It breaks down demographically, Orbach says of his fragmented fame.
If a teenage girl comes over to me, shes going to say, Dirty Dancing.
If its an older couple, Murder, She Wrote.
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Any cop comes over, Prince of the City.
Families will say, You were the candlestick inBeauty and the Beast.
And 90 percent of the black people that come up to me say F/X.
I dont know why, butF/Xmust have gotten a tremendous black audience.
For costar Noth, the third times the charmer.
Hes the most accessible actor Ive worked with on the show, he says of Orbach.
(Sorvino is rumored to have been difficult.)
Were working together really tightly.
Theres a very fine line between the cop and the criminal, Orbach says.
Both go out in the morning with a gun on, and both might not come back at night.
The role of Jennifer Greys dad in 1987sDirty Dancingshowed Orbachs softer side.
His career came full circle this year when he sangBeasts Be Our Guest at the Oscars.
They told me 2 billion people were watching, he says.
Thats a little nerve-racking.
After 40 years of acting, Orbach refuses to slow down.
