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Acting

Jerry Orbach

Career: Active from 1961 to 2000, busiest in 1991 with 7 main titles.

Leading roles: 18
top three billing

Average score: 53/100

Highest rated: Beauty and the Beast
88/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 55 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Jerry Orbach Catalog average

Rarely in their work

Coming of Age
1.9, average 3.0
Melancholy
3.6, average 4.7
Psychological
4.5, average 5.5
Historical
1.7, average 2.6

Main genres

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Recurring tags

Character-Driven 5
Fast-Paced 2
Family-Friendly 2
Legal Drama 2
Showbiz Intrigue 2
New York City 2
Underdog Story 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

83

Type

Role

Score

Decade

Genre

Group by

2010s

1 title · average score 69

The New Yorker Presents

69

TV show · as Detective Lennie Brisco

2000s

9 titles · average score 61

Law & Order: Trial by Jury

77

TV show · as Lennie Briscoe

Broadway's Lost Treasures III: The Best of The Tony Awards

as Chuck Baxter (segment "Promises, Promises") (archive footage)

Disney Princess Sing Along Songs, Vol. 2 - Enchanted Tea Party

as Lumiere (voice)

Manna from Heaven

47

as Waltz Contest Announcer

Law & Order: Criminal Intent

68

TV show · as Lennie Briscoe

Disney's House of Mouse

76

TV show · as Lumiere (voice)

Chinese Coffee

70

as Jake Manheim

Encounters With the Unexplained

TV show

Prince of Central Park

26

as Businessman

1990s

29 titles · average score 55

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

73

TV show · as Detective Lennie Briscoe

Belle's Magical World

37

as Lumiere (voice)

Beauty and the Beast: The Enchanted Christmas

33

as Lumiere (voice)

Aladdin and the King of Thieves

45

as Sa'Luk (voice)

Universal Soldier

47

as Dr. Christopher Gregor

Out for Justice

45

as Ronny Donziger

Beauty and the Beast

88

as Lumiere (voice)

A Gnome Named Gnorm

42

as Stan Walton

Dead Women in Lingerie

24

as Mr. Bartoli

Delusion

58

as Larry

In Defense of a Married Man

51

as Alan Michelson

Law & Order

74

TV show · as Lennie Briscoe / Frank Lehrman

1980s

26 titles · average score 63

Last Exit to Brooklyn

57

as Boyce

Dirty Dancing

68

as Jake Houseman

The Law & Harry McGraw

TV show · as Harry McGraw

Someone to Watch Over Me

58

as Lt. Garber

The Adventures of the Galaxy Rangers

50

TV show · as Zachary Foxx (voice)

F/X

72

as Nicholas DeFranco

The Imagemaker

as Byron Caine

Brewster's Millions

50

as Charley Pegler

The Golden Girls

83

TV show · as Glen

Murder, She Wrote

76

TV show · as Harry McGraw

Plaza Suite

as Roy Hubley / Jesse Kiplinger / Sam Nash

Prince of the City

79

as Gus Levy

1970s

7 titles · average score 51

Buck Rogers in the 25th Century

54

TV show · as Lars Mangros

Trapper John, M.D.

65

TV show

The Sentinel

44

as Michael Dayton

Fore Play

38

as Jerry Lorsey

Kojak

72

TV show · as Brubaker

A Fan's Notes

as Fred Exley

The Gang That Couldn't Shoot Straight

31

as Kid Sally

1960s

8 titles · average score 57

Love, American Style

43

TV show · as Homer 'Arsenal' Andrews

Medical Center

67

TV show

Annie Get Your Gun

as Charles Davenport

John Goldfarb, Please Come Home!

34

as Pinkerton

Bye Bye Birdie

75

as Bob (Ed Sullivan Show Producer) (uncredited)

Mad Dog Coll

54

as Joe Clegg

The Defenders

71

TV show · as J.P. Loring

24 Hours in a Woman's Life

as Cristof

1950s

3 titles · average score 71

Cop Hater

54

as Mumzer

Marty

84

as Ballroom Patron (uncredited)

Guys and Dolls

77

as Barbershop Patron (uncredited)