Jerry Orbach
Acting
- Born:
- 1935-10-20
- Died:
- 2004-12-28
- Place of birth:
- New York City, New York, USA
Biography
Jerome Bernard Orbach (October 20, 1935 – December 28, 2004) was an American actor and singer. He is best known for his role as Detective Lennie Briscoe in the series Law & Order (1992–2004) and as the voice of Lumière in Disney's Beauty and the Beast (1991), as well as for being a noted musical theatre star; his prominent roles included originating the character of El Gallo in The Fantasticks, the longest-running musical play in history, as Chuck Baxter in the original production of Promises, Promises (for which he won a Tony Award), Julian Marsh in 42nd Street, and Billy Flynn in the original production of Chicago. Description above from the Wikipedia article Jerry Orbach, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
Filmography
Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age
Howard
The New Yorker Presents
Waking Sleeping Beauty
Disney Princess Sing Along Songs, Vol. 2 - Enchanted Tea Party
Broadway's Lost Treasures III: The Best of The Tony Awards
Law & Order: Trial by Jury
Broadway's Lost Treasures II
Law & Order: Corruption Empire
Late Night with Conan O'Brien: 10th Anniversary Special
Broadway's Lost Treasures
Try to Remember: The Fantasticks
Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There
Manna from Heaven
The Hustler: The Inside Story
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
Disney's House of Mouse
Prince of Central Park
Chinese Coffee
Encounters With the Unexplained
The Acting Class
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Belle's Tales of Friendship
Where Are They Now?
Serial Killers: Profiling the Criminal Mind
Exiled
Belle's Magical World
Beauty and the Beast: The Enchanted Christmas
E! True Hollywood Story
Aladdin and the King of Thieves
Frasier
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
The Cemetery Club
Homicide: Life on the Street
Mastergate
Mr. Saturday Night
Universal Soldier
Straight Talk
Quiet Killer
Broadway Bound
Beauty and the Beast
Delirious
A Gnome Named Gnorm
Toy Soldiers
Out for Justice
Delusion
Perry Mason: The Case of the Ruthless Reporter
Dead Women in Lingerie
California Casanova
In Defense of a Married Man
Law & Order
Kojak: None So Blind
Crimes and Misdemeanors
Last Exit to Brooklyn
Perry Mason: The Case of the Musical Murder
Irving Berlin's 100th Birthday Celebration
Someone to Watch Over Me
The Law & Harry McGraw
Dirty Dancing
I Love N.Y.
Love Among Thieves
Out on a Limb
The Adventures of the Galaxy Rangers
F/X
The Imagemaker
The Golden Girls
Brewster's Millions
Night of 100 Stars II
Tales from the Darkside
Murder, She Wrote
Hunter
Jeopardy!
The Streets
The Hitchhiker
The Magic of Herself the Elf
An Invasion of Privacy
Plaza Suite
Night of 100 Stars
Simon & Simon
Prince of the City
Underground Aces
Alex and the Doberman Gang
Trapper John, M.D.
Buck Rogers in the 25th Century
The Sentinel
Fore Play
Mitzi... A Tribute to the American Housewife
Kojak
A Fan's Notes
The Gang That Couldn't Shoot Straight
Love, American Style
Medical Center
The Dick Cavett Show
Annie Get Your Gun
John Goldfarb, Please Come Home!
Bye Bye Birdie
The Merv Griffin Show
The Mike Douglas Show
The Defenders
Mad Dog Coll
24 Hours in a Woman's Life
Cop Hater
Tony Awards
Guys and Dolls
Marty