Orson BeanAKA:
Dallas Frederick Burrows
Nationality:
American Birthdate:
07/22/1928 Birthplace:
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biography
Instantly recognizable by his crewcut, Ivy League manner and dryly rendered New England accent, the wickedly funny Orson Bean was a fixture of early TV as a panelist ("I've Got a Secret" and later "To Tell the Truth", both CBS), raconteur ("The Tonight Show" NBC, with both Jack Paar and Johnny Carson) and actor ("Playhouse 90", "Studio One", both CBS; and "The Kraft Television Theater" NBC). After a troubled childhood that included his mother's suicide when he was 16, he made his show business debut as a stand-up comic in NYC but was soon making inroads in his first love, theater, appearing in
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milestones
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Milestone
Raised in Parkinsville, Vermont followed by stint in Cambridge, Massachusetts
Left home at age 16 after his mother's suicide
Made show business debut as stand-up comic in NYC
1952
Was a panelist on CBS' "I've Got a Secret"
1953
New York stage debut, "Men of Distinction"
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