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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.

Known For: Acting

Born: New York City, New York, USA, 1935-10-20

Died: 2004-12-28

Film

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1955	Marty	Ballroom Patron (uncredited)	74
2	1955	Guys and Dolls	Barbershop Patron (uncredited)	66
3	1958	Cop Hater	Mumzer	57
4	1961	24 Hours in a Woman's Life	Cristof	0
5	1961	Mad Dog Coll	Joe Clegg	54
6	1963	Bye Bye Birdie	Bob (Ed Sullivan Show Producer) (uncredited)	59
7	1965	John Goldfarb, Please Come Home!	Pinkerton	34
8	1967	Annie Get Your Gun	Charles Davenport	0
9	1971	The Gang That Couldn't Shoot Straight	Kid Sally	50
10	1972	A Fan's Notes	Fred Exley	55
11	1974	Mitzi... A Tribute to the American Housewife	Self	60
12	1975	Fore Play	Jerry Lorsey	25
13	1977	The Sentinel	Michael Dayton	61
14	1980	Alex and the Doberman Gang	Rogers	0
15	1981	Underground Aces	Herbert Penlittle	44
16	1981	Prince of the City	Gus Levy	70
17	1982	Night of 100 Stars	Self	67
18	1982	Plaza Suite	Roy Hubley / Jesse Kiplinger / Sam Nash	0
19	1983	An Invasion of Privacy	Sam Bianchi	10
20	1983	The Magic of Herself the Elf	King Thorn (voice)	50
21	1984	The Streets	Sgt. Max Grozzo	0
22	1985	Night of 100 Stars II	Self	80
23	1985	Brewster's Millions	Charley Pegler	66
24	1986	The Imagemaker	Byron Caine	50
25	1986	F/X	Nicholas DeFranco	66
26	1987	Love Among Thieves	Spicer	62
27	1987	I Love N.Y.	Leo	50
28	1987	Dirty Dancing	Dr. Jake Houseman	73
29	1987	Someone to Watch Over Me	Lt. Garber	59
30	1988	Irving Berlin's 100th Birthday Celebration	Self	0
31	1989	Perry Mason: The Case of the Musical Murder	Blaine Counter	65
32	1989	Last Exit to Brooklyn	Boyce	65
33	1989	Crimes and Misdemeanors	Jack Rosenthal	74
34	1990	Kojak: None So Blind	Tony Salducci	60
35	1990	In Defense of a Married Man	Alan Michelson	48
36	1991	Dead Women in Lingerie	Mr. Bartoli	30
37	1991	California Casanova	Constantin Rominoffski	0
38	1991	Perry Mason: The Case of the Ruthless Reporter	Vic St. John	62
39	1991	Out for Justice	Ronny Donziger	61
40	1991	Toy Soldiers	Albert Trotta (uncredited)	65
41	1991	A Gnome Named Gnorm	Stan Walton	46
42	1991	Delusion	Larry	47
43	1991	Delirious	Lou Sherwood	56
44	1991	Beauty and the Beast	Lumiere (voice)	77
45	1992	Broadway Bound	Jack Jerome	63
46	1992	Quiet Killer	Dr. Vincent Califano	52
47	1992	Straight Talk	Milo Jacoby	59
48	1992	Universal Soldier	Dr. Christopher Gregor	63
49	1992	Mr. Saturday Night	Phil Gussman	57
50	1992	Mastergate	Clifton Byers	20
51	1993	The Cemetery Club	Jake Rubin (uncredited)	53
52	1996	Aladdin and the King of Thieves	Sa'luk (voice)	63
53	1997	Beauty and the Beast: The Enchanted Christmas	Lumiere (voice)	62
54	1998	Belle's Magical World	Lumiere (voice)	62
55	1998	Exiled	Detective Lenny Briscoe	55
56	1999	Serial Killers: Profiling the Criminal Mind	Narrator	82
57	1999	Belle's Tales of Friendship	Lumiere (voice)	69
58	2000	The Acting Class	Self	55
59	2000	Chinese Coffee	Jake Manheim	67
60	2000	Prince of Central Park	Businessman	45
61	2002	The Hustler: The Inside Story	Self - Actor	0
62	2002	Manna from Heaven	Waltz Contest Announcer	0
63	2003	Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There	Self	70
64	2003	Try to Remember: The Fantasticks	Self	67
65	2003	Broadway's Lost Treasures	Host (segment "Broadway Divas") / Julian Marsh (segment "42nd Street")	61
66	2003	Late Night with Conan O'Brien: 10th Anniversary Special	Self	68
67	2003	Law & Order: Corruption Empire		100
68	2004	Broadway's Lost Treasures II	Host (segment "Revivals and Record Breakers") / Billy Flynn (segment "Chicago")	80
69	2005	Broadway's Lost Treasures III: The Best of The Tony Awards	Chuck Baxter (segment "Promises, Promises") (archive footage)	72
70	2005	Disney Princess Sing Along Songs, Vol. 2 - Enchanted Tea Party	Lumiere (voice)	80
71	2009	Waking Sleeping Beauty	Self (archive footage)	72
72	2018	Howard	Self / Lumiere (archive footage)	69
73	2021	Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age	Self	0

Television

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1956	Tony Awards	Self - Host / Presenter	51
2	1956	Tony Awards	Self - Nominee / Performer	51
3	1961	The Defenders	J.P. Loring	62
4	1961	The Mike Douglas Show	Self	54
5	1962	The Merv Griffin Show	Self	58
6	1968	The Dick Cavett Show	Self - Guest	67
7	1969	Medical Center		61
8	1969	Love, American Style		61
9	1973	Kojak	Brubaker	70
10	1979	Buck Rogers in the 25th Century	Lars Mangros	70
11	1979	Trapper John, M.D.		65
12	1981	Simon & Simon		67
13	1983	The Hitchhiker	Cameron	61
14	1984	Hunter	Sal Scarlatti	72
15	1984	Tales from the Darkside	Roberts	72
16	1984	Murder, She Wrote	Harry McGraw	75
17	1985	The Golden Girls	Glen	75
18	1986	The Adventures of the Galaxy Rangers		73
19	1987	Out on a Limb	Mort Viner	53
20	1987	The Law & Harry McGraw	Harry McGraw	65
21	1990	Law & Order	Frank Lehrman	74
22	1990	Law & Order	Lennie Briscoe	74
23	1993	Homicide: Life on the Street	Lennie Briscoe	80
24	1993	Late Night with Conan O'Brien	Self - Guest	72
25	1993	Frasier	Mitch (voice)	77
26	1996	E! True Hollywood Story		81
27	1999	Where Are They Now?	Self	75
28	1999	Law & Order: Special Victims Unit	Detective Lennie Briscoe	79
29	2000	Encounters With the Unexplained		100
30	2001	Disney's House of Mouse	Lumiere (voice)	74
31	2001	Law & Order: Criminal Intent	Detective Lennie Briscoe	76
32	2005	Law & Order: Trial by Jury	Lennie Briscoe	81
33	2016	The New Yorker Presents	Detective Lennie Brisco	68