Name
Jerry Adler
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1929-02-04
Deathday
2025-08-23 (96 years old)
Place of Birth
Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
Biography
Jerry Adler (February 4, 1929 – August 23, 2025) was an American theatre director, production supervisor and a television and film actor.
Adler was born in Brooklyn, New York, the son of Pauline and Philip Adler, who was a general manager of the Group Theatre. He was raised in a Jewish observant household.
Adler began his theatre career as a stage manager in 1951, working on such productions as Of Thee I Sing and My Fair Lady before becoming a production supervisor for The Apple Tree, Black Comedy/White Lies, Dear World, Coco, 6 Rms Riv Vu, Annie, and I Remember Mama, among others. He made his directing debut with the 1974 Sammy Cahn revue Words and Music and also directed the 1976 revival of My Fair Lady, which garnered him a Drama Desk Award nomination, and the ill-fated 1981 musical The Little Prince and the Aviator. He also directed the 1976 play Checking Out.
As an actor, Adler is perhaps best known for his roles as Herman "Hesh" Rabkin in The Sopranos, Mr. Wicker in Mad About You, and Lt. Al Teischler in Hudson Street. He made three appearances on Northern Exposure as Alan Schulman, Joel Fleischman's old neighborhood rabbi seen in visions. His screen credits include In Her Shoes, Manhattan Murder Mystery, and The Public Eye. In addition, Adler also appeared in an episode of The West Wing as Toby Ziegler's father, Jules Ziegler. The elder Ziegler worked as a member of Murder, Inc. in the 50's. Adler appeared as the new chief in the fourth season of FX's fire fighter drama Rescue Me. He guest starred as Eddie's father Al in season 3 and season 4 of 'Til Death.
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- 2005 Prime as Sam
- 1993 The Odd Couple: Together Again as Murray
- 1993 Manhattan Murder Mystery as Paul House
- 2005 In Her Shoes as Lewis Feldman
- 1996 Getting Away with Murder as Judge
- 1999 Six Ways to Sunday as Louis Varga
- 2007 The Memory Thief as Mr. Zweig
- 1992 The Public Eye as Arthur Nabler
- 1999 30 Days as Rick Trainer
- 2014 A Most Violent Year as Joseph Mendelsohn
- 2000 Jackie Bouvier Kennedy Onassis as Maurice Tempelsman
- 2007 Goodbye Baby as Perlman
- 1996 Larger Than Life as Event Coordinator
- 2014 The Angriest Man in Brooklyn as Cooper
- 2014 Katharine Hepburn: The Great Kate as Self - Actor
- 1992 Exclusive as Mort
- 2008 Synecdoche, New York as Caden's Father
- 2020 Driveways as Rodger
- 2019 Fair Market Value as Victor Rosen
- 2019 Transparent: Musicale Finale as Moshe Pfefferman
- 2006 The Real Sopranos
- 2006 Find Me Guilty as Saul Rizzo
- 2013 Remember Sunday as Sam
- 1995 For Better or Worse as Morton Makeshift
- 2001 Mixed Signals as Limo driver
- 1992 Mad About You ( 10 episodes ) as Mr. Wicker
- 2006 'Til Death ( 1 episode ) as Al Stark
- 2002 CSI: Miami ( 1 episode ) as Cardinal Benedetti
- 2005 The War at Home ( 1 episode ) as Jerry
- 1998 LateLine ( 1 episode )
- 1989 Quantum Leap ( 1 episode ) as Lenny Greenman
- 1961 87th Precinct ( 1 episode )
- 1995 Hudson Street ( 22 episodes ) as Lt. Al Teischler
- 2000 Bull ( 1 episode )
- 2001 Raising Dad ( 22 episodes ) as Sam Stewart
- 1991 Brooklyn Bridge ( 1 episode )
- 1997 Alright Already ( 21 episodes ) as Al Lerner
- 2014 Broad City ( 1 episode ) as Saul Borowitz
- 2009 The Good Wife ( 30 episodes ) as Howard Lyman
- 1999 The Sopranos ( 28 episodes ) as Hesh Rabkin
- 2000 Curb Your Enthusiasm ( 1 episode ) as Minyan Member #1
- 2017 The Good Fight ( 2 episodes ) as Howard Lyman
- 1996 Spin City ( 1 episode ) as Police Commissioner
- 2014 Transparent ( 9 episodes ) as Moshe Pfefferman
- 1990 Law & Order ( 1 episode ) as Nathan Marks
- 1994 New York Undercover ( 1 episode ) as Mr. Ross
- 1999 Aftershock: Earthquake in New York ( 2 episodes ) as Burt Hornstein
- 2019 Living with Yourself ( 1 episode ) as Hillston
- 1999 The West Wing ( 1 episode ) as Jules Ziegler
- 2014 Mozart in the Jungle ( 2 episodes ) as Lazlo
- 1992 Mad About You ( 1 episode ) as Sgt. Panino
- 2019 Mad About You ( 2 episodes ) as Mr. Wicker
- 2004 Rescue Me ( 20 episodes ) as Sidney Feinberg
- 2020 Talking Sopranos ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1990 Northern Exposure ( 3 episodes ) as Rabbi Alan Schulman
- 2000 Jackie Bouvier Kennedy Onassis ( 2 episodes ) as Maurice Tempelsman
