Jerry Orbach
Jerome Bernard Orbach (October 20, 1935 – December 28, 2004) was an American actor and singer, described at the time of 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".
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| Full name at birth | Jerome Bernard Orbach
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| Claim to fame | Murder She Wrote, Beauty and the Beast, NYPD Detective Leonard W. “Lennie” Briscoe on the long-running NBC crime drama Law & Order (1992–2004)
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| Date of birth | 20 October 1935
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| Place of birth | The Bronx, New York City, New York, USA
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| Date of death | 28 December 2004
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| Age | 69 (age at death)
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| Place of death | Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA
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| Cause of death | Prostate Cancer
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| Resting place | Trinity Church Cemetery, Manhattan
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| Occupation | Actor, singer
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| Height | 6' 2" (188 cm)
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| Net worth | $10,000,000 USD
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- 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".
- He is one of only two actors to play the same character (Detective Lennie Briscoe) on 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 sometime co-star Richard Belzer is the other one, having appeared on six different television shows as Detective John Munch.
- 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).
- Was the voice of Lumiere, the candelabra, in Disney's "Beauty and the Beast".
- 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).
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