Biography
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.
Awards & recognition
- Tony Award — Best Actor in a Musical · 1969
- Tony Award — Best Actor in a Musical · 1976 · nominated
Filmography49 titles
Law & Order: Trial by Jury
Homicide: Life on the Street
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Frasier
Beauty and the Beast
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
The Golden Girls
The Imagemaker
Murder, She Wrote
Marty
Crimes and Misdemeanors
Law & Order
Dirty Dancing
Waking Sleeping Beauty
Kojak
Hunter
Prince of the City
Howard
Try to Remember: The Fantasticks
Jeopardy!
The Dick Cavett Show
The New Yorker Presents
Simon & Simon
F/X
Brewster's Millions
Toy Soldiers
Last Exit to Brooklyn
Guys and Dolls
A Fan's Notes
Aladdin and the King of Thieves
Universal Soldier
Belle's Magical World
Beauty and the Beast: The Enchanted Christmas
Out for Justice
The Sentinel
Straight Talk
Exiled
Someone to Watch Over Me
Bye Bye Birdie
Cop Hater
Mr. Saturday Night
Delirious
The Cemetery Club
The Gang That Couldn't Shoot Straight
Prince of Central Park
A Gnome Named Gnorm
In Defense of a Married Man
Underground Aces
Fore Play