
Jerry Orbach
Known for: Acting
Born: October 20, 1935
Died: December 28, 2004
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, P…
Known for

Serial Killers: Profiling the Criminal Mind
1999

The Gang That Couldn't Shoot Straight
1971

A Fan's Notes
1972

California Casanova
1991

A Gnome Named Gnorm
1991

Prince of the City
1981

Chinese Coffee
2000

Broadway's Lost Treasures
2003
The Streets
1984

Plaza Suite
1982

Law & Order: Corruption Empire
2003

Beauty and the Beast: The Enchanted Christmas
1997

Out for Justice
1991

Try to Remember: The Fantasticks
2003

Dead Women in Lingerie
1991

The Imagemaker
1986

In Defense of a Married Man
1990

Mitzi... A Tribute to the American Housewife
1974

Beauty and the Beast
1991

Belle's Magical World
1998

Broadway's Lost Treasures II
2004

Someone to Watch Over Me
1987

Delusion
1991

Annie Get Your Gun
1967

Love Among Thieves
1987

Kojak: None So Blind
1990

An Invasion of Privacy
1983

Dirty Dancing
1987

Mad Dog Coll
1961

Brewster's Millions
1985

Perry Mason: The Case of the Musical Murder
1989

Broadway Bound
1992

Perry Mason: The Case of the Ruthless Reporter
1991

I Love N.Y.
1987

The Hustler: The Inside Story
2002

Last Exit to Brooklyn
1989

Universal Soldier
1992

Mr. Saturday Night
1992

F/X
1986

Alex and the Doberman Gang
1980

24 Hours in a Woman's Life
1961

The Magic of Herself the Elf
1983

Quiet Killer
1992

Prince of Central Park
2000

Crimes and Misdemeanors
1989

Fore Play
1975

Straight Talk
1992

Aladdin and the King of Thieves
1996

Broadway's Lost Treasures III: The Best of The Tony Awards
2005

Delirious
1991

The Acting Class
2000

Mastergate
1992

Underground Aces
1981

Disney Princess Sing Along Songs, Vol. 2 - Enchanted Tea Party
2005

Belle's Tales of Friendship
1999

The Sentinel
1977

Exiled
1998

Manna from Heaven
2002

Cop Hater
1958

John Goldfarb, Please Come Home!
1965

Irving Berlin's 100th Birthday Celebration
1988

Marty
1955

Howard
2018

Bye Bye Birdie
1963

The Cemetery Club
1993

Late Night with Conan O'Brien: 10th Anniversary Special
2003

Toy Soldiers
1991

Guys and Dolls
1955

Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age
2021

Waking Sleeping Beauty
2009

Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There
2003

Law & Order
1990

The Adventures of the Galaxy Rangers
1986

Trapper John, M.D.
1979

The Law & Harry McGraw
1987

Love, American Style
1969

The Golden Girls
1985

Simon & Simon
1981

Buck Rogers in the 25th Century
1979

Disney's House of Mouse
2001

E! True Hollywood Story
1996

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999

Frasier
1993

Kojak
1973

Medical Center
1969

Homicide: Life on the Street
1993

Hunter
1984

Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1993

Law & Order: Criminal Intent
2001

The Hitchhiker
1983

Law & Order: Trial by Jury
2005
Where Are They Now?
1999

The Defenders
1961
Encounters With the Unexplained
2000

The Mike Douglas Show
1961

Tales from the Darkside
1984

The New Yorker Presents
2016

Out on a Limb
1987

The Dick Cavett Show
1968

Murder, She Wrote
1984

The Merv Griffin Show
1962

Jeopardy!
1984

Tony Awards
1956

Night of 100 Stars
1982

Night of 100 Stars II
1985