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Orson Bean (born July 22, 1928) is an American film, television, and Broadway actor. He appeared frequently on televised game shows in the 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s, including being a long-time panelist on the television game show To Tell the Truth.
Bean was born Dallas Frederick Burrows in Burlington, Vermont, the son of Marian Ainsworth (née Pollard) and George Frederick Burrows. His father was a founding member of the American Civil Liberties Union, a fund-raiser for the Scottsboro Boys' defense, and a 20-year member of the campus police of Harvard College. Bean graduated from the Cambridge Rindge and Latin School in Cambridge, Massachusetts. He is a first cousin twice removed of Calvin Coolidge, who was President of the United States at the time of Bean's birth.
In 1952 Orson Bean made a guest appearance on NBC Radio's weekly hot-jazz series The Chamber Music Society of Lower Basin Street. His vocal mannerisms were ideal for the mock-serious tone of the show, and he became the show's master of ceremonies ("Dr. Orson Bean") for its final season.
What's My Line? - Michael Caine; PANEL: Orson Bean, Sue Oakland (Nov 13, 1966)
What's My Line? - Lee Remick; Orson Bean [panel] (Jan 10, 1965)
Match Game 79 (Episode 1446) (Orson Bean Returns)
Tattletales (1974): Orson Bean/Bobby Van/Alejandro Rey
Judge For Yourself w FRED ALLEN - Debut Show - Intro by Orson Bean (August 18, 1953)
#103: Orson Bean
Super Password (September 23, 1985): Jo Anne Worley & Orson Bean
TATTLETALES William Shatner and Marcy Lafferty, Phyllis Diller, Orson Bean
JOHNNY CARSON FULL EPISODE: Robert Klein, Erma Bombeck, Tonight Show 11/17/1977
Concentration Pilot #2
There was a game we used to play
We would hit the town on Friday night
And stay in bed until Sunday
We used to be so free
We were living for the love we had and
Living not for reality
It was just my imagination x3
There was a time I used to pray
I have always kept my faith in love
It's the greatest thing from the man above
The game I used to play
I've always put my cards upon the table
Let it never be said that I'd be unstable
It was just my imagination x3
There is a game I like to play
I like to hit the town on Friday night
And stay in bed until Sunday
We'll always be this free
We will be living for the love we have
Living not for reality
It's not my imagination x3