Jerry Orbach

Born: 1935-10-20

Jerome Bernard Orbach (October 20, 1935 – December 28, 2004) was an American actor and singer. He is best known for his role as Detective Lennie Briscoe in the series Law & Order (1992–2004) and as the voice of Lumière in Disney's Beauty and the Beast (1991), as well as for being a noted musical theatre star; his prominent roles included originating the character of El Gallo in The Fantasticks, the longest-running musical play in history, as Chuck Baxter in the original production of Promises, Promises (for which he won a Tony Award), Julian Marsh in 42nd Street, and Billy Flynn in the original production of Chicago. Description above from the Wikipedia article Jerry Orbach, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.


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Beauty and the Beast

as Lumiere (voice)
Released: 1991-10-22

Follow the adventures of Belle, a bright young woman who finds herself in the castle of a prince...

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Beauty and the Beast: The Enchanted Christmas

as Lumiere (voice)
Released: 1997-11-11

Astonished to find the Beast has a deep-seeded hatred for the Christmas season, Belle endeavors...

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as Dr. Jake Houseman
Released: 1987-08-21

Expecting the usual tedium that accompanies a summer in the Catskills with her family,...

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Universal Soldier

as Dr. Christopher Gregor
Released: 1992-07-10

An American soldier who had been killed during the Vietnam War is revived 25 years later by the...

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Out for Justice

as Ronny Donziger
Released: 1991-04-12

Gino Felino is an NYPD detective from Brooklyn who knows everyone and everything in his...

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Aladdin and the King of Thieves

as Sa'luk (voice)
Released: 1996-05-20

Legendary secrets are revealed as Aladdin and his friends—Jasmine, Abu, Carpet and, of course,...

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Brewster's Millions

as Charley Pegler
Released: 1985-05-22

Brewster, an aging minor-league baseball player, stands to inherit 300 million dollars if he can...

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Belle's Magical World

as Lumiere (voice)
Released: 1998-02-16

Belle, the Beast, Lumiere, Cogsworth and the rest of those zany castle residents use their...

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The Sentinel

as Michael Dayton
Released: 1977-01-07

As a young girl, Alison Parker attempted suicide after being traumatized by her father's sexual...

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F/X

as Nicholas DeFranco
Released: 1986-02-07

A movies special effects man is hired by a government agency to help stage the assassination of...

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Marty

as Ballroom Patron (uncredited)
Released: 1955-04-11

Marty, a butcher who lives in the Bronx with his mother is unmarried at 34. Good-natured but...

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Crimes and Misdemeanors

as Jack Rosenthal
Released: 1989-10-13

A renowned ophthalmologist is desperate to cut off an adulterous relationship…which ends up in...

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Someone to Watch Over Me

as Lt. Garber
Released: 1987-10-09

Claire Gregory, an upper class New York personality, witnesses a murder in a luxurious...

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Last Exit to Brooklyn

as Boyce
Released: 1989-07-26

A gallery of characters in Brooklyn in the 1950s are crushed by their surroundings and selves: a...

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Guys and Dolls

as Barbershop Patron (uncredited)
Released: 1955-12-23

Gambler Nathan Detroit has few options for the location of his big craps game. Needing $1,000 to...

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Bye Bye Birdie

as Bob (Ed Sullivan Show Producer) (uncredited)
Released: 1963-04-04

A singer goes to a small town for a performance before he is drafted.

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Delirious

as Lou Sherwood
Released: 1991-08-09

A soap opera writer gets hit on the head and wakes up as a character in his own show.

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as Albert Trotta (uncredited)
Released: 1991-04-24

After federal agents arrest a drug czar and put him on trial, the cartel leader's vicious son...

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Chinese Coffee

as Jake Manheim
Released: 2000-09-02

When Harry Levine, an aging, unsuccessful Greenwich Village writer, is fired from his job as...

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Prince of the City

as Gus Levy
Released: 1981-08-19

New York City detective Daniel Ciello agrees to help the United States Department of Justice...

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A Gnome Named Gnorm

as Stan Walton
Released: 1992-01-17

A young Los Angeles police officer and a mysterious gnome become unlikely partners as they track...

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Waking Sleeping Beauty

as Self (archive footage)
Released: 2009-09-05

By the mid-1980s, the fabled animation studios of Walt Disney had fallen on hard times. The...

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Straight Talk

as Milo Jacoby
Released: 1992-04-03

Honest and straightforward small-town Shirlee Kenyon chucks her boyfriend and heads for Chicago....

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Mr. Saturday Night

as Phil Gussman
Released: 1992-09-23

Buddy Young was the comic's comic, beloved by everyone. Now, playing to miniscule crowds in...

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Howard

as Self / Lumiere (archive footage)
Released: 2018-04-22

Though legendary lyricist Howard Ashman died far too young, his impact on Broadway, movies, and...

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Prince of Central Park

as Businessman
Released: 2000-09-22

A young boy sets out to find his mother. After setting up camp in Central Park, he encounters a...

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Night of 100 Stars

as Self
Released: 1982-03-08

The most glittering, expensive, and exhausting videotaping session in television history took...

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Exiled

as Detective Lenny Briscoe
Released: 1998-11-08

NYPD Detective Mike Logan, who was reassigned to Staten Island after punching a corrupt...

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Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There

as Self
Released: 2003-04-03

Broadway: The Golden Age is the most important, ambitious and comprehensive film ever made about...

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The Cemetery Club

as Jake Rubin (uncredited)
Released: 1993-02-03

The story of three Pittsburgh widows who meet every year to visit their husband's graves and...

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In Defense of a Married Man

as Alan Michelson
Released: 1990-10-14

When a defense lawyer's adulterous husband becomes the prime suspect in the murder of the woman...

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Mad Dog Coll

as Joe Clegg
Released: 1961-05-12

Killer Vincent "Mad Dog" Coll moves in on gangster Dutch Schultz in 1920s New York.

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Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age

as Self
Released: 2021-08-14

Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age explores the world of Broadway from 1959 through the early 1980s...

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Manna from Heaven

as Waltz Contest Announcer
Released: 2002-09-14

Manna From Heaven is a comedic fable about what happens when you get a gift from God (a...

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The Gang That Couldn't Shoot Straight

as Kid Sally
Released: 1971-12-22

A Brooklyn mobster and his gang try to rub out their rivals.

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Kojak: None So Blind

as Tony Salducci
Released: 1990-04-07

After a flighty young woman accidentally witnesses a Mob hit in an Italian restaurant, New York...

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Disney Princess Sing Along Songs, Vol. 2 - Enchanted Tea Party

as Lumiere (voice)
Released: 2005-09-06

It's an enchanted royal tea party, and your little princess is the guest of honor! There, she...

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John Goldfarb, Please Come Home!

as Pinkerton
Released: 1965-03-24

During the Cold War, John Goldfarb crashes his spy plane in the Middle East and is taken...

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Delusion

as Larry
Released: 1991-06-07

In this fast-paced, noirish road movie, a computer expert embezzles half a million dollars and...

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Cop Hater

as Mumzer
Released: 1958-10-01

Members of the 87th Precinct search for a cop killer who has already murdered two of their own.

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Night of 100 Stars II

as Self
Released: 1985-03-10

This special is the second "Night of 100 Stars" to benefit The Actors Fund of America. Edited...

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Underground Aces

as Herbert Penlittle
Released: 1981-01-02

The escapades of a crew of zany parking lot attendants.

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Broadway Bound

as Jack Jerome
Released: 1992-03-22

Eugene and Stanley Jerome try to break into show biz as comedy writers while their parents'...

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Belle's Tales of Friendship

as Lumiere (voice)
Released: 1999-08-17

Two different stories: in the first one a group of children walk into the store eager to hear...

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Law & Order: The First 3 Years

as Self - Detective Lennie Briscoe
Released: 2004-05-04

This DVD bonus feature describes Law & Order's first three seasons, with candid interviews with...

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Broadway's Lost Treasures II

as Host (segment "Revivals and Record Breakers") / Billy Flynn (segment "Chicago")
Released: 2004-10-26

The annual Tony Award broadcast provides the only filmed record of Broadway's best for audiences...

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Serial Killers: Profiling the Criminal Mind

as Narrator
Released: 1999-01-01

Former FBI agent John Douglas, the inventor of criminal profiling, leads a journey into the...

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Broadway's Lost Treasures

as Host (segment "Broadway Divas") / Julian Marsh (segment "42nd Street")
Released: 2003-08-10

The golden age of the annual Tony Awards ceremony lasted from 1967 to 1986 — the period during...

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The Acting Class

as Self
Released: 2000-04-29

A comedy about an exceptionally dysfunctional acting class. Playing unsuspecting college...

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Perry Mason: The Case of the Ruthless Reporter

as Vic St. John
Released: 1991-01-06

Perry is at TV station "KGGY" to be interviewed but thanks to the interference of main...

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Quiet Killer

as Dr. Vincent Califano
Released: 1992-03-24

On her way home in a plane to New York, the teenage Sarah gets very ill. She realizes too late...

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Late Night with Conan O'Brien: 10th Anniversary Special

as Self
Released: 2003-09-14

Conan O'Brien celebrates ten years of "Late Night with Conan O'Brien" in this one-hour special....

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An Invasion of Privacy

as Sam Bianchi
Released: 1983-01-12

A woman on a remote island is raped by a local resident and finds her fight for justice impeded...

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Love Among Thieves

as Spicer
Released: 1987-02-23

Caroline DuLac, a baroness and concert pianist, steals three jewel-encrusted Faberge eggs from a...

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Perry Mason: The Case of the Musical Murder

as Blaine Counter
Released: 1989-04-09

A young theatre director is accused of killing a more famous Broadway director. Perry takes his...

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Mastergate

as Clifton Byers
Released: 1992-11-01

A "play on words" about a fictional political scandal concerning covert arms deals and...

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Fore Play

as Jerry Lorsey
Released: 1975-03-01

A three-part omnibus centered around sex and its discontents.

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A Fan's Notes

as Fred Exley
Released: 1972-07-02

A writer has a mental breakdown, unable to deal with the society around him.

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Annie Get Your Gun

as Charles Davenport
Released: 1967-03-19

TV Movie musical of wild west sharpshooter Annie Oakley.

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Try to Remember: The Fantasticks

as Self
Released: 2003-05-14

On the eve of the final Off-Broadway performance of the long-running musical "The Fantasticks,"...

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The Hustler: The Inside Story

as Self - Actor
Released: 2002-01-01

A brief overview of The Hustler's making and the players involved.

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24 Hours in a Woman's Life

as Cristof
Released: 1961-03-20

Helen Lester is in love with a man she has known just 24 hours, a playboy who spent time in jail...

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Broadway's Lost Treasures III: The Best of The Tony Awards

as Chuck Baxter (segment "Promises, Promises") (archive footage)
Released: 2005-08-07

Broadway royalty and Tony-winners Tommy Tune, Carol Channing, Robert Goulet, and Harvey...

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Alex and the Doberman Gang

as Rogers
Released: 1980-04-11

A more than slightly incompetent private eye inherits five doberman pinschers. The dogs at first...

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I Love N.Y.

as Leo
Released: 1987-05-04

Photographer Mario Cotone is hired to cover a big N.Y. actor. When his pretty daughter Nicole...

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Plaza Suite

as Roy Hubley / Jesse Kiplinger / Sam Nash
Released: 1982-05-23

HBO filmed version of the Neil Simon play (filmed in front of a live audience) has three...

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California Casanova

as Constantin Rominoffski
Released: 1991-01-01

Stagehand at a nightclub falls for one of the performers. He wins her heart after taking lessons...

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The Imagemaker

as Byron Caine
Released: 1986-01-24

Roger Blackwell has been a media advisor to countless politicians: probably one too many. He is...

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Dead Women in Lingerie

as Mr. Bartoli
Released: 1991-01-01

A private detective is hired to catch a serial killer who makes immigrant garment workers his...

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The Magic of Herself the Elf

as King Thorn (voice)
Released: 1983-07-30

Herself must stop an evil king from upsetting the balance of nature in this animated adventure.

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Mitzi... A Tribute to the American Housewife

as Self
Released: 1974-02-04

Mitzi Gaynor and guests Ted Knight (Mary Tyler Moore Show), Jerry Orbach (Chicago), Suzanne...

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Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

as Detective Lennie Briscoe
First aired: 1999-09-20

In the criminal justice system, sexually-based offenses are considered especially heinous. In...

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Law & Order

as Frank Lehrman
First aired: 1990-09-13

In cases ripped from the headlines, police investigate serious and often deadly crimes, weighing...

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Law & Order

as Lennie Briscoe
First aired: 1990-09-13

In cases ripped from the headlines, police investigate serious and often deadly crimes, weighing...

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Frasier

as Mitch (voice)
First aired: 1993-09-16

After many years spent at the “Cheers” bar, Frasier moves back home to Seattle to work as a...

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The Mike Douglas Show

as Self
First aired: 1961-12-11

The Mike Douglas Show is an American daytime television talk show hosted by Mike Douglas that...

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Law & Order: Criminal Intent

as Detective Lennie Briscoe
First aired: 2001-09-30

The third installment of the “Law & Order” franchise takes viewers deep into the minds of its...

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Murder, She Wrote

as Harry McGraw
First aired: 1984-09-30

An unassuming mystery writer turned sleuth uses her professional insight to help solve real-life...

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Tony Awards

as Self - Host / Presenter
First aired: 1956-04-01

The Antoinette Perry Award for Excellence in Theatre, more commonly known as a Tony Award,...

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Tony Awards

as Self - Nominee / Performer
First aired: 1956-04-01

The Antoinette Perry Award for Excellence in Theatre, more commonly known as a Tony Award,...

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Homicide: Life on the Street

as uncredited
First aired: 1993-01-31

An American police procedural chronicling the work of a fictional version of the Baltimore...

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Simon & Simon

as uncredited
First aired: 1981-11-24

Simon & Simon is an American detective television series that originally ran from November 24,...

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Tales from the Darkside

as Roberts
First aired: 1984-09-30

Tales from the Darkside is an anthology horror TV series created by George A. Romero, each...

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Late Night with Conan O'Brien

as Self - Guest
First aired: 1993-09-13

Stepping into the late-late slot vacated by David Letterman, Conan O'Brien stars in a show that...

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Love, American Style

as uncredited
First aired: 1969-09-29

An anthology comedy series featuring a line up of different celebrity guest stars appearing in...

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The Golden Girls

as Glen
First aired: 1985-09-14

Four Southern Florida seniors share a house, their dreams, and a whole lot of cheesecake....

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Buck Rogers in the 25th Century

as Lars Mangros
First aired: 1979-09-20

20th-century astronaut Buck Rogers awakens in the 25th century after a freak accident puts him...

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Medical Center

as uncredited
First aired: 1969-09-24

Medical Center is a medical drama series which aired on CBS from 1969 to 1976. It was produced...

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The Defenders

as J.P. Loring
First aired: 1961-09-16

The Defenders is an American courtroom drama series . It starred E. G. Marshall and Robert Reed...

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Hunter

as Sal Scarlatti
First aired: 1984-09-18

Hunter is an American police drama television series created by Frank Lupo, and starring Fred...

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The Hitchhiker

as Cameron
First aired: 1983-11-01

A young hitchhiker introduces characters who are about to experience a frightening and sometimes...

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Kojak

as Brubaker
First aired: 1973-10-24

A bald, lollipop sucking police detective with a fiery righteous attitude battles crime in New...

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Trapper John, M.D.

as uncredited
First aired: 1979-09-23

Trapper John, M.D. is an American television medical drama and spin-off of the film MASH,...

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Law & Order: Trial by Jury

as Lennie Briscoe
First aired: 2005-03-03

The inner workings of the judicial system, beginning with the arraignment, and continuing...

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Disney's House of Mouse

as Lumiere (voice)
First aired: 2001-01-13

A very-recognizable audience of Disney animated characters gather into the House of Mouse...

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The Dick Cavett Show

as Self - Guest
First aired: 1968-06-06

The Dick Cavett Show has been the title of several talk shows hosted by Dick Cavett on various...

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The Adventures of the Galaxy Rangers

as uncredited
First aired: 1986-09-14

The Adventures of the Galaxy Rangers is an American animated Space Western television series...

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The Law & Harry McGraw

as Harry McGraw
First aired: 1987-09-27

The Law & Harry McGraw is an American mystery crime drama television series created by Peter S....

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The New Yorker Presents

as Detective Lennie Brisco
First aired: 2016-02-16

A groundbreaking series that brings America's most award-winning magazine, The New Yorker, to...

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Out on a Limb

as Mort Viner
First aired: 1987-01-18

An intense, clandestine love affair with a prominent politician sparks Shirley MacLaine's quest...

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E! True Hollywood Story

as uncredited
First aired: 1996-08-21

E! True Hollywood Story is an American documentary series on E! that deals with famous Hollywood...

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