Overview
Jerry Orbach
Known For
Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age
Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age explores the world of Broadway...
Mickey's PhilharMagic
Stagehand Donald Duck secretly puts on Mickey's sorcerer's hat and...
Late Night with Conan O'Brien: 10th Anniversary Special
Conan O'Brien celebrates ten years of "Late Night with Conan...
Try to Remember: The Fantasticks
On the eve of the final Off-Broadway performance of the...
Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There
Broadway: The Golden Age is the most important, ambitious and...
Encounters With the Unexplained
Historians and scientists explore myths, legends and mysterious phenomena.
Biography
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, 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.