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Known For
Acting
Birthday
February 4, 1929
Died
August 23, 2025
Place of Birth
Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
Jerry Adler
0.6 Popularity
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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Jerry Adler, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
6.9
Rodger
Driveways
2020
0.0
Self
Talking Sopranos
2020
8.0
Mr. Wicker
Mad About You
2019
6.7
Hillston
Living with Yourself
2019
6.7
Moshe Pfefferman
Transparent: Musicale Finale
2019
5.2
Victor Rosen
Fair Market Value
2019
7.5
Howard Lyman
The Good Fight
2017
6.6
Joseph Mendelsohn
A Most Violent Year
2014
6.3
Moshe Pfefferman
Transparent
2014
5.6
Cooper
The Angriest Man in Brooklyn
2014
Credits
Driveways
as Rodger
2020
6.9
Talking Sopranos
as Self
2020
0.0
Mad About You
as Mr. Wicker
2019
8.0
Living with Yourself
as Hillston
2019
6.7
Transparent: Musicale Finale
as Moshe Pfefferman
2019
6.7
Fair Market Value
as Victor Rosen
2019
5.2
The Good Fight
as Howard Lyman
2017
7.5
A Most Violent Year
as Joseph Mendelsohn
2014
6.6
Transparent
as Moshe Pfefferman
2014
6.3
The Angriest Man in Brooklyn
as Cooper
2014
5.6
Katharine Hepburn: The Great Kate
as Self - Actor
2014
6.5
Adult World
as Stan
2014
6.0
Mozart in the Jungle
as Lazlo
2014
7.5
Broad City
as Saul Borowitz
2014
7.1
Remember Sunday
as Sam
2013
7.1
The Good Wife
as Howard Lyman
2009
7.6
Synecdoche, New York
as Caden's Father
2008
7.5
The Memory Thief
as Mr. Zweig
2007
4.1
Goodbye Baby
as Perlman
2007
5.8
'Til Death
as Al Stark
2006
6.4
Find Me Guilty
as Saul Rizzo
2006
6.6
In Her Shoes
as Lewis Feldman
2005
6.2
Prime
as Sam
2005
6.0
The War at Home
as Jerry
2005
6.8
Rescue Me
as Sidney Feinberg
2004
7.6
CSI: Miami
as Cardinal Benedetti
2002
7.7
Mixed Signals
as Limo driver
2001
0.0
Raising Dad
as Sam Stewart
2001
7.1
Jackie Bouvier Kennedy Onassis
as Maurice Tempelsman
2000
6.0
Jackie Bouvier Kennedy Onassis
as Maurice Tempelsman
2000
0.0
Curb Your Enthusiasm
as Minyan Member #1
2000
8.0
Bull
2000
6.8
Aftershock: Earthquake in New York
as Burt Hornstein
1999
7.0
The West Wing
as Jules Ziegler
1999
8.2
30 Days
as Rick Trainer
1999
2.0
Six Ways to Sunday
as Louis Varga
1999
6.0
The Sopranos
as Hesh Rabkin
1999
8.6
🎬
LateLine
1998
0.0
🎬
Alright Already
as Al Lerner
1997
0.0
Spin City
as Police Commissioner
1996
7.0
Larger Than Life
as Event Coordinator
1996
5.5
Getting Away with Murder
as Judge
1996
4.6
Hudson Street
as Lt. Al Teischler
1995
5.2
For Better or Worse
as Morton Makeshift
1995
4.0
New York Undercover
as Mr. Ross
1994
7.2
The Odd Couple: Together Again
as Murray
1993
10.0
Manhattan Murder Mystery
as Paul House
1993
7.3
The Public Eye
as Arthur Nabler
1992
6.2
Exclusive
as Mort
1992
3.0
Mad About You
as Mr. Wicker
1992
6.7
Mad About You
as Sgt. Panino
1992
6.7
Brooklyn Bridge
1991
7.5
Law & Order
as Nathan Marks
1990
7.4
Northern Exposure
as Rabbi Alan Schulman
1990
7.9
Quantum Leap
as Lenny Greenman
1989
8.0
87th Precinct
1961
7.5