(He apologized for it later.)

The remaining regular cast was filled out with Shea Farrell, Peter Haskell, and Juliana Donald.

Jerry Orbach on The Law and Harry McGraw and Law and Order; Angela Lansbury as Jessica Fletcher on Murder She Wrote

Jerry Orbach starred in ‘The Law & Harry McGraw,’ a ‘Murder, She Wrote’ spin-off.Credit: Everett Collection

Murder She Wrote Season 1, Episode 17 Jerry Orbach and Angela Lansbury

Jerry Orbach as Harry McGraw in his first ‘Murder, She Wrote’ guest appearance.CBS

Jerry Orbach In ‘The Law and Harry McGraw’

Jerry Orbach In ‘The Law & Harry McGraw’.CBS Photo Archive/Getty Images