ACTOR

Jerry Orbach

1935 - 2004

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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".Orbach's professional career began on the New York stage, both on and off-Broadway, where he created roles such as El Gallo in the original off-Broadway run of The Fantasticks (1960) and became the first performer to sing that show's standard "Try to Remember", Billy Flynn in the original Chicago (1975–1977), and Julian Marsh in 42nd Street (1980–1985). Nominated for multiple Tony Awards, Orbach won for his performance as Chuck Baxter in Promises, Promises (1968–1972).Later in his career, Orbach played supporting roles in films such as Prince of the City (1981), Dirty Dancing (1987), Crimes and Misdemeanors (1989), and, as a voice actor, Disney's Beauty and the Beast (1991). He also made frequent guest appearances on television, including a recurring role on Murder, She Wrote as private detective Harry McGraw between 1985 and 1991, and was the voice of Zachary Foxx in The Adventures of the Galaxy Rangers in 1986. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jerry Orbach has received more than 5,943,923 page views. His biography is available in 29 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 28 in 2019). Jerry Orbach is the 1,459th most popular actor (down from 1,261st in 2019), the 2,478th most popular biography from United States (down from 2,247th in 2019) and the 677th most popular American Actor.

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  • 5.9M

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  • 56.34

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 29

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.84

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.90

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Jerry Orbaches by language

Over the past year Jerry Orbach has had the most page views in the with 652,603 views, followed by German (70,042), and French (35,455). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Catalan (38.11%), Simple English (32.48%), and Asturian (26.86%)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Jerry Orbach ranks 1,459 out of 13,578. Before him are Emily Watson, Nino Castelnuovo, James Whitmore, Paul Bettany, Geraldine Page, and Dominique Pinon. After him are Jamie Foxx, Maria Riva, Elsa Lanchester, Frank Grillo, Jeff Daniels, and Aaron Eckhart.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1935, Jerry Orbach ranks 120. Before him are Thomas Keneally, Azzedine Alaïa, Richard Kuklinski, Bruno Sammartino, Jan Saudek, and André Brink. After him are Jerry Fodor, Chaim Topol, Tsutomu Hata, Mohamed Choukri, Sergei Khrushchev, and Richard Brautigan. Among people deceased in 2004, Jerry Orbach ranks 86. Before him are Jean Rouch, Uta Hagen, Olga Ladyzhenskaya, Boris Trajkovski, Irina Press, and Miklós Fehér. After him are Shiing-Shen Chern, Russ Meyer, John Maynard Smith, Zenkō Suzuki, Anthony Steffen, and Mercedes McCambridge.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Jerry Orbach ranks 2,478 out of 20,380. Before him are Mimi Rogers (1956), Joseph Stilwell (1883), Eugene Nida (1914), Eric F. Wieschaus (1947), James Whitmore (1921), and Geraldine Page (1924). After him are Jamie Foxx (1967), Frank Grillo (1965), Terry Funk (1944), Paul Bowles (1910), David Lane (1938), and Jeff Daniels (1955).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Jerry Orbach ranks 677. Before him are Charles Durning (1923), Debra Winger (1955), Randolph Scott (1898), Mimi Rogers (1956), James Whitmore (1921), and Geraldine Page (1924). After him are Jamie Foxx (1967), Frank Grillo (1965), Jeff Daniels (1955), Aaron Eckhart (1968), Sela Ward (1956), and George Segal (1934).

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Television and Movie Roles

Dirty Dancing
Dr. Jake Houseman
Expecting the usual tedium that accompanies a summer in the Catskills with her family, 17-year-old Frances 'Baby' Houseman is surprised to find herself stepping into the shoes of a professional hoofer—and unexpectedly falling in love.
Aug 21o 19877.344 / 10
Beauty and the Beast
Lumiere (voice)
Follow the adventures of Belle, a bright young woman who finds herself in the castle of a prince who's been turned into a mysterious beast. With the help of the castle's enchanted staff, Belle soon learns the most important lesson of all -- that true beauty comes from within.
Oct 22o 19917.7 / 10
Law & Order
Frank Lehrman
In cases ripped from the headlines, police investigate serious and often deadly crimes, weighing the evidence and questioning the suspects until someone is taken into custody. The district attorney's office then builds a case to convict the perpetrator by proving the person guilty beyond a reasonable doubt. Working together, these expert teams navigate all sides of the complex criminal justice system to make New York a safer place.
7.451 / 10