Actor Orson Bean and his wife actress Alley Mills attend The Equalizer 2 Premiere at the TCL Chinese Theater, on July 17, 2018, in Hollywood, California. (Photo by VALERIE MACON / AFP) (Photo credit should read VALERIE MACON/AFP via Getty Images)
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Orson Bean | 1928 - 2020

Actor Orson Bean, local theater mainstay who rose to fame as a 1950s TV personality, dies at 91.

Actor Orson Bean and his wife actress Alley Mills attend The Equalizer 2 Premiere at the TCL Chinese Theater, on July 17, 2018, in Hollywood, California. (Photo by VALERIE MACON / AFP) (Photo credit should read VALERIE MACON/AFP via Getty Images)

Actor Orson Bean and his wife, actress Alley Mills, attend “The Equalizer 2" premiere in Hollywood in July 2018.  (Valerie Macon / AFP via Getty Images)

Freelance ññ ñ LOS ANGELES, CA ñ April 24, 2009: Home owners Orson Bean and Alley Mills enjoy the coffee at their frontyard garden in Venice. The garden is one of among homes will open for the 2009 Venice Garden & Home Tour.(Photo by Ringo H.W. Chiu / For The Times)

Orson Bean and wife Alley Mills in their frontyard garden in Venice.  (Ringo H.W. Chiu / For The Times)

CA.Carol.3.1204.PRññThe Mudlark(Jessie Clemens), right, casts a skeptical glance at Ebeneezer Scrooge(Orson Bean) in a setñup scene from "A Christmas Carol" being performed at Pacific Resident Theatre in Venice. Photo by Perry C. Riddle/LAT, December 5, 1998.Photo/Art by:Perry C. Riddle

Orson Bean as Scrooge, with Jessie Clemens as Mudlark, in a 1998 production of “A Christmas Carol” at the Pacific Resident Theatre in Venice.  (Perry C. Riddle / Los Angeles Times)

ET.0130.Stage.03 ññ Alley Mills and Orson Bean star in the Pacific Resident Theatre's 2007 production of William Alfred's theater stage play HOGAN'S GOAT. Photo Credit: Vitor Martins

Alley Mills and Orson Bean star in the Pacific Resident Theatre’s 2007 production of William Alfred’s play “Hogan’s Goat.” (Vitor Martins / Pacific Resident Theatre)

Orson Bean in DEATH OF THE AUTHOR DIRECTED BY BART DeLORENZO AT GEFFEN PLAYHOUSE.

Orson Bean in “Death of the Author” at Geffen Playhouse.  (Michael Lamont / Geffen Playhouse)

THE TONIGHT SHOW STARRING JOHNNY CARSON -- Pictured: (l-r) Actor Orson Bean during an interview with host Johnny Carson on May 2, 1991 -- (Photo by: Alice S. Hall/NBCU Photo Bank/NBCUniversal via Getty Images via Getty Images)

Orson Bean banters with host Johnny Carson during “The Tonight Show” in May 1991. (Alice S. Hall / NBCUniversal via Getty Images)

Orson Bean as Serebrayakov and Elizabeth karr as Yelena in the play UNCLE VANYA, presented by the Classical Theatre Lab at the MET Theatre. photo by Becky Meister. BEST BETS WEEKEND APRIL 18 SUNDAY

Orson Bean and Elizabeth Karr in the play “Uncle Vanya” at the Met Theatre in Los Angeles.  (Becky Meister / Classical Theatre Lab)

WESTWOOD, CA.-- APRIL 30, 2014--Actor Orson Bean, who will appear in the Geffen Playhouse's production of, "Death of the Author," is photographed at the playhouse April 30, 2014. Bean has had a steady acting career since the 50's, appearing on talk shows and was a regular panelist on the game show, "To Tell The Truth." (photo by Jay L. Clendenin/Los Angeles Times)

Orson Bean in April 2014.  (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)

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