Jerry Orbach
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.
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CREDITS
PHOTOS
TV Series
Law & Order
7.4
Law & Order
7.4
The Adventures of the Galaxy Rangers
7.3
Trapper John, M.D.
6.452
The Law & Harry McGraw
6.5
Love, American Style
6.056
The Golden Girls
7.5
Simon & Simon
6.7
Buck Rogers in the 25th Century
6.975
Disney's House of Mouse
7.4
E! True Hollywood Story
8.103
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
7.9
Frasier
7.674
Kojak
6.996
Medical Center
6.1
Homicide: Life on the Street
8.1
Hunter
7.2
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
7.2
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
7.565
The Hitchhiker
6.1
Law & Order: Trial by Jury
8.1
Where Are They Now?
7.5
The Defenders
6.2
Encounters With the Unexplained
10
The Mike Douglas Show
5.375
Tales from the Darkside
7.19
The New Yorker Presents
6.833
Out on a Limb
5.3
Tony Awards
5.1
Tony Awards
5.1
The Dick Cavett Show
6.7
Murder, She Wrote
7.5
The Merv Griffin Show
5.75
Movies
Dirty Dancing
7.329
Beauty and the Beast
7.731
Mad Dog Coll
5.4
Belle's Magical World
6.2
Brewster's Millions
6.593
A Gnome Named Gnorm
4.6
Aladdin and the King of Thieves
6.25
Crimes and Misdemeanors
7.423
Broadway's Lost Treasures II
8
Someone to Watch Over Me
5.916
The Hustler: The Inside Story
0
Prince of the City
7.012
Last Exit to Brooklyn
6.542
Universal Soldier
6.336
Beauty and the Beast: The Enchanted Christmas
6.2
Delusion
4.656
Out for Justice
6.118
Straight Talk
5.9
Serial Killers: Profiling the Criminal Mind
8.2
Cop Hater
5.7
The Sentinel
6.075
Chinese Coffee
6.7
Broadway's Lost Treasures III: The Best of The Tony Awards
7.2
Mr. Saturday Night
5.7
The Gang That Couldn't Shoot Straight
5
Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There
7
The Magic of Herself the Elf
5
Fore Play
2.5
Try to Remember: The Fantasticks
6.7
Dead Women in Lingerie
3.667
Quiet Killer
5.167
Prince of Central Park
4.538
A Fan's Notes
5.5
California Casanova
0
Perry Mason: The Case of the Musical Murder
6.5
The Imagemaker
5
Waking Sleeping Beauty
7.2
Howard
6.9
F/X
6.563
Irving Berlin's 100th Birthday Celebration
0
Broadway's Lost Treasures
6.1
Underground Aces
4.4
Disney Princess Sing Along Songs, Vol. 2 - Enchanted Tea Party
8
Manna from Heaven
0
Guys and Dolls
6.589
Belle's Tales of Friendship
6.9
Marty
7.441
Exiled
5.5
Toy Soldiers
6.477
Night of 100 Stars II
8
The Streets
0
Alex and the Doberman Gang
0
Annie Get Your Gun
0
Delirious
5.6
Love Among Thieves
6.2
Kojak: None So Blind
6
Broadway Bound
6.333
Perry Mason: The Case of the Ruthless Reporter
7.4
I Love N.Y.
5
Mastergate
2
In Defense of a Married Man
4.8
John Goldfarb, Please Come Home!
3.4
Plaza Suite
0
An Invasion of Privacy
1
24 Hours in a Woman's Life
0
Bye Bye Birdie
5.9
The Acting Class
5.5
Mitzi... A Tribute to the American Housewife
6
Night of 100 Stars
6.667
Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age
0
The Cemetery Club
5.273
Late Night with Conan O'Brien: 10th Anniversary Special
6.8
Law & Order: Corruption Empire
10