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Orson Bean

オーソン・ビーン　/　おーそん・びーん

American autobiographer

July 22, 1928 – February 7, 2020　・　Burlington, Vermont, United States

Vermont
autobiographer
stage actor
film actor

My Take

Orson Bean is the kind of all-purpose entertainer I wish television still made room for. Born in Burlington, Vermont, he spent decades as a comedian, stage actor, film and TV performer, and was a familiar face on game shows like To Tell the Truth from the 1960s onward. His Theatre World and Obie awards remind me he had genuine theatrical chops underneath the witty panelist persona. I find his career admirable precisely because it was so durable and varied, anchored in Los Angeles small theater right to the end. He worked into his nineties, which to me reflects a real love of the craft rather than just fame.

Overview

Orson Bean (born Dallas Frederick Burrows; July 22, 1928 – February 7, 2020) 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.

Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

1. Profile

Name (English): Orson Bean
Name (Japanese): オーソン・ビーン
Reading: おーそん・びーん
Born: July 22, 1928 – February 7, 2020
Zodiac / Chinese zodiac: Cancer / Dragon
Origin: Burlington, Vermont, United States
Blood type: Private
Height: 2 cm
Agency: Private
Occupation: autobiographer / stage actor / film actor / television actor / voice actor

2. Background

Elementary school: Private
Junior high: Private
High school: Private
University: Private

Awards & achievements

1954 Theatre World Award
1964 Obie Award
1970 Amateur Cartoonist Extraordinary Award

3. Relationships

Spouse: Private
Children: Private
Parents: Private
Siblings: Private

4. Personality

Motto

Private

5. Works & records

Category	Title	Role	Year
Notable work	How to Be Very, Very Popular	—

6. Links

Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%AA%E3%83%BC%E3%82%BD%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%83%93%E3%83%BC%E3%83%B3

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