Biography
Orson Bean was an American film, television, and stage actor and comedian 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.
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Awards & recognition
- Amateur Cartoonist Extraordinary Award · 1970
- Obie Award · 1964
- Theatre World Award · 1954
- Screen Actors Guild Award — Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture · 2000 · nominated
- Grammy Award — Best Children's Music Album · 1979 · nominated
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- Tony Award — Best Featured Actor in a Play · 1962 · nominated
Filmography50+ titles
Burning Down the House
The Twilight Zone
Reading Rainbow
How I Met Your Mother
Modern Family
Desperate Housewives
The Closer
Tiny Toon Adventures
Anatomy of a Murder
Grace and Frankie
Cold Case
I've Got a Secret
Commander in Chief
Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman
Superstore
Murder, She Wrote
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Two and a Half Men
Being John Malkovich
Jacob's Ladder
Hot in Cleveland
Becker
The King of Queens
Diagnosis: Murder
Monsters
The Facts of Life
Boris Karloff: The Man Behind the Monster
What's My Line?
Will & Grace
The Equalizer 2
Another Period
Soccer Dog 2: European Cup
Innerspace
The Dick Cavett Show
The Ed Sullivan Show
The Hobbit
Ally McBeal
7th Heaven
Smart Alec
The Sarah Silverman Program.
The Love Boat
Ellen
Alien Autopsy
Crossroads
Naked City
Behind the Camera: The Unauthorized Story of Charlie's Angels
Teachers
A Golden Christmas 3
Skateboard
Instant Karma