Jerry Adler | |
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Born | New York City, U.S. | February 4, 1929
Occupation(s) | Actor, director, producer |
Years active | 1951–present |
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Jerry Adler (born February 4, 1929) [1] is an American theatre director, producer, and film and television actor. He is perhaps best known for his films Manhattan Murder Mystery , The Public Eye , In Her Shoes , and Prime , and for his television work as Herman "Hesh" Rabkin on The Sopranos , Howard Lyman on The Good Wife and The Good Fight , building maintenance man Mr. Wicker on Mad About You , Bob Saget's father Sam Stewart on Raising Dad , Fire Chief Sidney Feinberg on Rescue Me , Moshe Pfefferman on Transparent , Saul Horowitz on Broad City , and Hillston on Living with Yourself with Paul Rudd.
Adler was born and raised in Brooklyn, New York, the son of Pauline and Philip Adler, who was a general manager of the Group Theatre. [2] His great-uncle was Yiddish theater actor Jacob Pavlovich Adler, whose children Stella and Luther Adler were his cousins. [3] [4] He was raised in a Yiddish-speaking, [5] observant Jewish household. [6] Adler attended Samuel J. Tilden High School where he was president of the Dramatic Club. [7]
Adler began his theatre career as a stage manager in 1950, 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 .
Other credits includes Drat! The Cat! ; a 1976 revival of Hellzapoppin starring Jerry Lewis ("Awful, terrible man"); and Richard Rodgers' final musical, I Remember Mama . [8]
As an actor, Adler is perhaps best known for his roles as Herman "Hesh" Rabkin on The Sopranos , Mr. Wicker on Mad About You , Bob Saget's father Sam Stewart on Raising Dad , Lt. Al Teischler on Hudson Street , and Howard Lyman on both The Good Wife and The Good Fight . He made three appearances on Northern Exposure as Alan Schulman, Joel Fleischman's old neighborhood rabbi seen in visions.
In addition, Adler appeared in an episode of The West Wing as Toby Ziegler's father, Jules Ziegler. The elder Ziegler worked as a 1950s member of Murder, Inc. Adler also appeared as the new chief Sidney Feinberg in the fourth season of FX's firefighter drama Rescue Me . He guest starred as Eddie's father Al in season three and season four of 'Til Death .
His screen credits include Manhattan Murder Mystery , The Public Eye , In Her Shoes and Prime . In 2014, he starred as Joseph Mendelsohn in A Most Violent Year opposite Jessica Chastain & Oscar Issac.
From 2017 to 2019, Adler played Moshe Pfefferman, the father of Jeffrey Tambor's character, on the Amazon series Transparent. From 2017 to 2018, he reprised his role as Howard Lyman on CBS's The Good Fight starring Christine Baranski.
In 2019, he portrayed Saul Horowitz on Broad City and Hillston on Living with Yourself with Paul Rudd.
He also acted in Larry David's Broadway play Fish in the Dark .
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1992 | The Public Eye | Arthur Nabler | |
1993 | Manhattan Murder Mystery | Paul House | |
1995 | For Better or Worse | Morton Makeshift | |
1996 | Getting Away with Murder | Judge | |
1996 | Larger than Life | Event Coordinator | |
1997 | Six Ways to Sunday | Louis Varga | |
1999 | 30 Days | Rick Trainer | |
2005 | In Her Shoes | Lewis Feldman | |
2005 | Prime | Sam | |
2006 | Find Me Guilty | Rizzo | |
2007 | The Memory Thief | Mr. Zweig | |
2008 | Synecdoche, New York | Caden's father | |
2014 | The Angriest Man in Brooklyn | Cooper | |
2014 | A Most Violent Year | Joseph Mendelsohn | |
2019 | Fair Market Value | Victor Rosen | |
2019 | Driveways | Rodger |
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1991 | Brooklyn Bridge | Bert Mendel | Episode: "Old Fools" |
1992 | True Colors | Mr. Green | 2 episodes |
1992 | Quantum Leap | Lenny Greenman | Episode: "It's a Wonderful Leap - May 10, 1958" |
1993–1999, 2019 | Mad About You | Sgt. Panino / Mr. Wicker | 12 episodes |
1993 | The Odd Couple Together Again | Murray | TV movie |
1994–1995 | Northern Exposure | Rabbi Alan Schulman | 3 episodes |
1995 | New York Undercover | Mr. Ross | Episode: "All in the Family" |
1995 | One Life to Live | Len Hanen | 3 episodes |
1995–1996 | Hudson Street | Lt. Al Teischler | 22 episodes |
1996 | Law & Order | Judge Nathan Marks | Episode: "I.D." |
1996 | Spin City | Police Commissioner | Episode: "Dog Day Afternoon" |
1997–1998 | Alright Already | Al Lerner | 21 episodes |
1999–2007 | The Sopranos | Herman "Hesh" Rabkin | 28 episodes |
1999 | LateLine | Judge Fischbein | Episode: "Protecting the Source" |
1999 | Tracey Takes On... | Murray | Episode: "Lies" |
1999 | Aftershock: Earthquake in New York | Burt Hornstein | 2 episodes |
2000 | Wonderland | Perlman | Episode: "Spell Check" |
2000 | Bull | Max Decker | 2 episodes |
2001–2002 | Raising Dad | Sam Stewart | 22 episodes |
2002 | The West Wing | Jules Ziegler | Episode: "Holy Night" |
2005 | CSI: Miami | Cardinal Benedetti | Episode: "From the Grave" |
2006 | The War at Home | Jerry | Episode: "The West Palm Beach Story" |
2007–2011 | Rescue Me | Sidney Feinberg | 34 episodes |
2008–2009 | 'Til Death | Al Stark / Eddie's Father | 3 episodes |
2010 | Detroit 1-8-7 | Max Elkin | Episode: "Déjà Vu/All In" |
2011 | Curb Your Enthusiasm | Minyan Member #1 | Episode: "Mister Softee" |
2011–2016 | The Good Wife | Howard Lyman | Recurring role; 30 episodes |
2013 | Remember Sunday | Sam | TV movie |
2014 | Mozart in the Jungle | Lazlo | 2 episodes |
2017–2018 | The Good Fight | Howard Lyman | 2 episodes |
2017–2019 | Transparent | Moshe Pfefferman | 9 episodes |
2019 | Broad City | Saul Horowitz | Episode: "Lost and Found" |
2019 | Living with Yourself | Hillston | Episode: "Green Tea" |
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