LC control no. | n 88046876 |
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Descriptive conventions | rda |
Personal name heading | Bean, Orson |
Variant(s) | Burrows, Dallas Frederick, 1928-2020 |
Birth date | 1928-07-22 |
Death date | 2020-02-07 |
Place of birth | Burlington (Vt.) |
Place of death | Los Angeles (Calif.) |
Field of activity | Acting Comedy |
Profession or occupation | Actors Comedians |
Special note | Pseudonym not found on published works: Roger Duck. |
Found in | His Too much is not enough, c1988: CIP t.p. (Orson Bean) LC data base, 1/25/88 (hdg.: Bean Orson) Contemp. theatre, film, and television: v. 28 (Bean, Orson; b. Dallas Frederick Burrows, July 22, 1928, Burlington, VT; actor and comedian) IMDB, 10 April 2017 (Orson Bean; born Dallas Frederick Burrows on July 22, 1928 in Burlington, Vermont; actor) Washington post WWW site, viewed Feb. 10, 2020 (in obituary dated Feb. 9, 2020: Orson Bean, a veteran actor and crackup artist who became a witty staple of game shows in the 1960s, then tuned in and dropped out amid the countercultural upheaval, later reemerging in droll supporting parts on stage and screen, died Feb. 7 after a car accident in the Venice section of Los Angeles. He was 91. A police spokesperson said Mr. Bean was pronounced dead at the scene. He was born Dallas Frederick Burrows in Burlington, Vt., on July 22, 1928. A piano player later suggested his stage name, which seemed to amuse audiences more than his initial choice of Roger Duck. (He later adopted Orson Bean as his legal name.)) |
Associated language | eng |