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Jerome Bernard Orbach Wiki Biography

• Jerome Bernard “Jerry” Orbach was born on 20 October 1935 in The Bronx, New York City, USA, of Jewish, Polish, and Lithuanian descent. 
• He was an actor and singer, described as a very talented, versatile film and stage actor. 
• In addition, he was well known on television as well as on Broadway musicals. 
• Jerry Orbach died in December 2004, having been active in the entertainment industry since 1955. 
• Authoritative sources estimated that the total net value of Jerry Orbach was as high as $10 million. 
• Jerry Orbach was raised in The Bronx, to begin with. 
• His father, Leon Orbach, ran a restaurant while performing as an actor; his mother, Emily Olexy, was a singer. 
• He was attending Northwestern University, apparently without graduating. 
• In 1955 he made his stage debut off-Broadway in the English adaptation of “The Threepenny Opera” by Bertolt Brecht and Kurt Weill. 
• In the same year, he played a small role in the film adaptation of “Guys and Dolls.” 
• He was noticed by Harvey Schmidt and Tom Jones in 1960 for creating the role of El Gallo in the musical “The Fantasticks.” 
• In 1965, he played a leading role in the musical “Guys and Dolls” for which he was nominated for the Tony Award as Best Featured Actor in the Musical. 
• He then starred in the TV movie “Annie Get Your Gun” in 1967. 
• From 1968 to 1972, in the musical “Promises, Promises” by Neil Simon, Burt Bacharach, and Hal David, Chuck Baxter won him the Tony Award for Best Actor in Music and the Drama Desk Award Best Performance. 
• Orbach was also nominated for the Tony and Drama Desk Awards for his roles in the musicals “Chicago” (1975–1977) by Bob Fosse, Fred Ebb, and John Kander, and “42nd Street” (1980–1985) by Michael Stewart, Mark Bramble, and Bradford Ropes. 
• Finally, in the personal life of the actor, he married twice, first to Marta Curro from 1958 to 1975, with whom he had two children. 
• He married Elaine Cancilla in 1979, and they were married until his death. 
• The actor died of prostate cancer at the Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York City in December 2004. 
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1. Best known for his role as Detective Lennie Briscoe in Law & Order (1990) (as well as several spin-offs)

Jerome Bernard Orbach Quotes

• When I first began in this business I was doing a lot of musical theater but the problem was that people wouldn’t hire me outside of that. I wasn’t being taken seriously as an actor so I started taking more dramatic roles and serious acting jobs and eventually it got to the point where people were saying, “I really like his stuff. Does he sing?”
• It may sound a little off the wall to say this, but having the opportunity to do this in this long an arc has given me – and is continuing to give me – a feeling that I’m doing something for the city and for the people of it and for the cops. I see it every day on the street. The profile of Law & Order (1990) has gotten bigger and bigger. And the way the city feels about us . . . it’s like we’re part of the good things that happen in the city.
• [on working on Law & Order (1990)] It’s a lot more fun for actors to cry and rant and rave, or have a drug problem or a drinking problem. Once in a while I get jealous of people who get to do real histrionics. But that’s all right. That stuff’s only about awards. It’s not about people watching. People are very loyal to our show and they want to see the case resolved in an hour.
• I used to say when I was working in the theater that if I ever had five seasons of a hit TV show I’d never have to worry about money and wouldn’t have to do anything I didn’t want to do . . . The 12 seasons on Law & Order (1990) really made that possible.

Jerome Bernard Orbach Important Facts

• Jerry went to a New York acting school (Lee Strasberg – Actor’s Studio) with fellow aspiring student, Marilyn Monroe.
• Left behind an estimated estate of $10,000,000.
• Cousin of Ron Orbach.
• He appeared in 274 episodes of Law & Order (1990), more than anyone else except for S. Epatha Merkerson and Sam Waterston.
• His mother Emily Orbach died on July 28, 2012 at the age of 101.
• He has three grandchildren. Sarah Kate Orbach and Peter Orbach who are his oldest son Tony’s kids and Aaron Orbach born in 2014 to his youngest son Chris Orbach and daughter-in-law Nicole.
• In 2007 Jerry’s oldest son Tony and grandson Peter appeared on the tv-show Cash Cab together.
• His widow Elaine Orbach died on April 1st 2009 from pneumonia at the age of 69.
• Jerry Orbach was an animal-rights activist.
• Biography in: “The Scribner Encyclopedia of American Lives”. Volume 7, 2003-2005, pages 405-407. Farmington Hills, MI: Thomson Gale, 2007.
• W 53rd St. in Manhattan has been named Jerry Orbach Way!.
• Made his Broadway stage debut as Smith, the Police Constable, in “The Threepenny Opera”.
• Was an organ donor and upon his death he gave his eyes as a gift of sight.
• Along with S. Epatha Merkerson, Annie Parisse, Milena Govich and Jeremy Sisto, he was one of only five Law & Order (1990) cast members to play a different character in an episode before joining the cast in a later season. Michael Imperioli and J.K. Simmons also played multiple roles, but were not permanent additions to the cast.
• According to his book “Hollywood Animal”, Joe Eszterhas said that when he was down and out, Orbach would fill his station wagon with groceries and deliver them to his house.
• Along with Chris Noth, Dann Florek and Fred Dalton Thompson, he is one of four Law & Order (1990) cast members who later joined the regular cast of one of the spin-off series. He played Detective Lennie Briscoe in Law & Order (1990) from 1992 to 2004 and was a member of the original cast of Law & Order: Trial by Jury (2005).
• Is one of four cast members from Law & Order (1990) 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). Although he was signed as a regular cast member in L&O:TBJ, he died unexpectedly after shooting only two episodes.
• The Law & Order: Trial by Jury (2005) episode “Baby Boom” was dedicated to his memory. At the end, a message was shown that said “For Jerry”.
• Before joining the cast of Law & Order (1990) in 1992, he played a defense attorney named Frank Lehrman in the Season Two episode “The Wages of Love”. Detective Lennie Briscoe, the character he later played on the series for twelve seasons, hated defense attorneys for defending “the scum of the earth.”
• His character Law & Order (1990) and Law & Order: Trial by Jury (2005) character, Detective Lennie Briscoe, was the longest running character on American prime time live action television from May 2004, when Frasier (1993) ended, to March 2005. Kelsey Grammer had played Dr. Frasier Crane in Cheers (1982) and Frasier (1993) since November 1984. Richard Belzer, who has played Detective John Munch in Homicide: Life on the Street (1993) and Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999) since January 1993, is the current holder of the title.
• Played the uncle of his real-life son, Chris Orbach, in Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999).
• Jesse L. Martin performed the song “Razzle Dazzle” from the musical “Chicago” at the 2005 Tony Awards just as the “In Memoriam” section of the show was finishing. The last photo shown during the memorial was that of Orbach, who was both Martin’s costar on Law & Order (1990) and the first person to perform “Razzle Dazzle” in the original Broadway production of “Chicago”.
• He appeared in episodes of four different series with Sam Waterston: Law & Order (1990), Homicide: Life on the Street (1993), Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999) and Law & Order: Trial by Jury (2005).
• Along with Jesse L. Martin, Fred Dalton Thompson, Carolyn McCormick and Leslie Hendrix, he is one of only five actors to play the same character (Detective Lennie Briscoe) on all four New York City-based “Law & Order” series: Law & Order (1990), Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999), Law & Order: Criminal Intent (2001), and Law & Order: Trial by Jury (2005).
• On Law & Order: Trial by Jury (2005), when he was so ill that he couldn’t speak above a whisper, they rewrote the scene so that he and the other characters around him all had reason to whisper (outside of a courtroom door).
• He appeared in episodes of three different series with Richard Belzer: Law & Order (1990), Homicide: Life on the Street (1993) and Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999).
• He appeared in episodes of three different series with Jesse L. Martin: Law & Order (1990), Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999) and Law & Order: Criminal Intent (2001).
• Received the Edith Oliver Award for Sustained Excellence at the 1999 Lucille Lortel Awards.
• His father, Leon Orbach, was a German Jewish immigrant, who was born in Hamburg, Germany. His mother, Emily (Olexy), was born in Pennsylvania, to immigrant Polish-Lithuanian Catholic parents, Alexander Olexy and Susanna (Klauba).
• Had been battling prostate cancer for 10 years.
• He played the same character (Detective Lennie Briscoe) in five different television series: Law & Order (1990), Homicide: Life on the Street (1993), Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999), Law & Order: Criminal Intent (2001) and Law & Order: Trial by Jury (2005).
• His manager, Robert Malcolm, announced in December 2004 that he has prostate cancer. However, Malcolm said, “We expect he’ll be fine. He’s been playing golf, shooting his episodes (of Law & Order: Trial by Jury (2005)) and doing real well”.
• The New York Landmark Conservancy declared him a Living Landmark.
• In 1969, he won the Tony Award for Best Actor (Musical) for his 1968 role of Chuck Baxter in the Burt Bacharach/Hal David musical “Promises, Promises”, a stage adaptation of Billy Wilder’s The Apartment (1960). This was preceded by a 1965 Tony nomination as Best Supporting or Featured Actor (Musical) for a revival of “Guys and Dolls,” and followed by a 1976 Best Actor (Musical) nomination for the original production of “Chicago.”
• Announced on March 26, 2004, that he would be leaving Law & Order (1990) after 12 years on the series.
• In 1976, he was nominated for the Tony Award® for “Best Actor in a Musical” for his performance in “Chicago.”
• Had read for the roles of Max Greevey and Phil Cerreta on Law & Order (1990) before finally being cast as Det. Lennie Briscoe.
• Worked as a chauffeur for Mae West.
• He was an only child.
• Was partying at the Copacabana with famed New York mobster Joey Gallo hours before Gallo was shot dead at Umberto’s Clam House in New York City
• Father of Chris Orbach and Anthony Orbach.
• Created the roles of El Gallo in “The Fantasticks,” Billy Flynn in “Chicago” and Julian Marsh in “42nd Street” on the New York stage.
• Spent part of his childhood in Nanticoke, PA.
• On Monday, 20th March 2000 he sued online auctioneer eBay Inc. in Manhattan (New York) Federal Court for displaying his Social Security number on the Internet. The suit alleges that eBay began broadcasting the confidential information on its website on Wednesday, March 15, 2000, when it advertised the sale of two of Orbach’s contracts from 1958.

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