Orson Bean

Orson Bean
Birth name	Dallas Frederick Burroughs
Born	July 22, 1928 in Burlington, Vermont, USA
Died	February 7, 2020 in Venice, Los Angeles, California, USA from being struck by vehicle
Notable Roles
Notable Episodes
Awards

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Roles

Starring Roles

Series	Role	Year(s)	Season(s)
Password	Himself	1962–1965
To Tell the Truth	Panelist	1964–1967
To Tell the Truth	Panelist	1970–1975
To Tell the Truth	Panelist	1991–1991
Normal, Ohio	Bill Gamble	2000	1

Recurring Roles

Series	Role	Year(s)	Season(s)
Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman	Loren Bray	1993–1998	1	2	3	4	5	6
Desperate Housewives	Roy Bender	2009–2011						6	7

Guest Starring Roles

Series	Role	Episode	Airdate
The United States Steel Hour	Lester	1x17 - Good for You	June 8, 1954
The United States Steel Hour	Eddie West	2x04 - The Fifth Wheel	October 26, 1954
The Twilight Zone	James B.W. Bevis	1x33 - Mr. Bevis	June 3, 1960
Naked City	Arnold Platt	3x20 - To Walk Like a Lion	February 28, 1962
The United States Steel Hour	Dennis Kavanaugh	10x19 - Don't Shake the Family Tree	May 15, 1963
Love, American Style	Artie Kaufman	1x19 - Love and the Coed Dorm / Love and the Optimist / Love and the Teacher	February 13, 1970
The Fall Guy	Jason Klemer	4x07 - October the 31st	October 31, 1984
Murder, She Wrote	Ebeneezer McEnery	2x14 - Keep the Home Fries Burning	January 19, 1986
The Facts of Life	Oliver Thompson	8x09 - Fast Food	November 29, 1986
The Facts of Life	Oliver Thompson	8x17 - Cupid's Revenge	February 14, 1987
The Facts of Life	Oliver Thompson	8x2 - Ex Marks the Spot	March 7, 1987
Murder, She Wrote	Ebeneezer McEnery	6x11 - Town Father	December 17, 1989
Diagnosis Murder	Lewis Sweeney	5x24 - Obsession (1)	May 7, 1998
Ellen	Himself	5x19 - Ellen: A Hollywood Tribute (1)	May 13, 1998
Ally McBeal	Marty Brigg	3x12 - In Search of Pygmies	February 14, 2000
Family Law	Archbishop Phillips	1x23 - Possession Is Nine Tenths of the Law	May 8, 2000
Will & Grace	Joseph Dudley	2x21 - There But for the Grace of Grace	May 9, 2000
Becker	Mr. Bennett	4x20 - Piece Talks	April 22, 2002
Two and a Half Men	Norman	2x24 - Does This Smell Funny to You?	May 23, 2005
The Closer	Donald Baxter	3x05 - The Round File	July 16, 2007
Women's Murder Club	Harold Larson	1x04 - Grannies, Guns and Love Mints	November 2, 2007
How I Met Your Mother	Bob	3x09 - Slapsgiving	November 19, 2007

Talk, News and Game Show Appearances

Series	Episode	Airdate
Match Game 73		December 9-13, 1974
Match Game 73		August 18-22, 1975
The $25,000 Pyramid		December 18-22, 1978
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson		April 25, 1979
Super Password		November 26-30, 1984
Body Language		January 7-11, 1985
Super Password		January 21-25, 1985
Super Password		September 23-27, 1985
Super Password		January 6-10, 1986
Super Password		May 26-30, 1986