
5.2
Jacob's Ladder
as Self - Game Show Panelist (archive footage) (uncredited)
1990
7.4
Tiny Toon Adventures
as Gepetto (voice)
1990
7.8
Instant Karma
as Dr. Berlin
1990
3.8
Innerspace
as Lydia's Editor
1987
6.8
Smart Alec
as Arthur Fitzgerald
1986
6.0
Garfield in the Rough
as Billy Rabbit (voice)
1984
7.0
Murder, She Wrote
as Ebeneezer McEnery
1984
7.5
Reading Rainbow
as Self - Narrator (voice)
1983
8.3
Forty Deuce
as Mr. Roper
1982
4.8
The Return of the King
as Frodo Baggins / Bilbo Baggins (voice)
1980
6.4
The Facts of Life
1979
7.1
Skateboard
as Self
1978
4.3
The Hobbit
as Bilbo Baggins (voice)
1977
6.5
Forever Fernwood
1977
5.0
The Love Boat
as Artie D'Angelo
1977
6.3
Ellery Queen
as Warren Wright
1975
7.4
Dinah!
as Self
1974
6.7
The Spy Who Returned from the Dead
as Bob
1974
5.2
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
as Hank / Sir Boss (voice)
1970
5.5
Twinky
as Hal
1970
4.8
Love, American Style
as Artie Kaufman
1969
6.1
The Dick Cavett Show
as Self - Guest
1968
6.8
The Star Wagon
as Stephen Minch
1966
7.0
🎬
Vacation Playhouse
1963
7.0
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
as Self
1962
7.5
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
as Self - Guest Host
1962
7.5
The Merv Griffin Show
as Self
1962
6.2
The Mike Douglas Show
as Self
1961
5.4
The Mike Douglas Show
as Self - Co-Host
1961
5.4
Two by Saroyan: 'Once Around the Block' and 'My Heart's in the Highlands'
as Jimmy London
1960
0.0
Miracle On 34th Street
as Dr. William Sawyer
1959
6.0
The Twilight Zone
as James B.W. Bevis
1959
8.5
The DuPont Show with June Allyson
as John Monroe
1959
6.3
Anatomy of a Murder
as Dr. Matthew Smith
1959
7.8
Naked City
as Arnold Platt
1958
5.5
🎬
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
as Self - Guest Host
1957
7.0
🎬
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
as Self
1957
7.0
Where's Charley?
as Jack Chesney
1957
0.0
Showdown at Ulcer Gulch
as Llewelyn Throckmorton, III
1956
5.0
The Phil Silvers Show
as Pvt. Wally Gunther / Pete Gunther
1955
7.0
How To Be Very, Very Popular
as Toby Marshall
1955
4.1
The Millionaire
as Newman Johnson
1955
5.0
🎬
The Blue Angel
as Host
1954
0.0
Omnibus
1952
6.0
Omnibus
as Narrator
1952
6.0
I've Got a Secret
1952
7.4
What's My Line?
as Self - Mystery Guest
1950
6.9
Robert Montgomery Presents
1950
5.6
Studio One
as Harvey B. Hines
1948
5.0
Studio One
as Charlie Digger
1948
5.0
Studio One
as Joey
1948
5.0
The Ed Sullivan Show
as Self
1948
6.8
Kraft Television Theatre
1947
7.5
Kraft Television Theatre
as George Sanford
1947
7.5