Known For
Acting
Born
Feb 04, 1929
Died
Aug 23, 2025
Place of Birth
Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
Credits
63 titles
Jerry Adler
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
Filmography
Driveways
Rodger
Talking Sopranos
Self
Mad About You
Mr. Wicker
Living with Yourself
Hillston
Transparent: Musicale Finale
Moshe Pfefferman
Fair Market Value
Victor Rosen
The Good Fight
Howard Lyman
A Most Violent Year
Joseph Mendelsohn
Transparent
Moshe Pfefferman
The Angriest Man in Brooklyn
Cooper
Katharine Hepburn: The Great Kate
Self - Actor
Adult World
Stan
Mozart in the Jungle
Lazlo
Broad City
Saul Borowitz
Remember Sunday
Sam
The Good Wife
Howard Lyman
Medal of Honor
Writer
Synecdoche, New York
Caden's Father
The Memory Thief
Mr. Zweig
Goodbye Baby
Perlman
'Til Death
Al Stark
The Real Sopranos
Find Me Guilty
Saul Rizzo
In Her Shoes
Lewis Feldman
Prime
Sam
The War at Home
Jerry
Rescue Me
Sidney Feinberg
CSI: Miami
Cardinal Benedetti
Mixed Signals
Limo driver
Raising Dad
Sam Stewart
Jackie Bouvier Kennedy Onassis
Maurice Tempelsman
Jackie Bouvier Kennedy Onassis
Maurice Tempelsman
Curb Your Enthusiasm
Minyan Member #1
Bull
Aftershock: Earthquake in New York
Burt Hornstein
The West Wing
Jules Ziegler
30 Days
Rick Trainer
Six Ways to Sunday
Louis Varga
The Sopranos
Hesh Rabkin
LateLine
Alright Already
Al Lerner
Spin City
Police Commissioner
Larger Than Life
Event Coordinator
Getting Away with Murder
Judge
Hudson Street
Lt. Al Teischler
For Better or Worse
Morton Makeshift
New York Undercover
Mr. Ross
The Odd Couple: Together Again
Murray
Manhattan Murder Mystery
Paul House
The Public Eye
Arthur Nabler