Orson Bean


Orson Bean is an American film, television, and stage actor. He appeared frequently on televised game shows in the 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s, and was a longtime panelist on the television game show To Tell the Truth.

Bean was born Dallas Frederick Burrows in Burlington, Vermont, the son of Marian Ainsworth and George Frederick Burrows. His father was a founding member of the American Civil Liberties Union , a fundraiser for the Scottsboro Boys defense, and a 20year member of the campus police of Harvard College. Orson graduated from the Cambridge Rindge and Latin School. He is a first cousin twice removed of Calvin Coolidge, who was President of the United States at the time of Beans birth. Orson Bean is a founding member of The Sons of the Desert, the international Laurel and Hardy Society. Bean served for two years in the United States Army stationed in Japan .

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