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Orson Bean

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7/22/1928, Burlington, Vermont (USA)

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Dallas Frederick Burroughs

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Orson Bean is an American film, television, and stage actor. He appeared frequently on televised game shows in the 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s, but is probably perhaps best known as cynical shop keeper Loren Bray on the hit show Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman.

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Role
- Hating Breitbart
  Star
  2013
- Ashley's Ashes
  Star
  2010
- The Lather Effect
  Star
  2007
- Alien Autopsy
  Star
  2006
- Crossroads
  Star
  2006
- Waterborne
  Star
  2005
- Soccer Dog: European Cup
  Star
  2004
- Burning Down the House
  Star
  2001
- Normal, Ohio
  Bill Gamble
  - S 1: Ep 8 Just Another Normal Christmas
    12/13/00
  - S 1: Ep 7 Working Girl
    12/6/00
  - S 1: Ep 6 Buyer's Remorse
    11/29/00
  - S 1: Ep 5 A Thanksgiving Episode
    11/22/00
  - S 1: Ep 4 Caught on Tape
    11/15/00
  - + 8 More Credits
- Being John Malkovich
  Dr. Lester
  1999
- Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman
  Loren Bray
  - S 6: Ep 21 The Fight
    5/9/98
  - S 6: Ep 20 To Have and to Hold
    5/2/98
  - S 6: Ep 19 Vengeance
    4/25/98
  - S 6: Ep 18 Birdman
    4/18/98
  - S 6: Ep 17 Happily Ever After
    4/11/98
  - + 92 More Credits
- Chance of a Lifetime
  Star
  1991
- To Tell the Truth (1990)
  Semi-Regular Panelist
- Instant Karma
  Star
  1990
- Innerspace
  Lydia's Editor
  1987
- The Hobbit
  Star
  1977
- Forever Fernwood
  Reverand Brim
  - S 1: Ep 8 Episode 008
    10/12/77
  - S 1: Ep 7 Episode 007
    10/11/77
  - S 1: Ep 6 Episode 006
    10/10/77
  - S 1: Ep 5 Episode 005
    10/7/77
  - S 1: Ep 4 Episode 004
    10/6/77
  - + 3 More Credits
- To Tell the Truth (1990)
  Semi-Regular Panelist
  - S 1: Ep 1 Pilot
  - S 1: Ep 2 Susan Lane
- Imagine A School... Summerhill
  Star
- I've Got a Secret (1952)
  Panelist (1952)
  - S 14: Ep 2 January 24, 1966
    1/24/66
  - S 14: Ep 1 September 13, 1965
    9/13/65
  - S 13: Ep 0 November 16, 1964
    11/16/64
  - S 12: Ep 570 September 16, 1963
    9/16/63
  - S 11: Ep 550 March 4, 1963
    3/4/63
  - + 48 More Credits
- The Twilight Zone
  James B.W. Bevis
  - S 1: Ep 33 Mr. Bevis
    6/3/60
- Laugh Line
  Himself - Panelist
- Anatomy Of A Murder
  Dr. Matthew Smith
  1959
- To Tell the Truth (1956)
  Regular (1964-1968)
  - S 2: Ep 21 January 14, 1958
    1/14/58
  - S 2: Ep 20 January 7, 1958
    1/7/58
  - S 2: Ep 19 December 31, 1957
    12/31/57
  - S 2: Ep 18 December 24, 1957
    12/24/57
  - S 2: Ep 17 December 17, 1957
    12/17/57
  - + 53 More Credits
- To Tell the Truth (1956)
  Star
  - S 1: Ep 4 EPISODE #4
    1/15/57
- The Blue Angel
  Host
Recurring Role (6)

Role
- Desperate Housewives
  Roy Bender
  - S 8: Ep 22 Give Me the Blame
    5/13/12
  - S 8: Ep 23 Finishing the Hat
    5/13/12
  - S 8: Ep 16 You Take for Granted
    3/11/12
  - S 8: Ep 15 She Needs Me
    3/4/12
  - S 8: Ep 14 Get Out of My Life
    2/19/12
  - + 18 More Credits
- Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman
  Loren Bray
  - S 7: Ep 1 The Movie - Revolutions
    5/22/99
  - S 6: Ep 22 A New Beginning
    5/16/98
  - S 6: Ep 21 The Fight
    5/9/98
  - S 6: Ep 20 To Have and to Hold
    5/2/98
  - S 6: Ep 19 Vengeance
    4/25/98
  - + 137 More Credits
- The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
  Guest
  - S 29: Ep 142 Show #4372
    7/10/91
  - S 29: Ep 109 Show #4339
    5/2/91
  - S 18: Ep 79 Show #3179
    3/4/80
  - S 18: Ep 26 Show #3126
    12/27/79
  - S 17: Ep 98 Show #3098
    9/3/79
  - + 14 More Credits
- Match Game '73
  Himself
- The Match Game
  Himself
  - S 7: Ep 40 Shani Wallis & Orson Bean
    5/26/69
  - S 7: Ep 28 Patricia Harty & Orson Bean
    3/10/69
  - S 7: Ep 14 Sheila MacRae & Orson Bean
    12/2/68
  - S 7: Ep 7 Jill Haworth & Orson Bean
    10/14/68
  - S 3: Ep 36 Rita Moreno & Orson Bean
    5/3/65
  - + 6 More Credits
- Keep Talking
  Panelist
Guest Star (86)

Role
- Hot in Cleveland
  Dan
  - S 3: Ep 3 Funeral Crashers
    12/14/11
- The Sarah Silverman Program
  Mr. Myron
  - S 3: Ep 7 Songs in the Key of Yuck
    3/25/10
- How I Met Your Mother
  Bob
  - S 3: Ep 9 Slapsgiving
    11/19/07
- Women's Murder Club
  Harold Grant
  - S 1: Ep 4 Grannies, Guns and Love Mints
    11/2/07
- The Minor Accomplishments of Jackie Woodman
  Chick
  - S 2: Ep 8 Good Times and Great Oldies
    9/23/07
- The Closer
  Donald Baxter
  - S 3: Ep 5 The Round File
    7/16/07
- Commander in Chief
  Bill Harrison
  - S 1: Ep 14 The Price You Pay
    4/20/06
- Two and a Half Men
  Norman
  - S 2: Ep 24 Does This Smell Funny to You?
    5/23/05
- Cold Case
  Harland Sealey (2004)
  - S 2: Ep 8 Red Glare
    11/21/04
- Cold Case
  Harland Sealey
- 7th Heaven
  Fake "Andrew Hampton"
  - S 7: Ep 22 Life and Death (2)
    5/19/03
  - S 7: Ep 21 Life and Death (1)
    5/12/03
- Becker
  Mr. Bennett
  - S 4: Ep 20 Piece Talks
    4/22/02
- Will & Grace
  Joseph Dudley
  - S 2: Ep 21 There But For The Grace Of Grace
    5/9/00
- Family Law
  Archbishop Phillips
  - S 1: Ep 23 Possession is Nine Tenths of the Law
    5/8/00
- The King of Queens
  Carl Tepper
  - S 2: Ep 19 Surprise Artie
    2/28/00
- Ally McBeal
  Marty Brigg
  - S 3: Ep 12 In Search of Pygmies
    2/14/00
- Thanks
  Burnaby Fitzhugh
  - S 1: Ep 5 Spring
    8/30/99
- Ellen
  Himself
  - S 5: Ep 19 Ellen: A Hollywood Tribute (1)
    5/13/98
- Diagnosis Murder
  Lewis Sweeney
  - S 5: Ep 24 Obsession (1)
    5/7/98
- Tiny Toon Adventures
  Gepetto
  - S 1: Ep 49 Fairy Tales for the 90's
    12/12/90
- Monsters
  Dr. Hubbard
  - S 2: Ep 18 The Offering
    2/18/90
- Murder, She Wrote
  Ebeneezer McEnery
  - S 6: Ep 11 Town Father
    12/17/89
  - S 2: Ep 14 Keep The Home Fries Burning
    1/19/86
- Reading Rainbow
  Narrator
  - S 5: Ep 5 The Runaway Duck
    6/26/87
- The Facts of Life
  Oliver Thompson
  - S 8: Ep 20 Ex Marks the Spot
    3/7/87
  - S 8: Ep 17 Cupid's Revenge
    2/14/87
  - S 8: Ep 9 Fast Food
    11/29/86
- Super Password
  Himself
  - S 2: Ep 17 Mary Cadorette, Orson Bean Episode 88
    1/25/85
  - S 2: Ep 16 Mary Cadorette, Orson Bean Episode 87
    1/24/85
  - S 2: Ep 15 Mary Cadorette, Orson Bean Episode 86
    1/23/85
  - S 2: Ep 14 Mary Cadorette, Orson Bean Episode 85
    1/22/85
  - S 1: Ep 50 Mary Cadorette, Orson Bean Episode 50
    11/30/84
  - + 4 More Credits
- Body Language
  Himself
  - S 2: Ep 0 BL-149
    1/7/85
- The Fall Guy
  Jason Klemer
  - S 4: Ep 7 October the 31st
    10/31/84
- Reading Rainbow
  Narrator [according to GPN files]
- $20,000 Pyramid
  Himself
  - S 7: Ep 16 Didi Conn & Orson Bean
    12/18/78
- The Love Boat
  Artie DeAngelo
  - S 2: Ep 11 Heads or Tails/The Little People/Mona of the Movies
    11/25/78
- Match Game '73
  Himself
  - S 5: Ep 47 MG77-47
    11/21/77
  - S 5: Ep 25 MG77-25
    6/20/77
  - S 5: Ep 11 MG77-11
    3/11/77
  - S 4: Ep 51 MG76-51
    12/23/76
  - S 4: Ep 15 MG76-15
    4/7/76
  - + 6 More Credits
- Tattletales
  Himself
  - S 5: Ep 7 October 17, 1977
    10/17/77
  - S 4: Ep 45 July 12, 1977
    7/12/77
  - S 4: Ep 31 April 5, 1977
    4/5/77
  - S 4: Ep 6 October 11, 1976
    10/11/76
  - S 3: Ep 22 January 26, 1976
    1/26/76
  - + 8 More Credits
- Dinah!
  Himself
  - S 2: Ep 28 October 22, 1975
    10/22/75
- Match Game PM
  panelist
  - S 1: Ep 6 Match Game PM #1-06
    10/13/75
  - S 1: Ep 5 Match Game PM #1-05
    10/6/75
  - S 1: Ep 36 Match Game PM #1-36
  - S 1: Ep 15 Match Game PM #1-15
- Ellery Queen
  Warren Wright
  - S 1: Ep 4 The Adventure of the Chinese Dog
    9/25/75
- Match Game '73
  Panelist
  - S 2: Ep 21 MG74-21
    5/24/74
  - S 2: Ep 15 MG74-15
    4/11/74
  - S 2: Ep 10 MG74-10
    3/7/74
  - S 2: Ep 6 MG74-6
    1/31/74
- The Wide World Of Mystery
  Bob
  - S 2: Ep 17 The Spy Who Returned from the Dead
    1/8/74
- The Mike Douglas Show
  Himself
  - S 12: Ep 239 August 17, 1973
    8/17/73
  - S 12: Ep 86 January 2, 1973
    1/2/73
  - S 12: Ep 26 Week of October 9, 1972
    10/9/72
  - S 11: Ep 86 Week of December 27, 1971
    12/27/71
  - S 10: Ep 213 July 7, 1971
    7/7/71
- The Dick Cavett Show
  Himself
  - S 6: Ep 196 July 14, 1972
    7/14/72
  - S 6: Ep 112 March 8, 1972
    3/8/72
  - S 5: Ep 172 May 26, 1971
    5/26/71
  - S 4: Ep 75 April 16, 1970
    4/16/70
- The Mike Douglas Show
  Himself/Co-host
  - S 11: Ep 75 December 10, 1961
    12/10/71
  - S 11: Ep 74 December 9, 1971
    12/9/71
  - S 11: Ep 73 December 8, 1971
    12/8/71
  - S 11: Ep 72 December 7, 1971
    12/7/71
  - S 11: Ep 71 Week of December 6, 1971
    12/6/71
- The David Frost Show
  Himself
  - S 3: Ep 189 June 25, 1971
    6/25/71
  - S 2: Ep 208 June 17, 1970
    6/17/70
  - S 2: Ep 123 February 18, 1970
    2/18/70
  - S 2: Ep 112 February 3 1970
    2/3/70
- Love, American Style
  Artie Kauffman
  - S 1: Ep 57 Love and the Teacher
    2/13/70
- Manhattan, AZ
  Lew Goldberg
  - S 1: Ep 12 Atticus Doesn't Live Here Anymore
- The Merv Griffin Show
  Himself
  - S 7: Ep 79 December 5, 1969
    12/5/69
  - S 7: Ep 38 October 8, 1969
    10/8/69
  - S 7: Ep 24 September 18, 1969
    9/18/69
  - S 6: Ep 200 June 6, 1969
    6/6/69
  - S 6: Ep 179 May 8, 1969
    5/8/69
  - + 75 More Credits
- You're Putting Me On
  Guest Contestant
  - S 1: Ep 19 Week 18
    10/27/69
  - S 1: Ep 11 Week 10
    9/1/69
  - S 1: Ep 2 Week 1
    6/30/69
- The Dean Martin Show
  Himself
  - S 5: Ep 5 George Burns / The Mills Brothers / Joey Heatherton / Orson Bean / Jack Gilford
    10/16/69
- Love, American Style
  Guest Star
- The Merv Griffin Show
  Himself - Guest Host
  - S 6: Ep 161 April 14, 1969
    4/14/69
  - S 6: Ep 160 April 11, 1969
    4/11/69
  - S 6: Ep 159 April 10, 1969
    4/10/69
  - S 6: Ep 65 November 29, 1968
    11/29/68
  - S 6: Ep 64 November 28, 1968
    11/28/68
  - + 7 More Credits
- The Joey Bishop Show
  Himself - Guest Host
  - S 3: Ep 93 January 13, 1969
    1/13/69
- That Show with Joan Rivers
  Himself
  - S 1: Ep 37 Speed Reading
    11/5/68
- What's My Line?
  Mystery Guest #1
  - S 18: Ep 30 EPISODE #855
    3/26/67
- What's My Line?
  Mystery Guest Team
  - S 18: Ep 15 EPISODE #840
    12/11/66
- What's My Line?
  Guest Panelist
  - S 18: Ep 11 EPISODE #836
    11/13/66
  - S 16: Ep 19 EPISODE #746
    1/10/65
- Password
  Guest
  - S 4: Ep 53 EPISODE
    4/23/64
- Hootenanny
  Guest performer
  - S 2: Ep 15 West Point Academy, West Point NY #1
    1/4/64
- The United States Steel Hour
  Guest Star
  - S 10: Ep 19 Don't Shake the Family Tree
    5/15/63
- Stump the Stars
  Himself
  - S 1: Ep 27 March 25, 1963
    3/25/63
- The Match Game
  Himself
- Naked City
  Arnold Platt
  - S 3: Ep 20 To Walk Like a Lion
    2/28/62
- The Jack Paar Show
  Himself - Guest Host
  - S 4: Ep 202 September 7, 1961
    9/7/61
  - S 4: Ep 201 September 6, 1961
    9/6/61
  - S 4: Ep 200 September 5, 1961
    9/5/61
  - S 4: Ep 199 September 4, 1961
    9/4/61
  - S 4: Ep 162 June 29, 1961
    6/29/61
  - + 7 More Credits
- The Jack Paar Show
  Himself - Guest host
  - S 4: Ep 161 June 28, 1961
    6/28/61
  - S 4: Ep 160 June 27, 1961
    6/27/61
  - S 4: Ep 159 June 26, 1961
    6/26/61
  - S 4: Ep 140 May 23, 1961
    5/23/61
  - S 4: Ep 139 May 22, 1961
    5/22/61
  - + 3 More Credits
- The June Allyson Show
  John Monroe
  - S 2: Ep 25 The Secret Life of James Thurber
    3/20/61
- The Play of the Week
  Guest Star
  - S 2: Ep 17 New York Scrapbook
    1/23/61
  - S 2: Ep 7 Two by Saroyan
    11/7/60
- The Jack Paar Show
  Himself
  - S 4: Ep 19 October 19, 1960
    10/19/60
  - S 3: Ep 150 May 19, 1960
    5/19/60
  - S 3: Ep 95 February 11, 1960
    2/11/60
  - S 3: Ep 94 February 10, 1960
    2/10/60
  - S 3: Ep 87 January 28, 1960
    1/28/60
  - + 5 More Credits
- The Twilight Zone
  James B.W. Bevis
- The Millionaire
  Newman Johnson
  - S 5: Ep 11 The Newman Johnson Story
    11/12/58
- Playhouse 90
  Charley Wyckham
  - S 1: Ep 26 Charley's Aunt
    3/28/57
- Kraft Television Theatre
  George Sanford
  - S 10: Ep 24 A Traveler from Brussels
    2/27/57
- Studio One
  Charlie Digger
  - S 9: Ep 11 A Christmas Surprise
    12/24/56
- Playhouse 90
  Jack Chesney
- The Vic Damone Show
  Himself
  - S 1: Ep 7 August 27, 1956
    8/27/56
- Omnibus
  Guest Star
  - S 4: Ep 12 The Best Year in History of the World
    1/1/56
  - S 3: Ep 7 The Virtuous Island
    11/28/54
- The Ed Sullivan Show
  scheduled guest
  - S 8: Ep 13 scheduled: Orson Welles; James Mason & daughter; Orson Bean
    12/18/55
- The Ed Sullivan Show
  Himself
  - S 8: Ep 6 October 30, 1955: Andy Griffith & Roddy McDowall ("No Time for Sergeants" cast), Jean Simmons, Orson Bean
    10/30/55
- The Elgin TV Hour
  Arthur
  - S 1: Ep 17 San Francisco Fracas
    5/17/55
- The Best Of Broadway
  Mortimer Brewster
  - S 1: Ep 5 Arsenic and Old Lace
    1/5/55
- Studio One
  Joey
  - S 7: Ep 10 Joey
    11/22/54
- The United States Steel Hour
  Eddie West
  - S 2: Ep 4 The Fifth Wheel
    10/26/54
- Toast of the Town
  scheduled guest
  - S 7: Ep 6 scheduled: Bing Crosby (on film); Irving Berlin; Liberace; Orson Bean
    10/17/54
  - S 6: Ep 22 scheduled: Dorothy Lamour; Orson Bean; Ruth Draper; Yehudi Menuhin
    2/7/54
- Robert Montgomery Presents Your Lucky Strike Theatre
  Guest Star
  - S 5: Ep 47 It Happened in Paris
    7/19/54
- The United States Steel Hour
  Lester
  - S 1: Ep 17 Good for You
    6/8/54
- Art Linkletter's House Party
  Himself
  - S 2: Ep 148 April 1, 1954
    4/1/54
- Studio One
  Harvey B. Hines
  - S 5: Ep 2 The Square Peg
    9/29/52
- Toast of the Town
  Himself
  - S 4: Ep 45 Teresa Brewer; Orson Bean; Sir Cedric Hardwicke; Bobby Feller
    7/13/52
- Broadway Television Theatre
  Robert Bennett
  - S 1: Ep 9 Nothing But the Truth
    6/9/52
- Broadway Television Theatre
  Erwn Trowbridge
  - S 1: Ep 2 Three Men On a Horse
    4/21/52

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- Orson's daughter Susannah is the widow of conservative commentator, activist and media publisher Andrew Breitbart.
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- Orson was nominated for a SAG award in 2000 for Being John Malkovich for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Theatrical Motion Picture.
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- From October to November 2006, Orson was in a Lost Studio play called At the Beach House in Los Angeles, California.
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- Orson married actress Alley Mills on April 18, 1993.
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