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Orson Bean (Dallas Frederick Burrows) was born on 22 July, 1928 in Burlington, Vermont, USA, is an actor,writer,soundtrack. Discover Orson Bean's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 92 years old?

Popular As Dallas Frederick Burrows
Occupation actor,writer,soundtrack
Age 92 years old
Zodiac Sign Cancer
Born 22 July 1928
Birthday 22 July
Birthplace Burlington, Vermont, USA
Date of death 7 February, 2020
Died Place Venice, Los Angeles, California, USA
Nationality United States

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Orson Bean Height, Weight & Measurements

At 92 years old, Orson Bean height is 6' (1.83 m) .

Physical Status
Height 6' (1.83 m)
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Who Is Orson Bean's Wife?

His wife is Alley Mills (18 April 1993 - 7 February 2020) ( his death), Carolyn Maxwell (3 October 1965 - 1981) ( divorced) ( 3 children), Rain Winslow (2 July 1956 - 1962) ( divorced) ( 1 child)

Family
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Wife Alley Mills (18 April 1993 - 7 February 2020) ( his death), Carolyn Maxwell (3 October 1965 - 1981) ( divorced) ( 3 children), Rain Winslow (2 July 1956 - 1962) ( divorced) ( 1 child)
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Orson Bean Net Worth

His net worth has been growing significantly in 2023-2024. So, how much is Orson Bean worth at the age of 92 years old? Orson Bean’s income source is mostly from being a successful Actor. He is from United States. We have estimated Orson Bean's net worth, money, salary, income, and assets.

Net Worth in 2024 $1 Million - $5 Million
Salary in 2024 Under Review
Net Worth in 2023 Pending
Salary in 2023 Under Review
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Source of Income Actor

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1928

Orson Bean, the American actor, television personality and author, was born Dallas Frederick Burrows on July 22, 1928 in Burlington, Vermont to George Frederick Burrows, a policeman who later went on to become the chief of campus police at Harvard University, and the former Marion Ainsworth Pollard. The newborn Dallas Burrows was a second cousin once removed to Calvin Coolidge, who was President of the United States at the time of his birth.

1946

The young Dallas, an amateur magician with a taste for the limelight, graduated from Boston's prestigious Latin School in 1946. Too young to see military service during World War II, the future Orson Bean did a hitch in the U. S.

Army (1946-47) in occupied Japan. After the war, he launched himself onto the nightclub circuit with his new moniker, the "Orson" borrowed from reigning enfant terrible Orson Welles. His comedy act premiered at New York City's Blue Angel nightclub, and the momentum from his act launched him into the orbit of the legitimate theater.

1950

Blacklisted by the Hollywood movie studios in the 1950s.

1954

He made his Broadway debut on April 30, 1954 in Stalag 17 (1953) producer Richard Condon's only Broadway production as a playwright, "Men of Distinction", along with Robert Preston and Martin Ritt. The play flopped and ran only four appearances.

The following year was to prove kinder: he hosted a summer-replacement television series produced at the Blue Angel, and won a Theatre World Award for his work in the 1954 music revue "John Murray Anderson's Almanac", which co-starred Harry Belafonte, Polly Bergen, Hermione Gingold and Carleton Carpenter. It was a hit that ran for 229 performances. He followed this up with an even bigger hit, the leading role in "Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter". Next up was a succès d'estime as the leading man in Herman Wouk's comic play "Nature's Way", which co-starred Bea Arthur, Sorrell Booke and Godfrey Cambridge. Though the play lasted but 67 performances, Orson Bean had established himself on the Broadway stage.

1956

He appeared in numerous quiz and talk shows, becoming a familiar face in homes as a regular panelist on To Tell the Truth (1956).

1959

Bean made an impression as the Army psychiatrist in Otto Preminger's Anatomy of a Murder (1959). But it was as a television personality that he made his biggest inroads into the popular consciousness, as well as the popular culture.

1961

He enjoyed his greatest personal success on Broadway in the 1961-62 season, in the Betty Comden and Adolph Green musical "Subways are for Sleeping", which was directed and choreographed by Michael Kidd and featured music by Jule Styne. Bean received a Tony Award nomination for Best Featured Actor in a Musical (his co-star Phyllis Newman won a Tony Award as Best Featured Actress in a Musical. The following season, he was in a bigger hit, the comedy "Never Too Late", which would go on to play for 1,007 performances.

1962

Was nominated for Broadway's 1962 Tony Award as Best Supporting or Featured Actor (Musical) for "Subways Are for Sleeping."

1964

After appearing in the flop comedy "I Was Dancing" in November 1964, Bean made his last Broadway appearance in the musical "Illya Darling" in 1967 with Melina Mercouri, directed by fellow blacklister Jules Dassin; it played 320 performances. He also toured in the Neil Simon-Burt Bacharach musical "Promises, Promises".

1975

Founder and first director of the experimental Fifteenth Street School in New York, New York, which only existed for a few years, closing in 1975. It was modeled after A.S. Neill's Summerhill School in England.

1976

He also appeared on Norman Lear's cult favorite Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman (1976) and its sequel, Forever Fernwood (1977), as "Reverend Brim", and as store owner "Loren Bray" on Dr.

1980

In The Return of the King (1980), Bean voiced both Bilbo and Frodo Baggins. In The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003), Sir Ian Holm plays Bilbo, but has also played Frodo in the BBC radio version. So Bean and Holm have both played both parts.

1992

Biography in: "Who's Who in Comedy" by Ronald L. Smith. pg. 38. New York: Facts on File, 1992. ISBN 0816023387

1993

Quinn, Medicine Woman (1993). Much of his role as 105-year-old "Dr.

2015

Was the founder of the arts-oriented 15th Street School of New York.