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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- Born:
- Oct 20, 1935 In New York City, New York, USA
- Movie/TV Credits:
- 103
- First Appeared:
- In the movie Marty 1955-04-11
- Latest Project:
- Movie Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age 2021-08-14
Known For
Filmography
| Movie | Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age | Self | 2021-08-14 |
| Movie | Howard | Self / Lumiere (archive footage) | 2018-04-22 |
| Series | The New Yorker Presents | Detective Lennie Brisco | 2016-02-16 |
| Movie | Waking Sleeping Beauty | Self (archive footage) | 2009-09-05 |
| Series | Law & Order: Trial by Jury | Lennie Briscoe | 2005-03-03 |
| Movie | Broadway's Lost Treasures III: The Best of The Tony Awards | Chuck Baxter (segment "Promises, Promises") (archive footage) | 2005-08-07 |
| Movie | Disney Princess Sing Along Songs, Vol. 2 - Enchanted Tea Party | Lumiere (voice) | 2005-09-06 |
| Movie | Law & Order: The First 3 Years | Self - Detective Lennie Briscoe | 2004-05-04 |
| Movie | Broadway's Lost Treasures II | Host (segment "Revivals and Record Breakers") / Billy Flynn (segment "Chicago") | 2004-10-26 |
| Movie | Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There | Self | 2003-04-03 |
| Movie | Try to Remember: The Fantasticks | Self | 2003-05-14 |
| Movie | Broadway's Lost Treasures | Host (segment "Broadway Divas") / Julian Marsh (segment "42nd Street") | 2003-08-10 |
| Movie | Late Night with Conan O'Brien: 10th Anniversary Special | Self | 2003-09-14 |
| Movie | The Hustler: The Inside Story | Self - Actor | 2002-01-01 |
| Movie | Manna from Heaven | Waltz Contest Announcer | 2002-09-14 |
| Series | Disney's House of Mouse | Lumiere (voice) | 2001-01-13 |
| Series | Law & Order: Criminal Intent | Detective Lennie Briscoe | 2001-09-30 |
| Movie | The Acting Class | Self | 2000-04-29 |
| Series | Encounters With the Unexplained | Unknown | 2000-08-25 |
| Movie | Chinese Coffee | Jake Manheim | 2000-09-02 |
| Movie | Prince of Central Park | Businessman | 2000-09-22 |
| Series | Where Are They Now? | Self | 1999-06-07 |
| Movie | Serial Killers: Profiling the Criminal Mind | Narrator | 1999-01-01 |
| Movie | Belle's Tales of Friendship | Lumiere (voice) | 1999-08-17 |
| Series | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Detective Lennie Briscoe | 1999-09-20 |
| Movie | Belle's Magical World | Lumiere (voice) | 1998-02-16 |
| Movie | Exiled | Detective Lenny Briscoe | 1998-11-08 |
| Movie | Beauty and the Beast: The Enchanted Christmas | Lumiere (voice) | 1997-11-11 |
| Movie | Aladdin and the King of Thieves | Sa'luk (voice) | 1996-05-20 |
| Series | E! True Hollywood Story | Unknown | 1996-08-21 |
| Series | Homicide: Life on the Street | Unknown | 1993-01-31 |
| Movie | The Cemetery Club | Jake Rubin (uncredited) | 1993-02-03 |
| Series | Frasier | Mitch (voice) | 1993-09-16 |
| Series | Late Night with Conan O'Brien | Self - Guest | 1993-09-13 |
| Movie | Broadway Bound | Jack Jerome | 1992-03-22 |
| Movie | A Gnome Named Gnorm | Stan Walton | 1992-01-17 |
| Movie | Quiet Killer | Dr. Vincent Califano | 1992-03-24 |
| Movie | Universal Soldier | Dr. Christopher Gregor | 1992-07-10 |
| Movie | Mastergate | Clifton Byers | 1992-11-01 |
| Movie | Mr. Saturday Night | Phil Gussman | 1992-09-23 |
| Movie | Straight Talk | Milo Jacoby | 1992-04-03 |
| Movie | Perry Mason: The Case of the Ruthless Reporter | Vic St. John | 1991-01-06 |
| Movie | California Casanova | Constantin Rominoffski | 1991-01-01 |
| Movie | Out for Justice | Ronny Donziger | 1991-04-12 |
| Movie | Dead Women in Lingerie | Mr. Bartoli | 1991-01-01 |
| Movie | Delusion | Larry | 1991-06-07 |
| Movie | Beauty and the Beast | Lumiere (voice) | 1991-10-22 |
| Movie | Delirious | Lou Sherwood | 1991-08-09 |
| Movie | Toy Soldiers | Albert Trotta (uncredited) | 1991-04-24 |
| Series | Law & Order | Lennie Briscoe | 1990-09-13 |
| Movie | Kojak: None So Blind | Tony Salducci | 1990-04-07 |
| Movie | In Defense of a Married Man | Alan Michelson | 1990-10-14 |
| Movie | Last Exit to Brooklyn | Boyce | 1989-07-26 |
| Movie | Perry Mason: The Case of the Musical Murder | Blaine Counter | 1989-04-09 |
| Movie | Crimes and Misdemeanors | Jack Rosenthal | 1989-10-13 |
| Movie | Irving Berlin's 100th Birthday Celebration | Self | 1988-05-27 |
| Movie | Love Among Thieves | Spicer | 1987-02-23 |
| Movie | I Love N.Y. | Leo | 1987-05-04 |
| Series | Out on a Limb | Mort Viner | 1987-01-18 |
| Movie | Someone to Watch Over Me | Lt. Garber | 1987-10-09 |
| Movie | Dirty Dancing | Dr. Jake Houseman | 1987-08-21 |
| Series | The Law & Harry McGraw | Harry McGraw | 1987-09-27 |
| Movie | The Imagemaker | Byron Caine | 1986-01-24 |
| Series | The Adventures of the Galaxy Rangers | Unknown | 1986-09-14 |
| Movie | F/X | Nicholas DeFranco | 1986-02-07 |
| Movie | Night of 100 Stars II | Self | 1985-03-10 |
| Movie | Brewster's Millions | Charley Pegler | 1985-05-22 |
| Series | The Golden Girls | Glen | 1985-09-14 |
| Movie | The Streets | Sgt. Max Grozzo | 1984-09-02 |
| Series | Hunter | Sal Scarlatti | 1984-09-18 |
| Series | Tales from the Darkside | Roberts | 1984-09-30 |
| Series | Murder, She Wrote | Harry McGraw | 1984-09-30 |
| Movie | An Invasion of Privacy | Sam Bianchi | 1983-01-12 |
| Series | The Hitchhiker | Cameron | 1983-11-01 |
| Movie | The Magic of Herself the Elf | King Thorn (voice) | 1983-07-30 |
| Movie | Night of 100 Stars | Self | 1982-03-08 |
| Movie | Plaza Suite | Roy Hubley / Jesse Kiplinger / Sam Nash | 1982-05-23 |
| Movie | Underground Aces | Herbert Penlittle | 1981-01-02 |
| Movie | Prince of the City | Gus Levy | 1981-08-19 |
| Series | Simon & Simon | Unknown | 1981-11-24 |
| Movie | Alex and the Doberman Gang | Rogers | 1980-04-11 |
| Series | Buck Rogers in the 25th Century | Lars Mangros | 1979-09-20 |
| Series | Trapper John, M.D. | Unknown | 1979-09-23 |
| Movie | The Sentinel | Michael Dayton | 1977-01-07 |
| Movie | Fore Play | Jerry Lorsey | 1975-03-01 |
| Movie | Mitzi... A Tribute to the American Housewife | Self | 1974-02-04 |
| Series | Kojak | Brubaker | 1973-10-24 |
| Movie | A Fan's Notes | Fred Exley | 1972-07-02 |
| Movie | The Gang That Couldn't Shoot Straight | Kid Sally | 1971-12-22 |
| Series | Medical Center | Unknown | 1969-09-24 |
| Series | Love, American Style | Unknown | 1969-09-29 |
| Series | The Dick Cavett Show | Self - Guest | 1968-06-06 |
| Movie | Annie Get Your Gun | Charles Davenport | 1967-03-19 |
| Movie | John Goldfarb, Please Come Home! | Pinkerton | 1965-03-24 |
| Movie | Bye Bye Birdie | Bob (Ed Sullivan Show Producer) (uncredited) | 1963-04-04 |
| Movie | Mad Dog Coll | Joe Clegg | 1961-05-12 |
| Movie | 24 Hours in a Woman's Life | Cristof | 1961-03-20 |
| Series | The Defenders | J.P. Loring | 1961-09-16 |
| Series | The Mike Douglas Show | Self | 1961-12-11 |
| Movie | Cop Hater | Mumzer | 1958-10-01 |
| Series | Tony Awards | Self - Nominee / Performer | 1956-04-01 |
| Movie | Marty | Ballroom Patron (uncredited) | 1955-04-11 |
| Movie | Guys and Dolls | Barbershop Patron (uncredited) | 1955-12-23 |