Orange Phelps (December 24, 1886 – August 4, 1985) was an American businessman and politician in the state of Oregon.

A native of California, he attended colleges in the Midwest where he played baseball before moving to Oregon.

[1][2] Frederick had moved to the West Coast in 1866, where Orange's mother was born, and the couple had four daughters and four sons.

[4] Phelps also played catcher for the semi-professional Hillsboro Cardinals for about twelve years, starting in 1909.

[2] About 1910 he started showing movies in Shute Park in a large black tent each year on the Fourth of July.

[2][4] Ten years after opening his Grand Theater in 1926, Phelps remodeled it and changed the name to the Venetian Theatre, which in turn burned in 1956.

[4] Phelps also started holding a free Christmas show for children at the Venetian in 1935, which became an annual Hillsboro tradition into the 1980s.

[2] Phelps entered politics in 1920 when he ran for a seat on the Hillsboro City Council, winning the November election and taking office on January 4, 1921.

[8] While in office, he was in-charge Hillsboro's annual Fourth of July celebration in 1923,[9] and in 1921 he had helped get the Pavilion at Shute Park built.

[2] Phelps was named as the distinguished citizen of the year in the senior division by the Hillsboro Chamber of Commerce in 1964.