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Jerry Orbach

Jerry Orbach

Birthday: 1935-10-20 | Place of Birth: New York City, New York, USA

Jerome Bernard "Jerry" Orbach (October 20, 1935 – December 28, 2004) was an American actor and singer, well known for his starring role as Detective Lennie Briscoe in the Law & Order television series and as the voice of Lumière in Disney's Beauty and the Beast, 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.

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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

2012
Beauty and the Beast

as    Lumiere (voice)

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

as    Chuck Baxter (segment "Promises, Promises") (archive footage)

2004
Broadway's Lost Treasures II

as    Host (segment "Revivals and Record Breakers") / Billy Flynn (segment "Chicago")

2000
Prince of Central Park

as    Businessman

2000
Chinese Coffee

as    Jake Manheim

1998
Belle's Magical World

as    Lumiere (voice)

1997
1996
Aladdin and the King of Thieves

as    Sa'luk (voice)

1992
Universal Soldier

as    Dr. Christopher Gregor

1992
Quiet Killer

as    Dr. Vincent Califano

1992
Straight Talk

as    Milo Jacoby

1992
A Gnome Named Gnorm

as    Stan Walton

1991
Delusion

as    Larry

1991
Delirious

as    Lou Sherwood

1991
Dead Women in Lingerie

as    Mr. Bartoli

1991
Out for Justice

as    Ronny Donziger

1990
In Defense of a Married Man

as    Alan Michelson

1989
Crimes and Misdemeanors

as    Jack Rosenthal

1987
Dirty Dancing

as    Dr. Jake Houseman

1987
The Law & Harry McGraw

as    Harry McGraw

1987
Someone to Watch Over Me

as    Lt. Garber

1986
The Imagemaker

as    Byron Caine

1986
F/X

as    Nicholas DeFranco

1985
Brewster's Millions

as    Charley Pegler

1981
Prince of the City

as    Gus Levy

1971