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Jerry Orbach is a Actor American born on 20 october 1935 at New York City (USA)
Jerome Bernard "Jerry" Orbach (October 20, 1935 – December 28, 2004) was an American actor and singer, described at his death as "one of the last bona fide leading men of the Broadway musical and global celebrity on television" and a "versatile stage and film actor".
Orbach's professional career began on the New York stage, both on and off-Broadway, where he created roles such as El Gallo in the original off-Broadway run of The Fantasticks (1960) and became the first performer to sing that show's standard "Try To Remember"; Billy Flynn in the original Chicago (1975-1977), and Julian Marsh in the original 42nd Street (1980-1985). Nominated for multiple Tony Awards, Orbach won for his performance as Chuck Baxter in Promises, Promises (1968-1972).
Later in his career, Orbach played supporting roles in various films; such as Prince of the City (1981), Dirty Dancing (1987), Crimes and Misdemeanors (1989) and Disney's Beauty and the Beast (1991). He also made frequent guest appearances on television; including a recurring role on Murder, She Wrote (1985-1991). However, he gained worldwide fame for his starring role as NYPD Detective Lennie Briscoe on the long-running NBC crime drama Law & Order (1992-2004).
Orbach lived in a high-rise on 53rd Street off Eighth Avenue in Hell's Kitchen and was a fixture in that neighborhood's restaurants and shops. His glossy publicity photo hangs in Ms. Buffy's French Cleaners, and he was a regular at some of the Italian restaurants nearby. As of 2007, the intersection of 8th Avenue and 53rd Street was renamed in honor of Orbach. The plans met with some resistance by local planning boards, but were overcome thanks to his popularity and his love of the Big Apple.
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Jerry Orbach
Birth name Jerome Bernard Orbach
Nationality USA
Birth 20 october 1935 at New York City (USA)
Death 28 december 2004 (at 69 years) at New York City (USA)
Nationality USA
Birth 20 october 1935 at New York City (USA)
Death 28 december 2004 (at 69 years) at New York City (USA)
Jerome Bernard "Jerry" Orbach (October 20, 1935 – December 28, 2004) was an American actor and singer, described at his death as "one of the last bona fide leading men of the Broadway musical and global celebrity on television" and a "versatile stage and film actor".
Orbach's professional career began on the New York stage, both on and off-Broadway, where he created roles such as El Gallo in the original off-Broadway run of The Fantasticks (1960) and became the first performer to sing that show's standard "Try To Remember"; Billy Flynn in the original Chicago (1975-1977), and Julian Marsh in the original 42nd Street (1980-1985). Nominated for multiple Tony Awards, Orbach won for his performance as Chuck Baxter in Promises, Promises (1968-1972).
Later in his career, Orbach played supporting roles in various films; such as Prince of the City (1981), Dirty Dancing (1987), Crimes and Misdemeanors (1989) and Disney's Beauty and the Beast (1991). He also made frequent guest appearances on television; including a recurring role on Murder, She Wrote (1985-1991). However, he gained worldwide fame for his starring role as NYPD Detective Lennie Briscoe on the long-running NBC crime drama Law & Order (1992-2004).
Biography
Orbach was married in 1958 to Marta Curro, with whom he had two sons, Anthony Nicholas and Christopher Benjamin; they divorced in 1975. Elder son Tony is a crossword puzzle constructor for The New York Times and also guest starred on the Law & Order episode "Doubles" as a reporter. Younger son Chris Orbach, who is an actor and singer, played Lennie Briscoe's nephew Ken Briscoe during the first season of Special Victims Unit. In 1979, Jerry Orbach married Broadway dancer Elaine Cancilla, whom he met while starring in Chicago.Orbach lived in a high-rise on 53rd Street off Eighth Avenue in Hell's Kitchen and was a fixture in that neighborhood's restaurants and shops. His glossy publicity photo hangs in Ms. Buffy's French Cleaners, and he was a regular at some of the Italian restaurants nearby. As of 2007, the intersection of 8th Avenue and 53rd Street was renamed in honor of Orbach. The plans met with some resistance by local planning boards, but were overcome thanks to his popularity and his love of the Big Apple.
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Dirty Dancing (1987)
, 1h45Directed by Emile Ardolino
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Musical theatre, Musical, Romance
Themes Dance films, Feminist films, Pregnancy films, Films about music and musicians, Films about sexuality, Transport films, Musical films, Political films, Road movies
Actors Patrick Swayze, Jennifer Grey, Jerry Orbach, Cynthia Rhodes, Jack Weston, Kelly Bishop
Roles Dr. Jake Houseman
Rating70%
In the summer of 1963, Frances "Baby" Houseman (Jennifer Grey) is vacationing with her affluent Jewish American family at Kellerman's, a family friendly resort in the Catskill Mountains. The younger of two daughters, Baby is planning to attend Mount Holyoke College to study the economics of underdeveloped countries and then enter the Peace Corps. She was named after Frances Perkins, the first woman in the U.S. Cabinet. Her father, Jake (Jerry Orbach), is the personal physician and friend of Max Kellerman (Jack Weston), the resort's owner. Baby is befriended by Max's smart aleck grandson Neil (Lonny Price).
Love Among Thieves (1987)
, 1h40Directed by Roger Young
Genres Comedy, Romance
Themes Heist films
Actors Audrey Hepburn, Robert Wagner, Patrick Bauchau, Jerry Orbach, Samantha Eggar, Brion James
Roles Spicer
Rating60%
Someone to Watch Over Me (1987)
, 1h47Directed by Ridley Scott
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Crime, Romance
Actors Tom Berenger, Mimi Rogers, Lorraine Bracco, Jerry Orbach, Andreas Katsulas, John Rubinstein
Roles Lt. Garber
Rating60%
Socialite Claire Gregory (Mimi Rogers) attends a party and art show sponsored by one of her oldest friends, Winn Hockings (Mark Moses). Accompanying her is her straitlaced boyfriend, Neil Steinhart (John Rubinstein). In another part of town, there is another party, this one for newly appointed NYPD detective Mike Keegan (Tom Berenger).
I Love N.Y. (1987)
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romance
Actors Scott Baio, Christopher Plummer, Jennifer O'Neill, Virna Lisi, Jerry Orbach, Lisanne Falk
Roles Leo
Rating39%
F/X (1986)
, 1h49Directed by Robert Mandel
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Action, Crime
Themes Transport films, Films about automobiles, Road movies, Chase films
Actors Bryan Brown, Brian Dennehy, Diane Venora, Cliff De Young, Mason Adams, Jerry Orbach
Roles Nicholas DeFranco
Rating66%
Un expert des effets spéciaux se voit contraint de "faire disparaître" un ancien criminel qui devait témoigner dans un procès contre la mafia...
Brewster's Millions (1985)
, 1h37Directed by Walter Hill
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Themes Sports films, Baseball films
Actors John Candy, Richard Pryor, Lonette McKee, Stephen Collins, Rick Moranis, David White
Roles Charley Pegler
Rating65%
Monty Brewster is a Minor League Baseball pitcher with the Hackensack Bulls. He and his best friend Spike Nolan, the catcher for the Bulls, are arrested after a post-game bar fight and cannot afford bail. A stranger offers bail, if they will come to New York City with him. At the Manhattan law office of Granville & Baxter, Brewster is told that his recently deceased great-uncle Rupert Horn, whom he has never met, has left him his entire fortune but with several conditions.
The Magic of Herself the Elf (1983)
, 22minutesOrigin Canada
Genres Fantasy, Musical, Animation
Actors Denny Dillon, Georgia Engel, Ellen Greene, Terri Hawkes, Priscilla Lopez, Jerry Orbach
Roles King Thorn (voice)
Rating76%
Prince of the City (1981)
, 2h47Directed by Sidney Lumet
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Crime
Themes La corruption policière
Actors Treat Williams, Jerry Orbach, Richard Foronjy, Lindsay Crouse, Lee Richardson, Anthony Page
Roles Gus Levy
Rating73%
Danny Ciello est un policier de l'unité des enquêtes spéciales (SIU - Special Investigations Unit), un service de la police de New York (NYPD - New York City Police Department) s'occupant de la lutte antidrogue. C'est l'élite de la police, à qui aucune faute n'est pardonnée par les autorités judiciaires et fédérales. Ces dernières confient à Danny la mission de piéger un avocat véreux. Mais Danny comprend bientôt qu'il est manipulé pour faire tomber des collègues accusés de corruption, alors que les têtes dirigeantes associées à la mafia ne sont guère inquiétées.
Underground Aces (1981)
, 1h35Directed by Robert Butler
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Actors Dirk Benedict, Melanie Griffith, Nicky Katt, Randy Brooks, T. K. Carter, Michael Winslow
Roles Herbert Penlittle
Rating41%
The Sentinel (1977)
, 1h32Directed by Michael Winner
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Fantasy, Horror
Themes Ghost films
Actors Chris Sarandon, Cristina Raines, Martin Balsam, Burgess Meredith, Christopher Walken, Beverly D'Angelo
Roles Michael Dayton
Rating62%
Alison Parker, a beautiful but severely neurotic fashion model (Raines) moves into a gorgeous Brooklyn brownstone house that has been divided into apartments. The house is inhabited on the top floor by Father Halliran (John Carradine), a reclusive blind priest who spends all of his time sitting at his open window. Alison begins having strange physical problems, including insomnia, and has some terrifying flashbacks of her attempted suicide. She complains to the real estate agent of the noise caused by her strange neighbors, only to be told that the house is occupied only by the priest and herself. The behavior of her "non-existent" neighbors becomes increasingly surreal and disturbing.
Fore Play (1975)
, 1h15Directed by John G. Avildsen, Ralph Rosenblum, Bruce Malmuth
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Actors Zero Mostel, Estelle Parsons, Pat Paulsen, Jerry Orbach, Paul Dooley, George S. Irving
Roles Jerry Lorsey
Rating40%
The film is split into three segments: the first involves a man buying an animate sex doll and his many failed attempts to bed it. In the second story, a man suffering from writer's block find his muse by undressing various women. Finally, the third story involves the President of the United States, whose daughter is kidnapped and will be killed unless the President and his wife have sex on national television.
A Fan's Notes (1972)
, 1h30Directed by Eric Till
Origin Canada
Genres Drama, Comedy
Themes Films about writers, Medical-themed films, Films about psychiatry, Films set in psychiatric hospitals
Actors Jerry Orbach, Burgess Meredith, Rosemary Murphy, Conrad Bain, Jackie Burroughs
Roles Fred Exley
Rating60%
, 1h36Directed by James Goldstone
Genres Thriller, Comedy, Action, Crime
Themes Mafia films, Gangster films
Actors Jerry Orbach, Leigh Taylor-Young, Jo Van Fleet, Lionel Stander, Roz Kelly, Robert De Niro
Roles Kid Sally
Rating49%
Deux gangs s'affrontent à New York. D'un côté, le vieux parrain Baccala, bien décidé à conserver son territoire. De l'autre, l'ambitieux Kid Sally et son gang, estimant mériter une place plus importante au sein du crime organisé de la grosse pomme.
, 1h36Directed by James Goldstone
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Comedy, Action, Crime
Themes Mafia films, Gangster films
Actors Jerry Orbach, Leigh Taylor-Young, Jo Van Fleet, Lionel Stander, Robert De Niro, Hervé Villechaize
Roles Kid Sally
Rating49%
C'est l'histoire amusante de deux gangs mafieux en guerre à New York. Le gang le plus faible utilise incroyablement un lion pour faire chanter les "clients" du gang opposé. La police réussit à arrêter l'un des gangs, tandis que l'autre reste sans le Boss.Ld
, 1h36Directed by John Flynn, J. Lee Thompson, Richard Talmadge
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Themes Sports films, Children's films
Actors Shirley MacLaine, Peter Ustinov, Richard Crenna, Jim Backus, Scott Brady, Fred Clark
Roles Pinkerton
Rating51%
The comic spoof of the Cold War was inspired by a May 1960 incident involving American Francis Gary Powers, a CIA operative whose U-2 spy plane was shot down over the Soviet Union, sparking an international diplomatic incident. Blatty's tale concerns John "Wrong-Way" Goldfarb, a former college football star who once ran 95 yards for a touchdown in the wrong direction. Now a U-2 pilot, his plane malfunctions and crashes in the mythical Arab kingdom of Fawzia.