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Jerry Adler
Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
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, th…
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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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Jerry Adler, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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2020
Driveways
Movie Rodger
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2020
Talking Sopranos
TV show Self
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2019
Mad About You
TV show Mr. Wicker
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2019
Living with Yourself
TV show Hillston
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2019
Transparent: Musicale Finale
Movie Moshe Pfefferman
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2019
Fair Market Value
Movie Victor Rosen
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2017
The Good Fight
TV show Howard Lyman
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2014
A Most Violent Year
Movie Joseph Mendelsohn
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2014
Transparent
TV show Moshe Pfefferman
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2014
The Angriest Man in Brooklyn
Movie Cooper
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2014
Katharine Hepburn: The Great Kate
Movie Self - Actor
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2014
Mozart in the Jungle
TV show Lazlo
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2014
Broad City
TV show Saul Borowitz
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2013
Remember Sunday
Movie Sam
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2009
The Good Wife
TV show Howard Lyman
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2008
Medal of Honor
Movie Writer
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2008
Synecdoche, New York
Movie Caden's Father
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2007
The Memory Thief
Movie Mr. Zweig
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2007
Goodbye Baby
Movie Perlman
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2006
'Til Death
TV show Al Stark
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2006
The Real Sopranos
Movie
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2006
Find Me Guilty
Movie Saul Rizzo
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2005
In Her Shoes
Movie Lewis Feldman
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2005
Prime
Movie Sam
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2005
The War at Home
TV show Jerry
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2004
Rescue Me
TV show Sidney Feinberg
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2002
CSI: Miami
TV show Cardinal Benedetti
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2001
Mixed Signals
Movie Limo driver
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2001
Raising Dad
TV show Sam Stewart
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2000
Jackie Bouvier Kennedy Onassis
TV show Maurice Tempelsman
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2000
Jackie Bouvier Kennedy Onassis
Movie Maurice Tempelsman
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2000
Curb Your Enthusiasm
TV show Minyan Member #1
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2000
Bull
TV show
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1999
Aftershock: Earthquake in New York
TV show Burt Hornstein
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1999
The West Wing
TV show Jules Ziegler
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1999
30 Days
Movie Rick Trainer
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1999
Six Ways to Sunday
Movie Louis Varga
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1999
The Sopranos
TV show Hesh Rabkin
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1998
LateLine
TV show
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1997
Alright Already
TV show Al Lerner
