Jerry Orbach

Jerry Orbach was an American Tony Award-winning actor, singer and stage performer. He made his Broadway debut in The Threepenny Opera and starred in Guys and Dolls, Annie Get Your Gun, Chicago and 42nd Street. He became a household name from his roles on Murder She Wrote and Law & Order. He is only one of four actors, along with Jessie L. Martin, Fred Thompson and Leslie Hendrix, to appear in all four versions of Law & Order.

Orbach died on December 28, 2004, after suffering from prostate cancer. Orbach's wife, Elaine, died on April 2, 2009, from pneumonia.Playbill News: Elaine Cancilla Orbach Dies at 69 (April 2, 2009)

• 1955: Guys and Dolls as Barbershop customer
• 1986: F/X as Nicholas DeFranco
• 1987: Dirty Dancing as Dr. Jake Houseman
• 1989: Crimes and Misdemeanors as Jack Rosenthal
• 1991: Beauty and the Beast (voice) as Lumiere

• 1986: The Adventures of the Galaxy Rangers as Zachary Foxx
• 1987-1988: The Law and Harry McGraw as Harry McGraw
• 1985-1991: Murder, She Wrote as Harry McGraw
• 1996-1999: Homicide: Life on the Street as Det. Leonard Briscoe
• 1999-2000: Law & Order: Special Victims Unit as 1999-2000
• 2001-2002: House of Mouse as Lumiere
• 1991-2004: Law & Order as Det. Lennie Briscoe
• 2005: Law & Order: Trial by Jury as Det. Lennie Briscoe

• Note: The majority of the links in this timeline are to IMDb, which has pop-ups.

• October 20, 1935: Born

• 1955: Guys and Dolls

• 1967: Annie Get Your Gun

• 1975: Medical Center

• 1980: Trapper John, M.D.

• 1980-81: One Life to Live

• 1985: Brewster's Millions

• 1987: Love Among Thieves

• 1987: Dirty Dancing

• 1989: The Flamingo Kid

• 1990: The Golden Girls

• 1991: Perry Mason: The Case of the Ruthless Reporter

• 1985-91: Murder, She Wrote

• 1991: Beauty and the Beast

• 1991-2004: Law & Order

• 1992: Mr. Saturday Night

• 1996-99: Homicide: Life on the Street

• 1999-2000: Law & Order: SVU

• 2001: Law & Order: Criminal Intent

• 2005: Law and Order: Trial by Jury

• 2005: Wins Screen Actors Guild Award

• December 28, 2004: Died