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Orson Bean

1928 - 2020

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Orson Bean (born Dallas Frederick Burrows; July 22, 1928 – February 7, 2020) was an American film, television, and stage actor and comedian. He was a game show and talk show host 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. In the 1960s, Bean remarked in an interview that he became known as a "neocelebrity who's famous for being famous" for his appearances as a panellist on television prime-time gameshows. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Orson Bean is the 2,482nd most popular actor (down from 2,366th in 2019), the 4,333rd most popular biography from United States (down from 3,760th in 2019) and the 1,205th most popular American Actor.

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Among actors, Orson Bean ranks 2,482 out of 13,578. Before him are Paul Henreid, Choi Eun-hee, Son Ye-jin, Vernon Wells, Georgia Hale, and Jack Haley. After him are Warren Oates, Dakota Johnson, Albert Austin, Kevin Sorbo, Karl Markovics, and Michelle Fairley.

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Among people born in 1928, Orson Bean ranks 241. Before him are Adrian Frutiger, Anthony Franciosa, Tom Sharpe, Alejandro de Tomaso, Clifford Edmund Bosworth, and Horace Silver. After him are Warren Oates, Pal Benko, Alexander Gomelsky, Natalie Zemon Davis, Saw Maung, and Giacomo Biffi. Among people deceased in 2020, Orson Bean ranks 237. Before him are Rishi Kapoor, Nexhmije Pagarusha, Pierre Buyoya, Mario Corso, Gisèle Halimi, and Zindzi Mandela. After him are James Flynn, Bobby Morrow, Éva Székely, Silvio Marzolini, Tarun Gogoi, and Jack Welch.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Orson Bean ranks 4,333 out of 20,380. Before him are Robert Stack (1919), Victoria Nuland (1961), Tony Musante (1936), Georgia Hale (1900), John Michael Talbot (1954), and Jack Haley (1898). After him are James Flynn (1934), Warren Oates (1928), Ira Gershwin (1896), Dakota Johnson (1989), Baby Face Nelson (1908), and Franz Kline (1910).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Orson Bean ranks 1,205. Before him are Claire Trevor (1910), John C. McGinley (1959), Robert Stack (1919), Tony Musante (1936), Georgia Hale (1900), and Jack Haley (1898). After him are Warren Oates (1928), Dakota Johnson (1989), Kevin Sorbo (1958), Lara Flynn Boyle (1970), Anthony Delon (1964), and Barbara O'Neil (1910).

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