Orson Bean (1928–2020), comic actor and talk show favorite

Orson Bean was a longtime comic actor who was a favorite guest on TV talk shows, especially “The Tonight Show” with Johnny Carson. Bean first gained success as a stand-up comic, then moved on to guest star on TV talk shows and game shows such as “To Tell the Truth.” He guest starred on many television series and had a regular role as a store owner on “Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman.” On the big screen, he had a memorable role in “Being John Malkovich.” Bean and his wife, actress Ally Mills, were mainstays of the Pacific Resident Theater Ensemble in Venice Beach, California. He once told the Los Angeles Times, he was “famous for being famous.”