Jerry Orbach
Acting
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…
Filmography
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Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age
2021
Howard
2018
The New Yorker Presents
2016
Waking Sleeping Beauty
2009
Disney Princess Sing Along Songs, Vol. 2 - Enchanted Tea Party
2005
Broadway's Lost Treasures III: The Best of The Tony Awards
2005
Law & Order: Trial by Jury
2005
Broadway's Lost Treasures II
2004
Law & Order: Corruption Empire
2003
Late Night with Conan O'Brien: 10th Anniversary Special
2003
Broadway's Lost Treasures
2003
Try to Remember: The Fantasticks
2003
Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There
2003
Manna from Heaven
2002
The Hustler: The Inside Story
2002
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
2001
Disney's House of Mouse
2001
Prince of Central Park
2000
Chinese Coffee
2000
Encounters With the Unexplained
Encounters With the Unexplained
2000
The Acting Class
2000
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
Belle's Tales of Friendship
1999
Where Are They Now?
Where Are They Now?
1999
Serial Killers: Profiling the Criminal Mind
1999
Exiled
1998
Belle's Magical World
1998
Beauty and the Beast: The Enchanted Christmas
1997
E! True Hollywood Story
1996
Aladdin and the King of Thieves
1996
Frasier
1993
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1993
The Cemetery Club
1993
Homicide: Life on the Street
1993
Mastergate
1992
Mr. Saturday Night
1992
Universal Soldier
1992
Straight Talk
1992
Quiet Killer
1992
Broadway Bound
1992
Beauty and the Beast
1991
Delirious
1991
A Gnome Named Gnorm
1991
Toy Soldiers
1991
Out for Justice
1991
Delusion
1991
Perry Mason: The Case of the Ruthless Reporter
1991
Dead Women in Lingerie
1991
California Casanova
1991
In Defense of a Married Man
1990
Law & Order
1990
Kojak: None So Blind
1990
Crimes and Misdemeanors
1989
Last Exit to Brooklyn
1989
Perry Mason: The Case of the Musical Murder
1989
Irving Berlin's 100th Birthday Celebration
1988
Someone to Watch Over Me
1987
The Law & Harry McGraw
1987
Dirty Dancing
1987
I Love N.Y.
1987
Love Among Thieves
1987
Out on a Limb
1987
The Adventures of the Galaxy Rangers
1986
F/X
1986
The Imagemaker
1986
The Golden Girls
1985
Brewster's Millions
1985
Night of 100 Stars II
1985
Tales from the Darkside
1984
Murder, She Wrote
1984
Hunter
1984
Jeopardy!
1984
The Streets
The Streets
1984
The Hitchhiker
1983
The Magic of Herself the Elf
1983
An Invasion of Privacy
1983
Plaza Suite
1982
Night of 100 Stars
1982
Simon & Simon
1981
Prince of the City
1981