Jerry Adler, an American actor who played Hesh Rabkin in “Les Sopranos”, died at the age of 96

Jerry Adler. Moreover, who spent decades behind the scenes of legendary Broadway productions in New York, before starting an actor career at the age of 60, died at the age of 96, on Saturday, according to a statement from his family sent Sunday, August 24.

Among his most striking roles during this late course in jerry adler, american actor who front of the cameras. However, Jerry Adler played Hesh Rabkin, Tony Soprano’s advisor during the six seasons of the series Sopranosand Howard Lyman, associated in a law firm in The Good Wife. Before taking his first steps in front of a movie. television camera, Adler already had 53 Broadway productions to his credit, all behind the scenes, as a manager, producer or director.

He came from a family of the spectacle world deeply rooted in the Jewish theater and Yiddish. His father. Philip Adler, was managing director of the famous Group Theater and Broadway productions, and his cousin Stella Adler was theater teacher.

After a long career in the theater. which led him to work on the original production of My Fair Lady And to rub shoulders with Marlene Dietrich, Julie Andrews and Richard Burton, among others, Jerry Adler left Broadway during the 1980s crisis. He settled in California, where he worked on television productions. But the retirement he was considering was delayed when Donna Isaacson. casting director and longtime friend of one of his daughters, offered to participate in a hearing for a role that she could not provide – and which he finally obtained.

Jerry Adler notably played in Manhattan Murder Mystery From Woody Allen, but was better known for his work on television. He returned to Broadway for two pieces, until 2015.