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 in Hollywood in July 2018. (Valerie Macon / AFP via Getty Images)
Orson Bean and wife Alley Mills in their frontyard garden in Venice. (Ringo H.W. Chiu / For The Times)
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)
Orson Bean banters with host Johnny Carson during “The Tonight Show” in May 1991. (Alice S. Hall / NBCUniversal via Getty Images)
Orson Bean in April 2014. (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)
