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Jerry Orbach was an American actor born in New York City in 1935. He worked as a stage, television, and film actor, with a career spanning from 1955 to 2004. Orbach was educated at the University of Illinois Urbana–Champaign, Northwestern University, the Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute, and the Actors Studio. He spoke and wrote in English.
He received a Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical and was nominated for the same honor. His notable role included portraying Lumière. Orbach died of prostate cancer in New York City in 2004. He was buried at Trinity Church Cemetery and had two children.
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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,…
Known for
- Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age — Self2021
- Howard — Self / Lumiere (archive footage)2018
- The New Yorker Presents — Detective Lennie Brisco2016
- Waking Sleeping Beauty — Self (archive footage)2009
- Broadway's Lost Treasures III: The Best of The Tony Awards — Chuck Baxter (segment "Promises, Promises") (archive footage)2005
- Disney Princess Sing Along Songs, Vol. 2 - Enchanted Tea Party — Lumiere (voice)2005
- Law & Order: Trial by Jury — Lennie Briscoe2005
- Broadway's Lost Treasures II — Host (segment "Revivals and Record Breakers") / Billy Flynn (segment "Chicago")2004
- Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There — Self2003
- Try to Remember: The Fantasticks — Self2003
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Jerome Bernard Orbach (October 20, 1935 – December 28, 2004) was an American actor best known for his starring role as wisecracking Detective Lennie Briscoe in the Law & Order television series and for his musical theater roles. Orbach was born in the Bronx, a borough of New York City, son of Emily Olexy (a Polish American Roman Catholic) and the late Leon Orbach, a German Jew of Sephardic descent. He was an only child and raised as a Roman Catholic. <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Jerry+Orb
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- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Bernard
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- New York City
- Place of death
- New York City
- Occupation
- film actor
- Educated at
- Actors Studio
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language
- Participant in
- Jeopardy!
- Image
- Jerry Orbach 1965 press photo.JPG
- Number of children
- 2
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- date of birth
- 1935-10-20
- date of death
- 2004-12-28
- Commons category
- Jerry Orbach
- cause of death
- prostate cancer
- manner of death
- natural causes
- nominated for
- Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical
- place of burial
- Trinity Church Cemetery
- start of work period
- 1955-00-00
- writing language
- English language
- end of work period
- 2004-00-00
- notable role
- Lumière
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