How old was Jerry Orbach in the movie Dirty Dancing?
Jerry Orbach was 50 in Dirty Dancing when he played the character 'Dr. Jake Houseman'.
That was over 37 years ago in 1987.
In 2004 he died aged 69, starring in 65 films in his career, 43 of those after Dirty Dancing was first released. If he were alive today he would be 88.
How old do you think he looks in the movie?
In Dirty Dancing, I think Jerry Orbach looks:
Did you know?
- Director Emile Ardolino has worked with Jerry Orbach just once in his career.
- Jerry Orbach's first movie was as 'Ballroom Extra (uncredited)' in Marty, released in 1955 when he was 18
- Dirty Dancing scores 7.35 out of 10 on TMDB.
