Spoiler : Happy birthday to Orson Bean, born on July 22, 1928.

Spoiler : Orson was born in Vermont and I recall a story he told often early in his career which he said reflected New England sensibilities. The story is about the funeral of a man in a small rural Vermont town. Most of the residents gathered to attend and many came on foot. Well the service and burial went well and the man was praised as a fine gentleman. With the ceremonies now over everyone departed, many on foot as in manner in which they had arrived. One such resident was 93 year old Hezekiah, who began trudging away. Well as might have been expected his gate was not swift and his stride not brisk. As another who had been in attendance noticed him struggle to get up a steep hill, he paused and said to the old man (in a New England accent), You know Hezekiah, don't know if it really pays for you to be going home. You might as well just stay here.

Spoiler : I loved him in the early and mid 70s on To Tell The Truth, and Tattletales.

Spoiler : Orson was also delightful as a man who breaks out of his cage and tries to be the man he always dreamed of being in the 1962 Naked City episode "To Walk Like A Lion." A quirky episode that needed a sympathetic schnook to pull it off.

Spoiler : Orson Bean gave an excellent performance as the psychiatrist for the defense in Anatomy of a Murder.

Spoiler : Happy Birthday Orson Bean

Spoiler : Orson Bean died on February 7 2020, not the 2016 date given above. LAPD sources told TMZ that Orson was hit by two cars while jaywalking.

Spoiler : Bean, Orson (Dallas Frederick Burrows) Born in Burlington, Vermont 7/22/1928. Second cousin to former United States President, Calvin Coolidge. Married and divorced from Carolyn Maxwell (1965- 1981); Jacqueline deSibour (?-?), actress Alley Mills (1992-?). Broadway debut in Men Of Distinction (1953). Screen debut in Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter (1955). Panelist on I'Ve Got A Secret for CBS-TV in 1952; Laugh Line for NBC-TV (1959); To Tell The Truth for CBS-TV (1964-1967). Reverend Brim on the syndicated television soap, Forever Fernwood (1977-1978). Loren Bray on Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman for CBS-TV beginning in 1993.