Jerry Orbach

Actor Jerry Orbach is shown in New York in a Sept. 21, 2004 file photo. Orbach, who played a sardonic, seen-it-all cop on TV's "Law & Order" and scored on Broadway as a song-and-dance man, died Dec. 28, 2004, of prostate cancer. He was 69.

Orbach and his wife, Elaine, arrived at a tribute for Mayor Rudolph Giuliani Nov. 14, 2001 at the Sheraton New York Hotel. The proceeds from the benefit went to the Twin Towers Fund and the Forum's Children Foundation.

From left: Jerry Orbach, Dick Wolf and Sam Waterston attended the premiere party for all three "Law & Order" shows in New York Sept. 21, 2004.

In another shot from the "Law & Order" premiere party, Orbach posed with Mariska Hargitay, one of the stars of "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit."

Orbach first came to fame as a Broadway star. In this photo, he posed with James Earl Jones, Julie Harris and Angela Lansbury after the 23rd Annual Tony Awards ceremony April 20, 1969. Jones won best actor in a play for "The Great White Hope"; Harris, best actress in a play, "Forty Carats"; Lansbury, best actress in a musical, "Dear World"; and Orbach, best actor in a musical, "Promises, Promises."

In the original Broadway production of "Chicago" in 1975, Orbach played Billy Flynn (the role played by Richard Gere in the movie version). Here, he was flanked by his Velma (Chita Rivera) and his Roxie (Gwen Verdon) during a party April 19, 1989, to kick off fundraising efforts for the Broadway Musical Hall of Fame.

In the 1991 Walt Disney feature "Beauty and the Beast," Orbach lent his voice to the character of Lumiere (notice the resemblance between the man and the cartoon). Another cast member was Angela Lansbury, who gave voice to Mrs. Potts.

Actress Mitzi Gaynor, right, posed with Orbach at the Friars Club in New York City on Nov. 10, 1986. The Friars Club, the nation's oldest show business fraternal order, honored Gaynor that evening for her contributions to the entertainment field.

Orbach, right, and his double, Ed Murphy, talked on the set of "Law & Order" in New York Feb. 16, 1999.

Orbach (all the way over to the right) was among prominent New Yorkers from the entertainment industry who appeared with New York Gov. George Pataki Oct. 2, 2001,to announce a $40 million advertising campaign designed to lure tourism back to New York City. Others on hand included Glenn Close, Regis Philbin, Liza Minnelli and Robert De Niro.

Actors Michelle Hurd, center, and Orbach, right, applauded during a Screen Actors Guild (SAG) and American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (AFTRA) rally against proposed contract changes by the American Association of Advertising Agencies and the Association of National Advertisers, May 1, 2000, at Bryant Park in New York.

Robert Culp, from "I Spy," and Orbach greeted each other at NBC's 75th Anniversary Party, Jan. 9, 2002, in Los Angeles.

In this undated publicity file photo released by NBC, Jerry Orbach, right, and Jesse L. Martin, left, appeared in a scene from "Law & Order."