{"id":91285,"date":"2025-08-25T09:04:01","date_gmt":"2025-08-25T09:04:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/?p=91285"},"modified":"2025-08-25T09:04:01","modified_gmt":"2025-08-25T09:04:01","slug":"jerry-adler-who-starred-in-the-sopranos-dies-aged-96","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/?p=91285","title":{"rendered":"Jerry Adler, who starred in The Sopranos, dies aged 96"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Actor Jerry Adler, best known for playing advisor Herman \u2018Hesh\u2019 Rabkin in The Sopranos, has died aged 96.<\/p>\n

Although he found fame on the small screen, Adler did not start acting until his early 60s \u2013 as he was preparing to retire from an illustrious behind-the-scenes Broadway career.<\/p>\n

The theatre veteran worked alongside stars including Julie Andrews, Angela Lansbury and Richard Burton during more than three decades in the industry.<\/p>\n

The Brooklyn-born actor \u201cpassed peacefully in his sleep\u201d on Saturday, representatives said on behalf of his family, according to the Associated Press and Fox News.<\/p>\n

Adler worked as a stage manager, supervisor and director on more than 50 Broadway productions \u2013 after being offered his first job by his father, who worked in the industry, while at university.<\/p>\n

He stage managed the original 1956 production of My Fair Lady, starring the then-20-year-old Julie Andrews, and 1969\u2019s Coco, in which Kathryn Hepburn played the founder of fashion house Chanel.<\/p>\n

He went on to supervise the original production of the beloved musical Annie in 1977, and the 1980 play Camelot, starring Richard Burton.<\/p>\n

He first stepped into the world of TV in the 1980s and early \u201990s, stage managing a handful of productions including several Tony Awards.<\/p>\n

But it wasn\u2019t until he was preparing to retire that Adler began acting, after a phone-call from a friend casting the 1992 film The Public Eye.<\/p>\n

He then went on to further film roles, including 1993\u2019s Manhattan Murder Mystery and 1996\u2019s Getting Away with Murder.<\/p>\n

But he found fame for his role in HBO\u2019s acclaimed series The Sopranos \u2013 as an advisor to James Gandolfini\u2019s mob boss Tony and an old friend of his father.<\/p>\n

He later took on recurring roles in CBS\u2019s The Good Wife and spin-off The Good Fight, as boorish law partner Howard Lyman, and FX\u2019s Rescue Me, as New York fire station chief Sidney Feinberg.<\/p>\n

Other notable roles included Rabbi Alan Schulman on CBS\u2019 Northern Exposure and the handyman Mr. Wicker on NBC\u2019s Mad About You.<\/p>\n

He also made one-off appearances in iconic US shows such as Curb Your Enthusiasm and The West Wing.<\/p>\n

Adler returned to Broadway as an actor \u2013 first in the 2000 play Taller than a Dwarf \u2013 and then in 2015\u2019s Fish in the Dark \u2013 bringing his career full circle.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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