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Benevolence
Season 3, Episode 22
Logan and Briscoe investigate the murder of a young, independent deaf woman, and start by questioning her two most recent boyfriends. Police drama, starring Jerry Orbach
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Cast & Crew
Jerry Orbach
(Actor)
.. Det Lennie Briscoe
Chris Noth
(Actor)
.. Det Mike Logan
Dann Florek
(Actor)
.. Capt Donald Cragen
Michael Moriarty
(Actor)
.. ADA Ben Stone
Richard Brooks
(Actor)
.. ADA Paul Robinette
Leon Russom
(Actor)
.. Gordon Bryce
Sam Gray
(Actor)
.. Judge Francis Chabot
Meredith Scott Lynn
(Actor)
.. Corrine Sussman
George Grizzard
(Actor)
.. Arthur Gold
Camille L Jeter
(Actor)
.. Marcia Hendricks
Doug Palau
(Writer)
Edwin Sherin
(Director)
More Information
Did You Know..
Jerry Orbach
(Actor)
.. Det Lennie Briscoe
Born:
October 20, 1935
in
New York
Best Known For:
Law and Order.
Early-life:
Born Jerome Bernard Orbach on October 20, 1935, in the Bronx, New York. His father Leon was a vaudevillian and his mother Emily worked as a singer on radio. The family moved around a lot, but later settled in Waukegan, Illinois. Orbach claims his parents always knew he was going to be an actor. The bug bit while at school thanks to numerous amateur productions. He then studied drama at the University of Illinois and Northwestern.
Career:
On graduating, Orbach moved to New York where he gained regular roles in musicals. Struggled to get film and TV work, but eventually made his cinema debut in 1958's Cop Hater. Since then he's divided his time between stage and screen and has been nominated for a Tony award for roles in Guys and Dolls and the original production of Chicago. Film work includes Dirty Dancing, F/X, Someone to Watch Over Me and Last Exit to Brooklyn. Among his TV roles are The Law and Harry McGraw, Dream West, and Law and Order. He died on December 28, 2004.
Quote:
"Our show is a ritual, almost like a Mass. There's going to be discovery of a crime, then the follow-up, then the arrest. In the second half, the suspect goes to trial. All of this in 60 minutes. The viewers know what they're getting and like it."
Trivia:
Had two children with first wife Marta Curro before divorcing in 1975. Has was married to Elaine Cancilla from 1979 until his death.
Chris Noth
(Actor)
.. Det Mike Logan
Born:
November 13, 1954
in
Madison, Wisconsin
Best Known For:
Sex and the City.
Early-life:
Born Christopher David Noth on November 13, 1954, in Madison, Wisconsin. He has three older brothers. His mother, Jeanne Parr, was a news reporter for US TV channel CBS, so the family moved around a lot when he was young. He claims to have lived in England, Yugoslavia and Spain as a child, but never for very long. After school, he spent two years at Marlboro College in Vermont, living in a cabin in the woods he built himself.
Career:
Noth studied acting with Sandford Meisner in New York and at the Yale School of Drama. He made his film debut in 1981's Waitress! and eventually caught producers' interest with a solid performance in Off Beat in 1986. Roles in I'll Take Manhattan and Baby Boom followed, and he became a household name in the US thanks to his part as Detective Mike Logan in Law and Order. He quit after five years with the show. Sex and the City introduced him to an international audience in 1998. He's also appeared on the big screen in the show's spin-off movies, as well as Cast Away, The Glass House and My One and Only. His recent work includes The Good Wife and Law & Order: Criminal Intent.
Quote:
'I have enough attention already. More, I don't really need.'
Trivia:
He is the co-owner of The Cutting Room, a music venue in New York.
Dann Florek
(Actor)
.. Capt Donald Cragen
Born:
May 01, 1950
in
Flat Rock, Michigan
Best Known For:
Playing Capt Donald Cragen in Law and Order: Special Victims Unit.
Early-life:
Born Ezekial Dann Florek on May 1, 1950, in Flat Rock, Michigan. His younger brother, Dave, is also an actor and has appeared in such productions as Hidalgo, Grace Under Fire and Ghostbusters II. Florek studied maths and physics at East Michigan University, but his participation in the campus choir led him to be offered a drama scholarship, which he snapped up. He later joined the prestigious Acting Company at Juilliard School in New York.
Career:
Florek started his professional career on stage in the Big Apple before heading west to theatres in San Diego and La Jolla. He made his TV debut in 1982's The Country Girl, and his first film, Eddie Macon's Run, was released a year later. He became a star in 1988 thanks to a role in LA Law, but quit to take part in Law and Order in 1990. The actor spent three years with the show, but later reprised his role as Cragen in spin-off Special Victims Unit in 1999. Florek has also appeared in the films Angel Heart, Sweet Liberty and Hard Rain.
Quote:
On his dramatic career change from science to showbusiness: "I thought, hey, maybe it'll be more fun than synthetic projective geometry."
Trivia:
He divides his time between New York and Los Angeles.
Michael Moriarty
(Actor)
.. ADA Ben Stone
Richard Brooks
(Actor)
.. ADA Paul Robinette
Leon Russom
(Actor)
.. Gordon Bryce
Sam Gray
(Actor)
.. Judge Francis Chabot
Meredith Scott Lynn
(Actor)
.. Corrine Sussman
George Grizzard
(Actor)
.. Arthur Gold
Camille L Jeter
(Actor)
.. Marcia Hendricks
Doug Palau
(Writer)
Edwin Sherin
(Director)
