Jerome Bernard Orbach (October 20, 1935 - December 28, 2004) was an American actor and singer described as "one of the last bona fide leading men of the Broadway musical".

Orbach's career began on the New York stage, both on and off-Broadway. He created roles such as El Gallo in the original off-Broadway run of The Fantasticks (1960), in which he was the first performer