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Jerry Orbach

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Biography

New York native and Northwestern University alumnus Jerry Orbach has often commented, without false modesty, that he is fortunate indeed to have been a steadily working actor since the age of 20. After training with Herbert Berghof and Lee Strasberg, the lanky, deep-voiced Orbach received his first off-Broadway job as an understudy in the popular 1955 revival of The Threepenny Opera, eventually playing the lead role of MacHeath. During the Threepenny run, Orbach made his first film appearance in the Manhattan-filmed low budgeter Cop Killer (1958). In 1960, Orbach created the role of flamboyant interlocutor El Gallo in the off-Broadway smash The Fantasticks. That musical is still running, but Orbach has since starred in such Broadway productions as Carnival (1961), Promises Promises (1966), Chicago (1975) and 42nd Street (1983). By day, Orbach made early-1960s appearances in several New York-based TV series, notably The Shari Lewis Show. At first, Orbach's film assignments were infrequent, but starting with 1985's Brewster's Millions, the actor managed to show up in at least one movie per year. His more fondly remembered screen roles include the part of Jennifer Grey's father in Dirty Dancing (1987), the voice of the Chevalieresque candellabra in the Disney cartoon feature Beauty and the Beast (1990), and Billy Crystal's easily amused agent in Mr. Saturday Night (1992). On TV, Jerry Orbach has starred in the 1985 Murder She Wrote spinoff The Law and Harry McGraw, and was one of the many revolving-door regulars on the 1990s cop series Law and Order. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

Filmography

Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There (2002) .... Himself
... aka Broadway: The Golden Age (2002) (USA: short title)
54th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards, The (2002) (TV) .... Himself
TV Guide 50 Best Shows of All Time: A 50th Anniversary Celebration (2002) (TV) .... Himself
Hunt, The (2001/II) (TV) .... Presenter
Hustler: The Inside Story, The (2001) (V) .... Himself
"House of Mouse" (2001) TV Series (voice) .... Lumiere
"Encounters with the Unexplained" (2000) TV Series .... Himself/Host
Prince of Central Park (2000) .... Businessman
Chinese Coffee (2000) .... Jake Manheim
Acting Class, The (2000) .... Himself
Herve Villechaize: The E! True Hollywood Story (1999) (TV) .... Himself
"You Be the Judge" (1999/I) TV Series .... Host
Christopher Jones: The E! True Hollywood Story (1999) (TV) .... Himself
Exiled (1998) (TV) .... Detective Lennie Briscoe
... aka Exiled: A Law & Order Movie (1998) (TV) (USA: promotional title)
Belle's Magical World (1997) (V) (voice) .... Lumiere
... aka Disney's Belle's Magical World (1997) (V) (USA: complete title)
Beauty and the Beast: The Enchanted Christmas (1997) (V) (voice) .... Lumiere
... aka Beauty and the Beast 2 (1997) (V) (USA: promotional title)
Aladdin and the King of Thieves (1996) (V) (voice) .... Sa'luk (Metal-fingered Thief)
Disney Sing-Along-Songs: Be Our Guest (1994) (V) (voice) .... Lumiere (archive footage)
Cemetery Club, The (1993) (uncredited)
... aka Looking for a Live One (1993)
"Law & Order" (1990) TV Series .... Detective Lennie Briscoe (1992-)
Mastergate (1992) (TV) .... Clifton Byers
Mr. Saturday Night (1992) .... Phil Gussman
Universal Soldier (1992) .... Dr. Christopher Gregor
Straight Talk (1992) .... Milo Jacoby
Quiet Killer (1992) (TV) .... Doctor Vincent Callafato
... aka Black Death (1992) (TV)
Broadway Bound (1992) (TV) .... Jack Jerome
... aka Neil Simon's Broadway Bound (1992) (TV) (USA: complete title)
Gnome Named Gnorm, A (1992) .... Stan Walton
... aka Adventures of a Gnome Named Gnorm, The (1992)
... aka Upworld (1992)
California Casanova (1991) .... Rominoffski
Dead Women in Lingerie (1991) .... Bartoli
Beauty and the Beast (1991) (voice) .... Lumiere, the lovestruck candelabra
... aka Beauty and the Beast: Special Edition (2002) (USA: longer version)
Delirious (1991) .... Lou Sherwood
Delusion (1991) .... Larry
Toy Soldiers (1991) (uncredited) .... Albert Trotta
Out for Justice (1991) .... Capt. Ronnie Donziger NYPD
Coney Island (1991) (TV) .... Voice Only
Perry Mason: The Case of the Ruthless Reporter (1991) (TV) .... Vic St. John
Kojak: None So Blind (1990) (TV) .... Tony Salducci
In Defense of a Married Man (1990) (TV) .... Alan Michelson
Crimes and Misdemeanors (1989) .... Jack Rosenthal
Last Exit to Brooklyn (1989) .... Boyce
... aka Letzte Ausfahrt Brooklyn (1989) (West Germany)
Flamingo Kid, The (1989) (TV) .... Phil Brody
Perry Mason: The Case of the Musical Murder (1989) (TV) .... Blaine Counter
I Love N.Y. (1988) .... Leo
"Law and Harry McGraw, The" (1987) TV Series .... Harry McGraw
Someone to Watch Over Me (1987) .... Lt. Garber
Dirty Dancing (1987) .... Dr. Jake Houseman
Love Among Thieves (1987) (TV) .... Spicer
Out on a Limb (1987) (TV) .... Mort Viner
Imagemaker, The (1986) .... Byron Caine
"Adventures of the Galaxy Rangers, The" (1986) TV Series (voice) .... Zachary Foxx
... aka "Galaxy Rangers" (1986) (USA: short title)
"Dream West" (1986) (mini) TV Series .... John Sutter
F/X (1986) .... Nicholas DeFranco
... aka F/X - Murder by Illusion (1986)
... aka Murder by Illusion (1986)
Brewster's Millions (1985) .... Charley Pegler
Invasion of Privacy, An (1983) (TV) .... Sam Bianchi
Prince of the City (1981) .... Gus Levy
Way They Were, The (1981) (TV)
Underground Aces (1980) .... Herbert Penlittle
Sentinel, The (1977) .... Michael Dayton, film director
30th Annual Tony Awards, The (1976) (TV) .... Himself
Fore Play (1975) .... Jerry Lorsey
... aka Foreplay (1975)
... aka President's Women, The (1975)
Fan's Notes, A (1972) .... Fred
Gang That Couldn't Shoot Straight, The (1971) .... Kid Sally Palumbo
... aka Gang That Couldn't Shoot, The (1971) (UK: cable TV title)
23rd Annual Tony Awards, The (1969) (TV) .... Himself (performer)
Annie Get Your Gun (1967) (TV) .... Charles Davenport
John Goldfarb, Please Come Home (1965) .... Pinkerton
Ensign Pulver (1964) (uncredited)
Mad Dog Coll (1961) .... Joe
Twenty-Four Hours in a Woman's Life (1961) (TV)
Cop Hater (1958) .... Joe 'Mumzer' Sanchez, street gang leader

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