Jerry Orbach
Department: Acting
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
Dirty Dancing
1987
Beauty and the Beast
1991
Mad Dog Coll
1961
Belle's Magical World
1998
Brewster's Millions
1985
A Gnome Named Gnorm
1991
Crimes and Misdemeanors
1989
Broadway's Lost Treasures II
2004
Someone to Watch Over Me
1987
The Hustler: The Inside Story
2002
Prince of the City
1981
Last Exit to Brooklyn
1989
Universal Soldier
1992
Beauty and the Beast: The Enchanted Christmas
1997
Delusion
1991
Out for Justice
1991
Straight Talk
1992
Serial Killers: Profiling the Criminal Mind
1999
Cop Hater
1958
The Sentinel
1977
Chinese Coffee
2000
Broadway's Lost Treasures III: The Best of The Tony Awards
2005
Mr. Saturday Night
1992
The Gang That Couldn't Shoot Straight
1971
Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There
2003
The Magic of Herself the Elf
1983
Fore Play
1975
Try to Remember: The Fantasticks
2003
Dead Women in Lingerie
1991
Quiet Killer
1992
Prince of Central Park
2000
A Fan's Notes
1972
California Casanova
1991
Perry Mason: The Case of the Musical Murder
1989
The Imagemaker
1986
Waking Sleeping Beauty
2009
Howard
2018
F/X
1986
Irving Berlin's 100th Birthday Celebration
1988
Broadway's Lost Treasures
2003
Underground Aces
1981
Disney Princess Sing Along Songs, Vol. 2 - Enchanted Tea Party
2005
Manna from Heaven
2002
Guys and Dolls
1955
Belle's Tales of Friendship
1999
Marty
1955
Exiled
1998
Toy Soldiers
1991
Night of 100 Stars II
1985
The Streets
1984
Annie Get Your Gun
1967
Alex and the Doberman Gang
1980
Delirious
1991
Love Among Thieves
1987
Kojak: None So Blind
1990
Broadway Bound
1992
Perry Mason: The Case of the Ruthless Reporter
1991
I Love N.Y.
1987
Mastergate
1992
In Defense of a Married Man
1990
John Goldfarb, Please Come Home!
1965
Plaza Suite
1982
An Invasion of Privacy
1983
24 Hours in a Woman's Life
1961
Bye Bye Birdie
1963
The Acting Class
2000
Mitzi... A Tribute to the American Housewife
1974
Night of 100 Stars
1982
Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age
2021
The Cemetery Club
1993
Late Night with Conan O'Brien: 10th Anniversary Special
2003
Law & Order: Corruption Empire
2003
Aladdin and the King of Thieves
1996
Mickey's PhilharMagic
2003
Law & Order
1990
Law & Order
1990
The Adventures of the Galaxy Rangers
1986
Trapper John, M.D.
1979
The Law & Harry McGraw
1987
Love, American Style
1969
The Golden Girls
1985
Simon & Simon
1981
Buck Rogers in the 25th Century
1979
Disney's House of Mouse
2001
E! True Hollywood Story
1996
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
Frasier
1993
Kojak
1973
Medical Center
1969
Homicide: Life on the Street
1993
Hunter
1984
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1993
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
2001
The Hitchhiker
1983
Law & Order: Trial by Jury
2005
Where Are They Now?
1999
The Defenders
1961
Encounters With the Unexplained
2000
The Mike Douglas Show
1961
Tales from the Darkside
1984
The New Yorker Presents
2016
Out on a Limb
1987
The Dick Cavett Show
1968
Murder, She Wrote
1984
The Merv Griffin Show
1962
Jeopardy!
1984
Tony Awards
1956
Tony Awards
1956