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Orson Bean
Orson Bean’s screen credits include Dr. Lester in Being John Malkovich and Sam Rubinstein in The Equalizer 2.
Born July 22, 1928† February 7, 2020 Burlington, Vermont, USA2 movies on MoviHero
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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.
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- 2022Boris Karloff: The Rest of the StorySelf - Interviewee
- 2021Boris Karloff: The Man Behind the MonsterSelf
- 2019Raúl Juliá: The World’s a StageSelf
- 2014Sleep CycleInsomniac #1
- 2012A Golden Christmas 3Mr. Cole
- 2012Hating BreitbartSelf
- 2011Two-Legged Rat BastardsEddie
- 2011D-MinusAndre
- 2010Ashley's AshesDan
- 2007Mattie Fresno and the Holoflux UniverseRaff Buddemeyer
- 2007Game of LifeDennis
- 2006CrossroadsFather McIlhenny
- 2006Alien AutopsyHomeless Man
- 2005Yesterday's DreamsTony Vicedomini
- 2004Soccer Dog 2: European CupMayor Milton Gallagher
- 2004The GristleMr. Bowen
- 2004Behind the Camera: The Unauthorized Story of Charlie's AngelsVoice of John Forsythe (voice)
- 2003Knee High P.I.Macintyre
- 2002Frank McKlusky, C.I.Mr. Gafty
- 2001Burning Down the HouseSy
- 1999UnBowedPurdy
- 1999Dr. Quinn Medicine Woman: The MovieLoren Bray
- 1992Just My ImaginationJeremy Sticher
- 1992Final JudgementMonsignor Corelli
- 1991Chance of a LifetimeFred
- 1990Jacob's LadderSelf - Game Show Panelist (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 1990Instant KarmaDr. Berlin
- 1987InnerspaceLydia's Editor
- 1986Smart AlecArthur Fitzgerald
- 1984Garfield in the RoughBilly Rabbit (voice)
- 1982Forty DeuceMr. Roper
- 1980The Return of the KingFrodo Baggins / Bilbo Baggins (voice)
- 1978SkateboardSelf
- 1977The HobbitBilbo Baggins (voice)
- 1974The Spy Who Returned from the DeadBob
- 1970A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's CourtHank / Sir Boss (voice)
- 1970TwinkyHal
- Mr. BevisActor
- The Return of the KingFrodo Baggins /Bilbo Baggins (voice)
- 1966The Star WagonStephen Minch
- 1960Two by Saroyan: 'Once Around the Block' and 'My Heart's in the Highlands'Jimmy London
- 1959Miracle On 34th StreetDr. William Sawyer
- 1959Anatomy of a MurderDr. Matthew Smith
- 1957Where's Charley?Jack Chesney
- 1956Showdown at Ulcer GulchLlewelyn Throckmorton, III
- 1955How to Be Very, Very PopularToby Marshall
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