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Jerry Orbach

Age: 69 (passed away Dec. 28th, 2004)
Height: 6' 2"

Birth Place: New York City, New York, USA
Born: Oct. 20th, 1935

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Jerry Orbach's Main TV Roles

Show	Character(s)
Law & Order	Detective Len&hellip
The Adventures of the Galaxy Rangers	Zachary Foxx
Diana	Donald Kirby
Later with Bob Costas	Jerry Orbach
Our Family Honor	Brian Merrick

NOTE: Complete List of Works can be found at IMDB

BIOGRAPHY:

Jerry was born in the Bronx. His father, Leon, was a former vaudevillian actor and his mother, Emily, was a radio singer. His family moved frequently and eventually settled in Waukegan, Illinois where he went to high school. The constant moving made him the new kid on the block and forced him to become "a chameleon" to blend in his new settings. He studied drama at the University of Illinois and at Northwestern. He then went to study acting in New York and got constant work in musicals. He slowly pushed to get acting roles in tv and movies, but was frequently overlooked because of his musical roots.

TRIVIA:

Was an organ donor and upon his death he gave his eyes as a gift of sight.
Along with 'Jesse L. Martin' (qv), 'Fred Dalton Thompson' (qv) and 'Leslie Hendrix' (qv), he is one of only four actors to play the same character (Detective Lennie Briscoe) on all four "Law & Order" series (_"Law & Order" (1990)_ (qv), _"Law & Order: Special Victims Unit" (1999)_ (qv), _"Law & Order: Criminal Intent" (2001)_ (qv) and _"Law & Order: Trial by Jury" (2005)_ (qv)).
Appeared in episodes of three different series with 'Jesse L. Martin' (qv): _"Law & Order" (1990)_ (qv), _"Law & Order: Special Victims Unit" (1999)_ (qv) and _"Law & Order: Criminal Intent" (2001)_ (qv).
Had been battling prostate cancer for 10 years.
Is one of four cast members from _"Law & Order" (1990)_ (qv) whose character became a regular on a "Law & Order" spin-off. He played Det. Lennie Briscoe in both "Law & Order" and _"Law & Order: Trial by Jury" (2005)_ (qv). Although he was signed as a regular cast member in L&O:TBJ, he died unexpectedly after shooting only two episodes.
Worked as a chauffeur for 'Mae West' (qv).
Created the roles of El Gallo in "The Fantasticks," Billy Flynn in "Chicago" and Julian Marsh in "42nd Street" on the New York stage.
Although he and 'Steven Hill (I)' (qv) appeared in 177 episodes of _"Law & Order" (1990)_ (qv) and the _"Law & Order: Special Victims Unit" (1999)_ (qv) episode "Entitled" together, the only time that they ever appeared on screen together was during one brief scene in the _"Law & Order" (1990)_ (qv) Season Seven episode "Corruption".