Born to a Jewish father and Roman Catholic mother, he was raised as a Roman Catholic. Early in his career he worked as a chauffeur for Mae West. Orbach was a prominent actor on stage and later television, becoming best known as Detective Lennie Briscoe on Dick Wolf's Law and Order.
[1] Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, Manhattan, NY.
Father: Leon Orbach
Mother: Emily Olexy
Wife: Marta Curro (m. 21-Jun-1958, div. 1975, two sons)
Son: Anthony Nicholas Orbach
Son: Christopher Ben Orbach
Wife: Elaine Cancilla (dancer, m. 7-Oct-1979)
High School: (Waukegan, IL)
University: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (one year, transferred)
University: Northwestern University (one year, circa 1954)
Tony 1969 for Best Actor in a Musical Play, Promises, Promises
Wedding: Donald Trump and Marla Maples (1993)
Jewish Ancestry Paternal
Risk Factors: Prostate Cancer,
TELEVISION
Law & Order Det. Lennie Briscoe (1992-2004)
House of Mouse Lumiere (2001-02)
The Law and Harry McGraw Harry MacGraw (1987-88)
Murder, She Wrote Harry McGraw (1985-91)
FILMOGRAPHY AS ACTOR
Manna From Heaven (17-Jan-2003)
The Acting Class (16-Oct-2000) Himself
Prince of Central Park (22-Sep-2000)
Chinese Coffee (2-Sep-2000)
Exiled (8-Nov-1998)
Beauty and the Beast: The Enchanted Christmas (11-Nov-1997) [VOICE]
Aladdin and the King of Thieves (13-Aug-1996) [VOICE]
Mr. Saturday Night (12-Sep-1992)
Universal Soldier (10-Jul-1992)
Straight Talk (03-Apr-1992)
Black Death (24-Mar-1992)
A Gnome Named Gnorm (17-Jan-1992)
Beauty and the Beast (13-Nov-1991) [VOICE]
Delirious (9-Aug-1991)
Delusion (7-Jun-1991)
Out for Justice (12-Apr-1991)
Crimes and Misdemeanors (13-Oct-1989)
Last Exit to Brooklyn (12-Oct-1989)
I Love N.Y. (1988)
Someone to Watch Over Me (9-Oct-1987)
Dirty Dancing (25-Aug-1987)
Out on a Limb (18-Jan-1987)
F/X (7-Feb-1986)
Brewster's Millions (22-May-1985)
Underground Aces (1981)
Prince of the City (1981)
The Sentinel (7-Jan-1977)
The Gang That Couldn't Shoot Straight (22-Dec-1971)
John Goldfarb, Please Come Home (24-Mar-1965)
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