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Actor Orson Bean hit and killed by car in Los Angeles. He was 91.

Posted on 2/8/20 at 9:26 am
Posted by HailHailtoMichigan!
Mission Viejo, CA
Member since Mar 2012
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Posted on 2/8/20 at 9:26 am
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A man was walking in the Venice neighborhood when he was clipped by a vehicle and fell, Los Angeles Police Department Capt. Brian Wendling initially told local stations. A second driver then struck him in what police say was the fatal collision. Both drivers remained on the scene. Police were investigating and didn’t identify the pedestrian to local outlets, which named Bean based on eyewitness accounts.

Bean enlivened such TV game shows as “To Tell the Truth” and played a crotchety merchant on “Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman.”

He appeared in a number of films — notably, “Anatomy of a Murder” and “Being John Malkovich” — and starred in several top Broadway productions, receiving a Tony nod for the 1962 Comden-Green musical “Subways Are for Sleeping.” But fans remembered him most for his many TV appearances from the 1950s onward.


Bean’s quick wit and warm personality made him a favorite panelist for six years on “To Tell the Truth.” The game required the panelists to quiz three contestants to figure out which one was a real notable and which two were impostors. The dramatic outcome inspired a national catchphrase as the host turned to the three and said: “Will the real (notable’s name) please stand up?”

Bean’s style appealed to both Jack Paar and Johnny Carson, and he appeared on “The Tonight Show” more than 200 times.


Nb4 “who”?

Actor-comedian Orson Bean, 91, hit and killed by car in LA
This post was edited on 2/8/20 at 9:29 am
Posted by LSUKTR
Baton Rouge
Member since Nov 2005
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Posted on 2/8/20 at 9:29 am to
Who?
Posted by HailHailtoMichigan!
Mission Viejo, CA
Member since Mar 2012
74717 posts
Posted on 2/8/20 at 9:30 am to
Here’s some advice:

When somebody’s death is big enough to warrant an AP article, a number 2 twitter trend, and first page articles on all media platforms, there’s a good chance this person wasn’t a nobody.....and it is YOU who need to do the research
Posted by teke184
Zachary, LA
Member since Jan 2007
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Posted on 2/8/20 at 9:32 am to


He’s started on the greatest adventure.
Posted by JG77056
Vegas baby, Vegas
Member since Sep 2010
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Posted on 2/8/20 at 9:34 am to
Pretty sure Arthur banged his wife on King of Queens. Either that or he’s the guy Arthur framed for banging the other guy’s wife.
Posted by OysterPoBoy
City of St. George
Member since Jul 2013
45549 posts
Posted on 2/8/20 at 9:35 am to
RIP Mr Bean.
Posted by Wire Paladin
Member since Feb 2020
148 posts
Posted on 2/8/20 at 9:37 am to
When he was on To Tell The Truth he used to do all these cartoon drawings on his answers.
Posted by Cosmo
glassman's guest house
Member since Oct 2003
132659 posts
Posted on 2/8/20 at 9:38 am to
Never heard of him
Posted by gumbo2176
Member since May 2018
20393 posts
Posted on 2/8/20 at 9:45 am to
Last time I saw him on TV was when he made an appearance on "Two And A Half Men" playing an aged husband of a trophy wife that Charlie was banging.

They had a scene that lasted about 15 minutes of the show and he was still pretty sharp for his advanced age in how he delivered his lines and acted the jilted husband confronting the much younger lover in Charlie.

Sad way to go out since at that age you expect it to be cancer or your heart to eventually do you in.
Posted by skeeter531
Member since Jun 2014
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Posted on 2/8/20 at 9:45 am to
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Pretty sure Arthur banged his wife on King of Queens. Either that or he’s the guy Arthur framed for banging the other guy’s wife.


Two and a Half Men--- Charlie had a fling with Orson Bean's character's wife.
Posted by SECdragonmaster
Order of the Dragons
Member since Dec 2013
17460 posts
Posted on 2/8/20 at 9:49 am to
I removed my gif.

I saw the street. It was dark. He was probably confused and in the wrong area.

Very sad.
This post was edited on 2/8/20 at 10:00 am
Posted by Inadvertent Whistle
Atlanta, GA
Member since Nov 2015
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Posted on 2/8/20 at 9:50 am to
quote:

He’s started on the greatest adventure.


Knew I recognized that name. My kids love this movie.
Posted by Lsupimp
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Member since Nov 2003
86491 posts
Posted on 2/8/20 at 9:54 am to
Matchgame 1974 and 1975 have lost another veteran of the 70s after school game show wars. RIP .
Posted by rosstheboss
Denham Springs
Member since Aug 2005
194 posts
Posted on 2/8/20 at 10:04 am to
I think it was Charlie on 2 and a Half Men.

Posted by Jim Rockford
Member since May 2011
106093 posts
Posted on 2/8/20 at 10:28 am to
Made me think of this song

quote:

The old gunfighter on the porch
Stared into the sun
And relived the days of living by the gun
When deadly games of pride were played
And living was mistakes not made

And the thought of the smell of the black powder smoke
And the stand in the street at the turn of a joke
Ah, the smell of the black powder smoke
And the stand in the street at the turn of a joke

It's always keep your back to the sun
And he can almost feel the weight of the gun
It's faster than snakes or the blink of an eye
And it's a time for all slow men to die
And his eyes get squinty and his fingers twitch
And he empties the gun at the son of a bitch

And he's hit by the smell of the black powder smoke
And the stand in the street at the turn of a joke
Hit by the smell of the black powder smoke
And the stand in the street at the turn of a joke

Now the burn of a bullet is only a scar
He's back in his chair in front of the bar
And the streets are empty and the blood's all dried
And the dead are dust and the whiskey's inside
So buy him a drink and lend him an ear
He's nobody's fool and the only one here

Who remembers the smell of the black powder smoke
And the stand in the street at the turn of a joke
Remember the smell of the black powder smoke
And the stand in the street at the turn of a joke

He said I stood in that street before it was paved
Learned shoot or be shot before I could shave
And I did it all for the money and fame
Noble was nothing but feeling no shame
And nothing was sacred but stayin' alive
And all that I learned from a Colt 45

Was to curse the smell of the black powder smoke
And the stand in the street at the turn of a joke
Curse the smell of the black powder smoke
And the stand in the street at the turn of a joke

Now he's just an old man that no one believes
Says he's a gunfighter, the last of the breed
And there are ghosts in the street seeking revenge
Calling him out to the lunatic fringe
Now he's out in the traffic checking the sun
And he's killed by a car as he goes for his gun

So much for the smell of the black powder smoke
And the stand in the street at the turn of a joke
So much for the smell of the black powder smoke
And the stand in the street at the turn of a joke


Posted by Python
Member since May 2008
6686 posts
Posted on 2/8/20 at 10:34 am to
quote:

I think it was Charlie on 2 and a Half Men.

He was on King of Queens too.
Posted by eScott
Member since Oct 2008
11376 posts
Posted on 2/8/20 at 10:53 am to
He was in a lot of movies and TV shows, really great actor. RIP
Posted by JG77056
Vegas baby, Vegas
Member since Sep 2010
12080 posts
Posted on 2/8/20 at 10:54 am to
quote:

I think it was Charlie on 2 and a Half Men.


It was both
Posted by PowerTool
The dark side of the road
Member since Dec 2009
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Posted on 2/8/20 at 10:54 am to
My second favorite Guy Clark song

Apparently Mr. Bean was married to the mom from The Wonder Years, who was 23 years younger.
Posted by GeorgeTheGreek
Sparta, Greece
Member since Mar 2008
69572 posts
Posted on 2/8/20 at 10:56 am to
Mr. Peanut
Kobe
Bean

The trio is complete.
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