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.

Filmography

• 2018The Equalizer 2 — Sam Rubinstein
• Teachers — Jerry
• Another Period — Laverne Fusselforth V
• Grace and Frankie — Bruno
• Superstore — Dr. Fogler
• 2014Sleep Cycle — Insomniac #1
• 2012A Golden Christmas 3 — Mr. Cole
• 2011D-Minus — Andre
• 2011Two-Legged Rat Bastards — Eddie
• 2010Ashley's Ashes — Dan
• Hot in Cleveland — Dan
• Modern Family — Marty
• 2007Game of Life — Dennis
• 2007Mattie Fresno and the Holoflux Universe — Raff Buddemeyer
• The Sarah Silverman Program — Mr. Myron
• Women's Murder Club
• 2006Alien Autopsy — Homeless Man
• 2006Crossroads — Father McIlhenny
• The Minor Accomplishments of Jackie Woodman — Chick
• Commander in Chief — Bill Harrison
• How I Met Your Mother — Bob
• The Closer — Donald Baxter
• 2005Yesterday's Dreams — Tony Vicedomini
• 2004Behind the Camera: The Unauthorized Story of Charlie's Angels — Voice of John Forsythe (voice)
• Desperate Housewives — Roy Bender
• 2004Soccer Dog 2: European Cup — Mayor Milton Gallagher
• 2004The Gristle — Mr. Bowen
• Cold Case — Harland Sealey
• 2003Knee High P.I. — Macintyre
• Two and a Half Men — Norman
• 2002Frank McKlusky, C.I. — Mr. Gafty
• 2001Burning Down the House — Sy
• Normal, Ohio — Bill Gamble
• 1999Being John Malkovich — Dr. Lester
• Family Law — Archbishop Phillips
• 1999UnBowed — Purdy
• Becker — Mr. Bennett
• The King of Queens — Carl Tepper
• Will & Grace — Joseph Dudley
• Ally McBeal — Marty Brigg
• 7th Heaven — Patient
• Ellen — Gameshow Contestant
• Diagnosis: Murder — Lewis Sweeney
• Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman — Loren Bray
• 1992Final Judgement — Monsignor Corelli
• 1992Just My Imagination — Jeremy Sticher
• 1991Chance of a Lifetime — Fred
• 1990Instant Karma — Dr. Berlin
• Tiny Toon Adventures — Gepetto (voice)
• Monsters — Dr. Hubbard
• 1987Innerspace — Lydia's Editor
• 1986Smart Alec — Arthur Fitzgerald
• 1984Garfield in the Rough — Billy Rabbit (voice)
• Murder, She Wrote — Ebeneezer McEnery
• 1982Forty Deuce — Mr. Roper
• 1980The Return of the King — Frodo Baggins / Bilbo Baggins (voice)
• The Facts of Life
• Forever Fernwood
• 1977The Hobbit — Bilbo Baggins (voice)
• The Love Boat — Artie D'Angelo
• Ellery Queen — Warren Wright
• 1974The Spy Who Returned from the Dead — Bob
• 1970A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court — Hank / Sir Boss (voice)
• 1970Twinky — Hal
• Love, American Style — Artie Kaufman
• NET Playhouse — Stephen Minch
• 1966The Star Wagon — Stephen Minch
• Vacation Playhouse
• 1960Two by Saroyan: 'Once Around the Block' and 'My Heart's in the Highlands' — Jimmy London
• 1959Anatomy of a Murder — Dr. Matthew Smith
• 1959Miracle On 34th Street — Dr. William Sawyer
• The DuPont Show with June Allyson — John Monroe
• The Twilight Zone — James B.W. Bevis
• Naked City — Arnold Platt
• 1957Where's Charley? — Jack Chesney
• 1956Showdown at Ulcer Gulch — Llewelyn Throckmorton, III
• 1955How to Be Very, Very Popular — Toby Marshall
• The Millionaire — Newman Johnson
• The Phil Silvers Show — Pvt. Wally Gunther / Pete Gunther
• The Blue Angel — Host
• I've Got a Secret
• Omnibus — Narrator
• Robert Montgomery Presents
• Studio One — Harvey B. Hines, Charlie Digger, Joey
• Kraft Television Theatre — George Sanford
• Mr. Bevis

Appearances as themselves (16)

• 2022Boris Karloff: The Rest of the Story — Self - Interviewee
• 2021Boris Karloff: The Man Behind the Monster — Self
• 2019Raúl Juliá: The World’s a Stage — Self
• 2012Hating Breitbart — Self
• Vicki! — Self
• 1990Jacob's Ladder — Self - Game Show Panelist (archive footage) (uncredited)
• Reading Rainbow — Self - Narrator (voice)
• 1978Skateboard — Self
• Dinah! — Self
• The Dick Cavett Show — Self - Guest
• The Merv Griffin Show — Self
• The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson — Self, Self - Guest Host
• The Mike Douglas Show — Self, Self - Co-Host
• Tonight Starring Jack Paar — Self - Guest Host
• What's My Line? — Self
• The Ed Sullivan Show — Self