you know, i only clicked on this for the song at first. But this is a very well put together video showcasing one of the most talented actors to ever grace the stage. Thank you for making this
@SueBeaWho Maybe because I am not a Law and Order fan-actually I disdain the series and its bastard progeny-never cared for his character--but he was a great Broadway actor and entertainer and reminds me of other young aspiring actors I say on my frequent visits to Greenwich Village in 1960's.
My Grandfather told me it was Jerry Orbach, and he instantly became one of my favourite actors of all time. I saw him as Billy Flynn in the Original Broadway version of Chicago that year as well. What a treat.
I met Jerry Orbach when I was a teenager in 1975. I was living with my Grandfather on Staten Island and I went into the city (NYC) often. There was a protest of the Broadway Musicians Dispute/Strike in Shubert Alley and a nice man took the time to explain it to me while a TV camera was filming the protest. When I got home that night I was watching TV with my Grandfather and the clip came on during the news. My Grandfather saw me and Mr. Orbach talking and he asked me if I knew who that was. Nope
@shmuli9 I don't know how old your are, but that tends to happen. Look at you and your friends today....and then 30 years from now, they won't be so handsome or beautiful. It'll happen to you and everyone else your age. Look at some pix of your grandparents and I'll bet they were beautiful/handsome at a young age like you probably are.
@tlibber Well, of course! (The alternative to "getting old" is kind of chilling.) Unfortunately, your premise is kind of wrong (some people were NEVER attractive, at least "in a universal way"). My parents certainly were attractive...
@shmuli9 I'm sorry. Didn't mean to jump to conclusions. I run into a lot of young folks who say, "Oh he's/she's so UGLY now." When he/she were, in fact, quite handsome/beautiful when they were young. But yes, there's some of us, as you say, who were NEVER attractive. I hear what you're saying. Anyway, Jerry O was a handsome guy in his youth. Cheers!
From what I know of Mr. Orbach's last days of shooting Law & Order and he knew he was terminal, he kept it very private, and died the way he lived, with dignity...R.I.P.
My heart hurts to hear him sing and see all of these great images.. He grew up on burlesque and always had a joke. He was on the set of "Law and Order" and before a scene was shot he turned and said "A horse walked into a bar and the bartender said 'why the long face?' "
This is the very first youtube video I have seen that did not have a "dislike." Everyone liked him! I loved him too.
What a voice; loved him as Lenny Briscoe, too. He had such a world weary character in that role, and a sense of grim humor. Loved the wisecracks. I had never seen him in anything else, but it seems he was very versatile. God Bless you Mr. Orbach. "Law and Order" just wasn't the same without you.
He sounds remarkably like Ed Ames. And Chris Noth, Ben Bratt and Jesse Martin have to realize that in his younger days, Jerry was just as much of a hunk as they were!
I never knew about his whole wonderful life outside tv. I just loved him as Lenny Brisco- but I found out a lot about his life and his stage life. He was a lovable man, totally amazing-I miss him, a whole lot. Bless him.
Someone had suggest that it might be Anne Bancroft, but I was sure it wasn't her. As soon as I read the name Lee Grant, I remembered her, but I never would have come up with the name on my own.
Age helped him...a lot. I remember him from an episode of Murder She Wrote when I was a kid, explaining to Jesse about how some woman wanted "a couple more rounds of Bedsheet Bingo".
Jerry Orbach - The Law and Order guy and the father in Dirty Dancing. I don't have to "Try To Remember" Jerry. He is such a respected actor (and great singer), he is missed but his memory will live on !
I just watched an older '90s movie "Toy Soldiers" with Sean Astin, Wil Wheaton...he played the father of Wheaton's character. Kind of small role but memorable...he was so memorable in anything he did. That voice and those eyes that could look so sinister and/or kind and sympathetic (almost world-weary) depending on the role.
I am glad this great American talent could make tons of money on television. I was born too late to see his mastery on Broadway. I guess I will have to imagine his great performances on Broadway and enjoy YouTube for this artistic enrichment. Thank you.
This makes me sad. It reminds me of how great the American Musical Theatre can be at its best.
When this musical was first produced, I am sure that everyone knew it was great. But, did anyone ever think that we would not see this simple magic again?
God! I miss Jerry Orbach terribly! He was such a great actor and singer. HE'S MY HERO 4 EVER! Tomorrow is the 5th anniversary of his death. R.I.P. JERRY ORBACH 1935-2004!
What a wonderful tribute to a real American Treasure. One of the great things about the advent of cinema & TV is that we now have a permanent collective memory of such actors that audiences long after the a star's death can still enjoy their great talent.
you know, i only clicked on this for the song at first. But this is a very well put together video showcasing one of the most talented actors to ever grace the stage. Thank you for making this
SDVR007 2 months ago
What an amazing career he had.
hammerogod 2 months ago
Didnt know he sang!
freeekinsane 2 months ago
HE REALLY HAD A GOOD VOICE@@ THANKS FOR POSTING THIS I HAVE ALWAYS LOVED THIS SONG
ReunitedSomeday 2 months ago
I MISS JERRY!
jvfunn3000 2 months ago
All I know was Law & Order, and I'm a 61 year old from accross the river from Manhattan ... I should have known ...... RIP Jerry
gto66solstice08 3 months ago
Thanks for all the pictures and memories of a great actor.
bykota12 3 months ago
A beautiful song from Kid Sally Palumbo! Thanks for posting!
goldenvmedia 4 months ago
I musta got somting in my eye......Wonderful.
Livesteam45 4 months ago
He just seems like he was the nicest man in the WORLD!!!
SueBeaWho 4 months ago
@SueBeaWho Maybe because I am not a Law and Order fan-actually I disdain the series and its bastard progeny-never cared for his character--but he was a great Broadway actor and entertainer and reminds me of other young aspiring actors I say on my frequent visits to Greenwich Village in 1960's.
Very touching song.
RPenta 4 months ago
@RPenta I very much yearn to go back to those days in the early 60s in GV and all over NYC.
Glinkaism1 4 months ago
WE LOVE YA JERRY!
jvfunn3000 4 months ago
Beautiful song from a Handsome man.R.I.P.
LindaJ551 5 months ago
My Grandfather told me it was Jerry Orbach, and he instantly became one of my favourite actors of all time. I saw him as Billy Flynn in the Original Broadway version of Chicago that year as well. What a treat.
RancherUSAFLA 6 months ago 3
I met Jerry Orbach when I was a teenager in 1975. I was living with my Grandfather on Staten Island and I went into the city (NYC) often. There was a protest of the Broadway Musicians Dispute/Strike in Shubert Alley and a nice man took the time to explain it to me while a TV camera was filming the protest. When I got home that night I was watching TV with my Grandfather and the clip came on during the news. My Grandfather saw me and Mr. Orbach talking and he asked me if I knew who that was. Nope
RancherUSAFLA 6 months ago
@RancherUSAFLA LOLOLOL and HOW cool is THAT??? Wow lucky duck! Yeah, Jerry seems like he was genuinely a nice person!
SueBeaWho 4 months ago
Jerry You are the Greatest..........
ffricke1 7 months ago
This was in Chrono Trigger? ouch, sweet.
devouringone3 8 months ago
I didn't think he was ugly in his later years by any means, but he was REALLY attractive as a young man...
shmuli9 9 months ago
@shmuli9 I don't know how old your are, but that tends to happen. Look at you and your friends today....and then 30 years from now, they won't be so handsome or beautiful. It'll happen to you and everyone else your age. Look at some pix of your grandparents and I'll bet they were beautiful/handsome at a young age like you probably are.
tlibber 7 months ago
@tlibber Well, of course! (The alternative to "getting old" is kind of chilling.) Unfortunately, your premise is kind of wrong (some people were NEVER attractive, at least "in a universal way"). My parents certainly were attractive...
shmuli9 7 months ago
@shmuli9 I'm sorry. Didn't mean to jump to conclusions. I run into a lot of young folks who say, "Oh he's/she's so UGLY now." When he/she were, in fact, quite handsome/beautiful when they were young. But yes, there's some of us, as you say, who were NEVER attractive. I hear what you're saying. Anyway, Jerry O was a handsome guy in his youth. Cheers!
tlibber 7 months ago
From what I know of Mr. Orbach's last days of shooting Law & Order and he knew he was terminal, he kept it very private, and died the way he lived, with dignity...R.I.P.
thanksforthemusic 11 months ago
Thank you for featuring photographs of Jerry through out his career. I never saw him perform in his youth.
tvviewer46 11 months ago
What a beautiful person he was. Lovely voice too.
denisethepainter 1 year ago
Hmm...was this really used in Chrono Trigger?
billyez 1 year ago
WOW!! Didn't realize he was also a beautiful singer!!! Loved him also in L&O, God Bless you Jerry!!!!
SCRAPPIE2006 1 year ago
thank you
l11432 1 year ago
There's something I always liked about this guy on Law and Order. Nice presence. I didn't know he had such a distinguished career.
teachferrer 1 year ago
Great voice, I saw the movie The Fantasticks with Joel Grey and liked the song at the end.
Maples01 1 year ago
A true treasure
Beautiful tribute
MonkeylessJohn 1 year ago
This has been flagged as spam show
My heart hurts to hear him sing and see all of these great images.. He grew up on burlesque and always had a joke. He was on the set of "Law and Order" and before a scene was shot he turned and said "A horse walked into a bar and the bartender said 'why the long face?' "
This is the very first youtube video I have seen that did not have a "dislike." Everyone liked him! I loved him too.
ripcalwill 1 year ago
Just an amazing man-well loved, and so talented. I miss him so much, as do we all.
neilnsue 1 year ago
What a voice; loved him as Lenny Briscoe, too. He had such a world weary character in that role, and a sense of grim humor. Loved the wisecracks. I had never seen him in anything else, but it seems he was very versatile. God Bless you Mr. Orbach. "Law and Order" just wasn't the same without you.
angeloschild 1 year ago
RIP Jerry
bonzerrrrr 1 year ago
Will always love him in Dirty Dancing!
littlebrat672 1 year ago
He's good! But no Robert Goullet
BeantownJim 1 year ago
One of the great songs of the musical theater--and a beautiful rendition. VADE, Jerry Orbach.
jamesjeffreypaul 1 year ago
He sounds remarkably like Ed Ames. And Chris Noth, Ben Bratt and Jesse Martin have to realize that in his younger days, Jerry was just as much of a hunk as they were!
44032 1 year ago
JERRY ORBACH IS A LEGEND AND MY HERO 4 EVER!
jvfunn3000 1 year ago
I never knew about his whole wonderful life outside tv. I just loved him as Lenny Brisco- but I found out a lot about his life and his stage life. He was a lovable man, totally amazing-I miss him, a whole lot. Bless him.
neilnsue 1 year ago
Jerry Orbach and Lee Grant were in a TV special of Neil Simon's Plaza Suite in 1982. I think it was on HBO.
mississippibluffs 1 year ago
Thank you.
Someone had suggest that it might be Anne Bancroft, but I was sure it wasn't her. As soon as I read the name Lee Grant, I remembered her, but I never would have come up with the name on my own.
mississippibluffs 1 year ago
Age helped him...a lot. I remember him from an episode of Murder She Wrote when I was a kid, explaining to Jesse about how some woman wanted "a couple more rounds of Bedsheet Bingo".
They shoulda ended Law and Order when he died.
RuflessRecords 1 year ago
Thank you for this posting by my favorite actor, Jerry Orbach. there will never be another like him!
arpeggio1358 1 year ago
nice collage to one of the greatest actors Broadway has known
misterten2 1 year ago
i love that song by jerry orbach
johnclipper5 1 year ago
Jerry Orbach - The Law and Order guy and the father in Dirty Dancing. I don't have to "Try To Remember" Jerry. He is such a respected actor (and great singer), he is missed but his memory will live on !
twinkie57401 1 year ago
@twinkie57401
I just watched an older '90s movie "Toy Soldiers" with Sean Astin, Wil Wheaton...he played the father of Wheaton's character. Kind of small role but memorable...he was so memorable in anything he did. That voice and those eyes that could look so sinister and/or kind and sympathetic (almost world-weary) depending on the role.
filmsensei 1 year ago
jerry this boston boy misses you alot.
peteboy1113 1 year ago
Sure brought a tear to my eye. Wow.
pensacola321 1 year ago
Love his version of this classic song. Thanks for posting.
nancyfloressantos 1 year ago
Can anyone tell me the name of the actress at 1:03 who sitting on the bed with Jerry Orbach?
mississippibluffs 1 year ago
@mississippibluffs Could that have been Ann Bancroft?
SuperJerilee 1 year ago
Comment removed
fbkbass 1 year ago
@mississippibluffs - That's Lee Grant. I'm not sure what show it's from.
fbkbass 1 year ago
The original! Also I love the cover version by The Brothers Four.
cmulwee001 1 year ago
Good God...what a voice! Who could anything more!
poltallach 2 years ago
I am glad this great American talent could make tons of money on television. I was born too late to see his mastery on Broadway. I guess I will have to imagine his great performances on Broadway and enjoy YouTube for this artistic enrichment. Thank you.
fishyfish4444 2 years ago
This makes me sad. It reminds me of how great the American Musical Theatre can be at its best.
When this musical was first produced, I am sure that everyone knew it was great. But, did anyone ever think that we would not see this simple magic again?
fishyfish4444 2 years ago
Comment removed
fishyfish4444 2 years ago
thank you
l11432 2 years ago
Just think what a wonderful duet Jerry and Jesse L. Martin could have sung!
Highland804 2 years ago
God! I miss Jerry Orbach terribly! He was such a great actor and singer. HE'S MY HERO 4 EVER! Tomorrow is the 5th anniversary of his death. R.I.P. JERRY ORBACH 1935-2004!
jvfunn3000 2 years ago
Thank you!!! Merry Christmas!
l11432 2 years ago
I didn't know he sang as well. Great voice! Handsome looking guy.
Seattlecarnut 2 years ago 11
Thank you for posting this. God what a voice that man had.
sparkio79 2 years ago
Thanks, what a touching tribute. 50 years later its still great. thanks Jerry
larbearx 2 years ago
What a wonderful tribute to a real American Treasure. One of the great things about the advent of cinema & TV is that we now have a permanent collective memory of such actors that audiences long after the a star's death can still enjoy their great talent.
Kailoa36 2 years ago 19
JERRY
pregoandragu 2 years ago