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Orson Bean
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| Known for: | Being John Malkovich, The Hobbit, Anatomy of a Murder |
| Birth name: | Dallas Frederick Burroughs |
| Birthday: | 22 July 1928, Burlington, Vermont, USA |
Trivia
He was blacklisted in the 1950s.
Second cousin of Calvin Coolidge.
Founding member of 'Sons of the Desert,' a national organization dedicated to the memory and films of comedy team Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy.
In The Return of the King, Bean voiced both Bilbo and Frodo Baggins. In The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, Sir Ian Holm plays Bilbo, but has also played Frodo in the BBC radio version. So Bean and Holm have both played both parts.
His father George was the chief of the Harvard campus police.
His father made a surprise appearance on To Tell the Truth.
Biography in: "Who's Who in Comedy" by Ronald L. Smith. pg. 38. New York: Facts on File, 1992. ISBN 0816023387
Author of the book "Me and the Orgone: One Man's Sexual Revolution," describing his experiences with Reichian therapy.
Was nominated for Broadway's 1962 Tony Award as Best Supporting or Featured Actor (Musical) for "Subways Are for Sleeping."
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