Orson Bean
Nascimento : 1928-07-22, Burlington, Vermont, USA
Morte : 2020-02-07
História
Orson Bean (born Dallas Frederick Burrows; July 22, 1928 – February 7, 2020) was an American film, television, and stage actor, as well as a comedian, writer, and producer. He appeared frequently on televised game shows from the 1960s through the 1980s and was a longtime panelist on the television game show To Tell the Truth.
On February 7, 2020, while walking near Venice Boulevard and Shell Avenue, in Venice, California, Bean was struck by two cars, with the second striking him fatally. He was 91.
Self - Interviewee
Boris Karloff: The Rest of the Story takes a deeper look at the life and career of Boris Karloff, from 1931 to 1969, exploring films such as The Ghoul, The Walking Dead (1936), Charlie Chan at the Opera (1936), the Mr Wong series, The Climax (1944), Lured (1947), The Strange Door (1951), Grip of the Strangler and Corridors of Blood(1958), The Comedy of Terrors (1963), The Curse of the Crimson Altar (1968), the Mexican quartet, some of his major TV appearances (The Girl From U.N.C.L.E., Wild Wild West, I-Spy) as well as taking a deep look at his often ignored Broadway career in the 1940s and 50's. There is also much time devoted to Karloff's more personal side and his relationship with his daughter, Sara.
Self
Beginning just before his debut as Frankenstein’s creation, this documentary compellingly explores the life and legacy of a cinema legend, presenting a perceptive history of the genre he personified. Karloff's films were long derided as hokum and attacked by censors, but his phenomenal popularity and pervasive influence endures, inspiring some of our greatest actors and directors into the 21st Century – among them Guillermo Del Toro, Ron Perlman, Roger Corman, and John Landis, all of whom and many more contribute their personal insights and anecdotes.
Self
Raúl Juliá: The World’s a Stage is a warm and revealing portrait of the charismatic, groundbreaking actor’s journey from his native Puerto Rico to the creative hotbed of 1960s New York City, to prominence on Broadway and in Hollywood. Filled with passion, determination and joy, Juliá’s brilliant and daring career was tragically cut short by his untimely death at age 54.
Sam Rubinstein
Criminosos assassinam Susan Plummer, a melhor amiga de Robert McCall e sua ex-colega de trabalho. Obcecado, Robert pensa apenas em eliminar o bando de assassinos profissionais que destruiu sua vida.
Mr. Cole
Bobby retorna de dois anos na Marinha pronto para estabelecer-se em Belmont Shores. O sonho de Heather é ser diretora da Broadway ... mas, por enquanto, uma produção de teatro comunitário de Natal de Dickens, deve ser suficiente ... Mas, afinal, o natal e coisas estranhas podem acontecer... como a compaixão dos amigos que irá reunir os dois inocentes amigos de infância para o amor.
Himself
One man with a website who forever changed the media paradigm, upending the traditional press and changing the ground rules of political journalism.
Eddie
A short film detailing the strange estrangement of an elderly father and his son. Set on a park bench in the present day, Eddie, a cantankerous old alcoholic, attempts to connect with his son Winstead, who's spent the majority of his adult life trying to get away from him. In the course of their conversation Eddie reveals how he lost his leg - in a high stakes poker game 30 years ago.
Dan
A touching story as a man learns how to live his life again after he inherits an urn of ashes by discovering the life and friends of the person inside.
Father McIlhenny
The life of a young Jesuit seminarian is turned upside down when he falls in love with a young woman while working as a volunteer at a soup kitchen.
Homeless Man
O destino e a determinação pessoal levam um pai socialista (Brendan Fraser) a unir forças com um recluso pesquisador médico (Harrison Ford). Juntos esssa dupla improvável enfrenta dificuldades extremas em sua batalha contra toda a classe médica e contra o próprio tempo na tentativa de encontrar uma cura antes que seja tarde demais. Estrelado também por Keri Russel, 'Decisões Extremas' é uma história sobre o poder do amor e da fé contra o impossível. Inspirado no livro 'The cure', escrito pela escritora Geeta Anand, ganhadora do prêmio Pulitzer.
Mayor Milton Gallagher
Na Escócia, cientista faz experiências com Kimble, cão que adora jogar futebol. Kimble foge é encontrado por menino americano chamado Zack, que foi para lá para conhecer o pai. Entre um jogo e outro, o cão ajuda o menino a procurá-lo.
Mr. Bowen
Multiculturalism reaches the depths of the criminal underworld as eight diverse con men must learn to work together to pull off a heist that's anything but ordinary. The target of this melting pot of thieves is a kidney inside a patient who's inside a hospital. This darkly comic caper stars Orson Bean and Michael Dorn.
Voice of John Forsythe (voice)
A candid and campy portrayal of life behind the scenes of the original Charlies Angels.
Macintyre
Hank Dingo is the world's smallest private detective with the world's biggest ego. A rough, tough gumshoe full of attitude, he doesn't crack cases... he smashes them! Hank throws himself into the "Case of the Missing Lawn Jockeys," beating the hell out of suspects left and right. But he'll have to survive a widow's scorn and an oil Sheik's fury - not to mention a room full of ravenous, sex-starved concubines - to solve this mystery.
Mr. Gafty
As a child, Frank McKlusky watched his daredevil father "Madman" McKlusky become comatose in an ill-fated motorcycle stunt. Now as a risk-avoiding adult, he lives with his parents and always wears protective gear. When he suspiciously loses his partner on the job, Frank must become a master of disguise, take a sexy new partner and grab evidence to bust up the biggest insurance scam going!
Sy
A down-on-his-luck film director sets fire to his home so he can collect the insurance money and fund his new movie. But crime apparently does pay, because once the rumor mill gets wind of his plans, everyone suddenly wants a slice of his new project's pie.
Purdy
An unlikely romance develops between a Lakota warrior and a young black woman at an 1890s black college.
Dr. Lester
Um homem (John Cusack) consegue um novo emprego no 7º ½ andar de um edifício comercial, onde todos os funcionários devem andar curvados. Lá encontra uma porta, escondida, que leva quem ultrapassá-la até a mente do ator John Malkovich, onde pode permanecer durante 15 minutos, até ser cuspido numa estrada na saída de Nova Jersey. Impressionado com a descoberta, resolve alugar a passagem para outras pessoas, dentre elas o próprio John Malkovich.
Monsignor Corelli
A priest is suspected in the brutal murder of a young stripper. To prove his innocence, he descends into the world of strip clubs and pornography, hoping to catch the killer. The priest is hampered by the police and taunted by the killer. A friend of the stripper tries to help him before another life is claimed
Fred
Since the death of her husband 10 years ago, Evelyn has been working hard for her company, but had no private life. Now her doctor shocks her with the news that she may live only another 6 months. Spontanely she follows a TV ad and sets out for vacation in Mexico. There she meets widower Lloyd and they fall in love, go bungee jumping... until she gets another diagnosis from her doctor.
Dr. Berlin
The writer of a bad TV series begins to rethink his life when he meets and falls in love with a beautiful actress.
Lydia's Editor
Jack Putter se sente muito bem hoje, pelo menos para um hipocondríaco. Mas algo novo está acontecendo, ele começa a ouvir vozes. "Estou possuído!", ele diz. A voz que Jack ouve é do piloto da Marinha Tuck Pendleton que foi submetido a uma miniaturização, para um projeto secreto, e acidentalmente injetado em Jack. Antes que possa dizer alguma coisa seu improvável companheiro realizará a mais incrível fuga da sua vida.
Arthur Fitzgerald
A young filmmaker arrives in Hollywood and tries to get his first movie financed.
Billy Rabbit (voice)
Garfield is taken on a camping trip by Jon, much against his will. A series of very funny disasters follow. But not all is well, as a panther has escaped from the local zoo and is stalking them. Will our hero survive to eat another lasagna and kick Odie off the table again?
Mr. Roper
A young hustler tries to get drug money by selling a boy to a middle-aged man; his plans are disrupted when the kid dies.
Frodo Baggins / Bilbo Baggins (voice)
Este filme adapta o livro final da trilogia O Senhor dos Anéis, onde os hobbits Frodo e Samwise, lutam para atravessar a terra estéril de Mordor para destruir o Anel Governante na Montanha da Perdição. Ao mesmo tempo, Gandalf e seus companheiros lutam uma desesperada batalha contra as forças de Sauron em Minas Tirith, mas Sauron parece ter a vantagem, enquanto a fonte de seu poder, o Um Anel, lentamente ameaça corromper seus portadores.
Self
A Hollywood agent finds himself in debt to a powerful bookie. To make a fast buck, he creates a team of exceptionally talented skateboarders and enters them in a downhill race. If they win, they will get $20,000
Bilbo Baggins
O Hobbit é um 1977 de animação musical especial de televisão criada por Rankin / Bass , um estúdio conhecido por seus especiais de férias, e animado por Topcraft , um precursor do Studio Ghibli , com letras adaptadas do livro. O filme é uma adaptação do 1937 o livro de mesmo nome de JRR Tolkien e foi transmitido pela primeira vez na NBC no Estados Unidos no domingo, 27 de novembro, 1977. O Lugar é a Terra-Média. Bilbo Bolseiro é o herói e um hobbit pacato que sai em uma perigosa aventura. A aventura mais emocionante que nenhum outro hobbit jamais pensou em ir. Nesta adaptação animada do primeiro livro do grande clássico de J.R.R. Tolkien, Bilbo é chamado para ajudar no resgate de um grande tesouro que fora roubado dos anões por Smaug, o dragão. Eles devem mostrar toda sua bravura na Floresta das Trevas, nas Montanhas Sombrias, enfrentando orcs, aranhas gigantes, trolls comedores de hobbits e muito mais.
Hal
A middle aged writer of pornographic novels meets and falls in love with a sixteen year old school girl. This alone is cause for concern but when the couple get married and move to America, the trouble (and fun) really begins.
Hank / Sir Boss (voice)
Animated Remake
Stephen Minch
The Star Wagon is a play in black and white starring Dustin Hoffman.
Dr. William Sawyer
In this charming TV adaptation of the 1947 film classic, a kindly old gentleman (Ed Wynn) working as a Macy's department store Santa causes a commotion when he claims to be the real St. Nick. Forced to prove his sanity, he is taken to court where he must convince the judge and his friends that he actually is Santa Claus. The faith of one skeptical little girl (Susan Gordon) and a Christmas miracle are the keys to his true identity.
Dr. Matthew Smith
Em um julgamento de assassinato, o advogado do réu alega que ele teve insanidade temporária, depois que a vítima estuprou sua esposa. Qual é a verdade?
Llewelyn Throckmorton, III
Short promotional film for a Saturday Evening Post sales convention.
Toby Marshall
Two strippers on the run hide out in a college fraternity. Director Nunnally Johnson's 1955 musical comedy stars Betty Grable, Sheree North, Robert Cummings, Charles Coburn, Tommy Noonan, Orson Bean, Fred Clark, Alice Pearce, Rhys Williams, Willard Waterman, Leslie Parrish and Jesslyn Fax.
