Remember for his role in the iconic HBO series, he began acting only at age 60, after working for decades as a producer and director at Broadway. His family reported that he died this Saturday in New York.
The veteran actor Jerry Adler, remembered for his role as Hesh Rabkin in the famous HBO series Los Soprano, died this Saturday in New York at age 96, After an extensive career as a producer and director in large works by Broadway before putting in front of film and television cameras.
The news was confirmed by his family through the Riverside Memorial Chapel, a traditional Jewish funeral. In addition to The sopranowhere he appeared for six seasons, Adler became known thanks to his secondary role in “The Good Wife” playing the partner of a law firm.
Jerry Adler died, one of the actors of “Los Soprano” and “The Good Wife”
“The intention was to have him only for an episode,” confessed the producer of the series, Robert King, in his farewell message. “But he was so funny in a scene in a restaurant, shouting: ‘I said ice cream, stupid fox!’, That we had it back for six years of Good Wife and three years of Good Fight. One of our favorite collaborators “, affirmed.
Something similar happened with his role in The soprano. “When David (Chase) was going to do the pilot, he called me and asked me if he would make a HESH cameo. It was supposed to be a unique episode. But when they accepted the series, they liked the character, and I appeared every four weeks,” Adler explained in 2015 to the site Forward.
Tony Soprano Jerry Adler the soprano
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His career as an actor began after 60 years. At that time, he had already been a producer and director of 53 works of Broadway, including the original production of My Fair Ladyand had worked with figures such as Marlene Dietrich, Julie Andrews and Richard Burton.
Adler left the theater during the ’80 crisis and moved to California, where he started working on television productions. “I was really entering the twilight of a mediocre career,” assured a The New York Times In 1992. Everything changed when Donna Isaacson, casting director of The public eye (the indiscreet look) And a friend of her daughters, she sensed that she was the person she needed for a difficult role to fill.
Thus began a career as an actor that would last more than 30 years. Adler also participated in Mystery of murder in ManhattanWoody Allen’s film, but became better known for his television work: he appeared in Rescue me, Crazy for you, Transparent, The West Wing and Broad Cityamong other shows.
There was even the pleasure of returning to Broadway as an actor. “I do it because I really enjoy it. I think retirement is a road without exit,” explained to Forward. “I wouldn’t know what to do if I retired. I guess if they don’t call me anymore, then I will retire. Meanwhile, this is great,” he said.
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