List of the best Jerry Orbach movies: A Fan's Notes(1972), California Casanova(1991), Chinese Coffee(2000), Dirty Dancing(1987), The Imagemaker(1986), Dead Women in Lingerie(1991), Delusion(1991), Exiled: A Law & Order Movie(1998), Someone to Watch Over Me(1987), Last Exit to Brooklyn(1989), Mad Dog Coll(1961), Mr. Saturday Night(1992) ... ...
Comedy
1972
90 Minutes
Fred
Jerry Orbach Patricia Collins Burgess Meredith Rosemary Murphy Conrad Bain Julia Robinson
Romance
1991
92 Minutes
Constantin Rominoffski
Jerry Orbach Audrey Landers Tyrone Power Jr. Bryan Genesse Michelle Johnston
womanizer seducer singer gangster stagehand waitress amusing outlandish nightclub stage office party california love triangle friendship organized crime blackmail makeover teaching love
A clumsy stagehand (Tyrone Power Jr.) tries to woo a nightclub singer (Audrey Landers), on his own and with lessons from a gigolo (Jerry Orbach).
Drama
USA
2000
99 Minutes
Jake Manheim
writer photographer friend girlfriend doorman engaging emotional passionate tense greenwich village apartment restaurant friendship jealousy regret aging unemployment writing rivalry rise
Harry and Jake, two unsuccessful writers, spend a cathartic evening arguing about money, aesthetics, their friendship, and Harry's new manuscript.
Drama, Romance
USA
1987
100 Minutes
Jake Houseman
Jennifer Grey Patrick Swayze Jerry Orbach Cynthia Rhodes Jack Weston Jane Brucker Kelly Bishop Lonny Price Charles Honi Coles "Cousin Brucie" Morrow
dance instructor girl father mother pregnant woman sister sultry emotional thrilling catskills resort house woods club summer love father/daughter relationship dance abortion tradition class conflict
Spending the summer at a Catskills resort with her family, Frances "Baby" Houseman falls in love with the camp's dance instructor, Johnny Castle.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1986
94 Minutes
Byron Caine
Michael Nouri Anne Twomey Jerry Orbach Jessica Harper Farley Granger Maury Povich
Roger Blackwell has been a media advisor to countless politicians: probably one too many. He is set on using his experience to make a film about manipulation of the media by unscrupulous politicos.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1991
87 Minutes
Bartoli
John Romo Maura Tierney Jerry Orbach June Lockhart Lyle Waggoner Dennis Christopher Laura Harring Ken Osmond Jeanne Sal Frazer Smith Maria Strova
A private detective is hired to catch a serial killer who makes immigrant garment workers his victims.
Crime, Drama
USA
1991
100 Minutes
Larry
A man who has just embezzled money from his company is driving through the Nevada desert. He picks up a pretty girl and her seemingly goofy boyfriend. The girl is a Las Vegas showgirl and ... See full summary »
Crime, Drama
1998
96 Minutes
Detective Lennie Briscoe
Chris Noth Benjamin Bratt S. Epatha Merkerson Jerry Orbach Sam Waterston John Fiore Dann Florek Dabney Coleman Ice-T Costas Mandylor Tony Musante
detective lieutenant lawyer commander politician gripping new york city street police station courtroom apartment murder redemption mystery pursuit 1990s
Banished to Staten Island, a homicide detective (Chris Noth) hopes a murder case is his ticket back to his Manhattan precinct.
Mystery & Thriller
1987
105 Minutes
Lt. Garber
Tom Berenger Mimi Rogers Lorraine Bracco Jerry Orbach John Rubinstein Andreas Katsulas James E. Moriarty Mark Moses
police detective socialite wife friend boyfriend murderer thrilling tense party new york city apartment love triangle murder witness protection hostage situation divorce class distinctions rescue temptation love
A married New York detective (Tom Berenger) works nights guarding a socialite murder witness (Mimi Rogers).
Drama
UK|West Germany|USA
1989
102 Minutes
Boyce
Stephen Lang Jennifer Jason Leigh Burt Young Peter Dobson Jerry Orbach Stephen Baldwin Alexis Arquette Cameron Johann
prostitute transvestite union organizer dark disheartening united states brooklyn homosexuality union strike transformation 1950s
Set in Brooklyn during the 1950s against a backdrop of union corruption and violence. A prostitute falls in love with one of her customers. Also a disturbed man discovers that he is homosexual.
Crime, Drama
USA
1961
86 Minutes
Joe
John Davis Chandler Kay Doubleday Brooke Hayward Neil Nephew Jerry Orbach Vincent Gardenia Telly Savalas Glenn Cannon
hit man mobster dutch schultz pretty woman father stripper intense melodramatic new york city street apartment nightclub hideout mad dog coll mob violence contract killing power struggle ambition unrequited love rise
Story of Vincent "Mad Dog" Coll, a notorious gangland killer in the 1930s.
Comedy, Drama
USA
1992
119 Minutes
Phil Gussman
Billy Crystal David Paymer Julie Warner Helen Hunt Mary Mara Jerry Orbach Ron Silver Sage Allen Jason Marsden Michael Weiner Jackie Gayle
tv personality brother wife agent daughter old man emotional melodramatic amusing catskills new york city nursing home aging family dysfunction comedy retirement second chance rise fall love
The life of Buddy Young, a comic legend in flashbacks but an old man looking for work in the present.
Romance
1987
100 Minutes
Leo
Scott Baio Christopher Plummer Kelly Van Der Velden Virna Lisi Jennifer O'Neill Jerry Orbach Lisanne Falk Jusak Bernhard
A hustling photographer (Scott Baio) woos a hostile stage actor's (Christopher Plummer) polished daughter (Kelly Van Der Velden) in New York.
Drama
USA
1999
111 Minutes
Businessman
Kathleen Turner Danny Aiello Cathy Moriarty Frankie Nasso Harvey Keitel Luna Lauren Velez Jerry Orbach Mtume Gant
A young boy sets out to find his mother. After setting up camp in Central Park, he encounters a group of people even needier than himself.
Comedy, Drama
USA
1989
104 Minutes
Jack Rosenthal
Martin Landau Woody Allen Mia Farrow Alan Alda Anjelica Huston Sam Waterston Joanna Gleason Caroline Aaron Jerry Orbach Claire Bloom Stephanie Roth Haberle
director doctor producer girlfriend wife quirky amusing playful hilarious new york city adultery revenge forbidden love movie making art marriage forbidden love temptation fall rivalry
An ophthalmologist's mistress threatens to reveal their affair to his wife while a married documentary filmmaker is infatuated with another woman.
Romance
USA
1992
91 Minutes
Milo Jacoby
Dolly Parton James Woods Griffin Dunne Michael Madsen Deirdre O'Connell John Sayles Teri Hatcher Spalding Gray Jerry Orbach Philip Bosco Charles Fleischer
country girl radio personality reporter doctor amusing lighthearted chicago radio station arkansas small town city vs. country radio advice talk show investigation romance discovery transformation 1990s
A woman ditches her small town life for big city Chicago, where she becomes a sensation as a radio show host.
Comedy
1991
96 Minutes
Lou Sherwood
John Candy Mariel Hemingway Emma Samms Raymond Burr Dylan Baker Charles Rocket David Rasche Andrea Thompson Zach Grenier Jerry Orbach Renee Taylor
writer nurse actress mechanic boyfriend doctor hilarious melodramatic madcap suburb automobile repair shop party household soap opera alternate reality car accident television unrequited love control adventure
The head writer (John Candy) of a soap opera dreams he's a character in it, romancing two women (Mariel Hemingway, Emma Samms) in the plot.
Horror, Gay & Lesbian
UK
1977
91 Minutes
Tina Herazo Ava Gardner Chris Sarandon Martin Balsam John Carradine Jose Ferrer Arthur Kennedy Burgess Meredith Sylvia Miles Deborah Raffin Eli Wallach
model priest ex-boyfriend demon creepy dark new york city apartment building evil spirits protection faith suicide confinement discovery transformation 1970s
A dangerous, violent gang kidnaps a woman and her daughter to extort some money from her rich husband. He and her down-on-his-luck ex-cop ex-husband decide to deal with the kidnappers themselves.