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The summer after graduating from high school, Orbach worked at the theatre of Chevy Chase Country Club of Wheeling, Illinois, and enrolled at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign in the fall. In 1953, Orbach returned to the Chicago area and enrolled at Northwestern University.
Apr 2, 2014 · Who Was Jerry Orbach? American actor Jerry Orbach left college in 1955 to begin his acting career. He played El Gallo in The Fantasticks and won a Tony Award in 1969 for his role in Promises.
Feb 28, 2005 · Orbach, the Bronx-born Broadway song-and-dance man, died Dec. 28 following a decade-long, private battle with prostate cancer. He had left “Law & Order” last season with the retirement of his...
Jun 8, 2022 · But in 1955, instead of starting his senior year, he left college to pursue acting in New York City. It may have been a pipe dream for some, but his plan worked.
Oct 6, 2022 · Jerry Orbach was a "Law & Order" mainstay until his death. Those who worked with him have recalled what it was like shooting his final scenes for the franchise.
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Jerry Orbach. Actor: Law & Order. Jerry Orbach was born in the Bronx, New York, the only child of Leon Orbach, a former vaudevillian actor, was a German Jewish immigrant, who was born in Hamburg, Germany, and Emily (nee Olexy), a radio singer, was born in Pennsylvania to immigrant Polish-Lithuanian Roman Catholic parents, Alexander Olexy and ...
Orbach graduated from high school in 1952, attended the University of Illinois for a year, and studied drama at Northwestern University for two years. The actors he most admired were Marlon Brando and Montgomery Clift, who were winning acclaim playing rebel heroes in the movies.
