Orson Bean

Orson Bean
Bean in 1965
Born
Dallas Frederick Burrows

(1928-07-22)July 22, 1928
DiedFebruary 7, 2020(2020-02-07) (aged 91)
Occupations
  • Actor
  • comedian
  • producer
  • writer
Years active1952–2020
Spouses
Jacqueline de Sibour
(m. 1956; div. 1962)
    Carolyn Maxwell
    (m. 1965; div. 1981)
      (m. 1993)
      Children4

      Orson Bean (born Dallas Frederick Burrows; July 22, 1928 – February 7, 2020) was an American film, television, and stage actor and comedian. He was a game show and talk show host and a "mainstay of Los Angeles’ small theater scene." He appeared frequently on several televised game shows from the 1960s through the 1980s and was a longtime 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 more than 200 times.

      In the 1960s, Bean remarked in an interview that he became known as a "neocelebrity who's famous for being famous" for his appearances as a panellist on television prime-time gameshows.