Orson Bean was an American actor.
Biography[]
Born Dallas Burrows in Burlington, Vermont, he served in the Army before serving as a stage magician and studying theatre at the HB Studio. He appeared many times early in his career, mostly in filmed versions of stage productions, including The Square Peg, Arsenic and Old Lace and the original cast of Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter? On television he was best known as a game show panellist and comic.
Bean also had character roles on television, in Te Twilight Zone, The Love Boat and The Facts of Life amongst others, as well as appearing in the films Miracle on 34th Street, Being John Malkovich and The Equalizer 2. He provided the voice for Bilbo Baggins in the animated film The Hobbit in 1977.
Bean passed away in 2020.
Singing[]
Bean had a number of musical appearances, originating the roles of Charlie Smith and Homer Thrace in Subways Are for Sleeping (for which he won a Tony Award nomination) and Ilya Darling respectively. He also appeared as Cocky in The Roar of the Greasepaint - The Smell of the Crowd and Mr Applegate in Damn Yankees. He also appeared as the title character on the original studio album for You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown.
Stage[]
John Murray Anderson's Almanac (1953)(originated the role)[]
Mike Hammer[]
- Don Brown's Body (contains solo lines)
Himself[]
- Merry Little Minuet (solo)
- Finale
Say, Darling (1959)[]
- Let the Lower Lights Be Burning (duet)
- The Carnival Song (contains solo lines)
- Something's Always Happening on the River (solo)
- Finale
Subways Are for Sleeping (1961)(originated the role)[]
- Strange Duet (duet)
- I Just Can't Wait (solo)
- What Is This Feeling in the Air? (contains solo lines)
The Roar of the Greasepaint - The Smell of the Crowd (1965)[]
- A Wonderful Day Like Today (contains solo lines)
- It Isn't Enough (contains solo lines)
- This Dream (solo)
- Where Would You Be Without Me? (contains solo lines)
- My First Love Song (duet)
- The Joker (solo)
- Who Can I Turn To (When Nobody Needs Me)? (solo0
- What a Man! (contains solo lines)
- Nothing Can Stop Me Now! (contains solo lines)
- My Way(duet)
- Sweet Beginning (duet)
Illya Darling (1967)(originated the role)[]
- Po, Po, Po (duet)
- Golden Land (contains solo lines)
- I Think She Needs Me (solo)
Sugar (1974)[]
Damn Yankees (1986)[]
- Those Were the Good Old Days (solo)
Albums[]
You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown (1966)[]
- You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown (contains solo lines)
- Dr. Lucy (duet)
- Charlie's Kite (solo)
- The Baseball Game (contains solo lines)
- Little Known Facts (contains solo lines)
Gallery[]
