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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." Over his career he received a Tony Award and Screen Actors Guild Award as well as nominations for three Emmy Awards and a Grammy Award. Orbach's 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) where he was the first performer to sing that show's standard "Try to Remember." He won the Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical for playing Chuck Baxter in the musical Promises, Promises (1968–1972). He was Tony-nominated for portraying Sky Masterson in Guys and Dolls (1965) and Billy Flynn in the original Chicago (1976). He also acted in Annie Get Your Gun (1966) and 42nd Street (1980). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Jerry Orbach is the 1,912th most popular actor (down from 1,458th in 2019), the 3,457th most popular biography from United States (down from 2,478th in 2019) and the 936th most popular American Actor.

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Among actors, Jerry Orbach ranks 1,912 out of 13,578. Before him are John Hannah, Shadia, Anthony Quayle, Peggy Lipton, Jean Peters, and Dean Norris. After him are Frank Vincent, Ben McKenzie, Sam Heughan, Dana Delany, Robert Blake, and Folco Lulli.

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Among people born in 1935, Jerry Orbach ranks 155. Before him are Wang Hongwen, Richard Brautigan, Princess Elisabeth of Denmark, Antonios Naguib, Vladimir Aksyonov, and Annie Proulx. After him are Alfonso López Trujillo, Robert Conrad, Serge Klarsfeld, Richard Kuklinski, Lando Buzzanca, and Oleg Tabakov. Among people deceased in 2004, Jerry Orbach ranks 106. Before him are Umberto Agnelli, Mercedes McCambridge, Walter Frentz, Artie Shaw, Vasili Mitrokhin, and Carlos Lacoste. After him are Hussein al-Houthi, Fay Wray, Laura Betti, Bill Pickering, José López Portillo y Pacheco, and Anthony Steffen.

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Among people born in United States, Jerry Orbach ranks 3,457 out of 20,380. Before him are Peggy Lipton (1946), Jean Peters (1926), Lee Krasner (1908), Chet Atkins (1924), Andy Kaufman (1949), and Dean Norris (1963). After him are Doug Collins (1951), Frank Vincent (1939), Charles T. Kowal (1940), Robert Garrett (1875), Ben McKenzie (1978), and Dana Delany (1956).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Jerry Orbach ranks 936. Before him are Barbara Lawrence (1930), Victor French (1934), Vic Morrow (1929), Peggy Lipton (1946), Jean Peters (1926), and Dean Norris (1963). After him are Frank Vincent (1939), Ben McKenzie (1978), Dana Delany (1956), Robert Blake (1933), Tim Allen (1953), and Perry King (1948).

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