Born Dallas Frederick Burrows on the 22nd July 1928 in Burlington, Vermont USA, Orson is a film, television and stage actor, perhaps best known to the world as Loren Bray in the soap opera “Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman” (1993-1998), and as Dr. Lester in the film “Being John Malkovich” (1999), while he has also been a panelist of several game shows, such as “Match Game 73” (1974-1976). His career started in the early ‘50s.
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Orson is the son of Marian Ainsworth and George Frederick Burrows, and a distant cousin of former president of the USA Calvin Coolidge. He attended Cambridge Rindge and Latin School, after which he joined the US Army in Japan, and served for two years.
Following his return from the forces, Orson started his career in the nightclubs of New York, under the name Orson, adopted due to popularity of the film star Orson Welles. Little by little, his name started became more known, and he landed a gig at the Blue Angel nightclub, a performance that launched him into stardom. Through the ‘50s, Orson made his Broadway debut in the “Stalag 17” (1953), then appeared in “John Murray Anderson’s Almanac” (1954), “Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter?” (1955), among many others. Throughout his career Orson continued to make Broadway appearances, such as in “Subways Are For Sleeping” (1961), “I Was Dancing” (1964), and more, which helped him on his way up the ladder.
His first big break as a panelist came in the late ‘50s when he started hosting “To Tell The Truth”, up until the late ‘90s. The show celebrated his name, and also increased his net worth. He made several more notable appearances as a panelist, on such game shows as “The Match Game” (1963-1969), “The Match Game 73” (1974-1976), and many others, further increasing his net worth.
When it comes to his career as an actor, Orson made almost 100 film and TV appearances, however, few roles are worthy of mentioning. In the ‘50s he was blacklisted for the Hollywood films, due to his liberal statements and opinion. Nevertheless in 1959 he had a role in the mystery drama “Anatomy of a Murder”, directed by Otto Preminger and staring James Stewart, Lee Remick and Ben Gazzara. In 1970 he featured next to Charles Bronson in the romantic drama “Lola”, while in the late ‘70s he voiced Bilbo Baggins in the animated film “The Hobbit” (1977), and in 1980 voiced Bilbo and Frodo Baggins in the sequel “The Return of the King”. His next big role was as Dr. Berlin in the romantic drama “Instant Karma” (1990), starring Craig Sheffer and Annette Sinclair. Then from 1993 until 1998 he portrayed Loren Bray in the soap opera “Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman”, while in 1999 he was Dr. Lester in “Being John Malkovich”, starring John Cusack and Cameron Diaz.
With the beginning of ‘00s, Orson’s popularity began to decline, although he still easily captured new roles, they were only brief appearances in B production films, such as “The Gristle” (2001), and “Game of Life” (2007). He bounced back with the role of Roy Bender in the TV series “Desperate Housewives” (2009-2012), while most recently, he featured in the comedy “Wake Up America”, starring Lilan Bowden and George Wendt, which also improved his wealth.
Orson is also an accomplished author; so far he has published four books, including his autobiography “Me and the Origone” (1972), which depicts his work with psychoanalyst Wilhelm Reich, and “M@il for Mikey” (2007), which is his latest publication.
Regarding his personal life, Orson has been married to 23 year old younger actress Alley Mills since 1993, and has two divorces behind him. His first wife was Rain Winslow; the couple was married from 1956 until 1962, and they have one child together. Orson’s second wife was actress Carolyn Maxwell; the couple was married from 1965 until 1981, and have three children together.
