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Michael Lerner (I)


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Has the distinction of three different connections to the Kennedy dynasty in terms of his portrayals. He has played Jack Ruby in Ruby and Oswald, former press secretary to JFK, Pierre Salinger in The Missiles of October and Jimmy Hoffa's attorney in Blood Feud. See more trivia »
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Filmography

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2012 Mirror Mirror
Baron
 
2012 Suburgatory (TV series)
Aaron Laynberg
Sex and the Suburbs (2012) … Aaron Laynberg
 
2012 The Good Wife (TV series)
Judge Dwight Sobel
Bitcoin for Dummies (2012) … Judge Dwight Sobel
 
2011 Matumbo Goldberg (TV series)
Rabbi
Sex Ed (2011) … Rabbi
Matumba (2011) … Rabbi
Bar Mitzvah (2011) … Rabbi
Matumbo Goldberg (2011) … Rabbi
Tribesmates (2011) … Rabbi
 
2011 Tumor & Gooch (short)
 
2011 Atlas Shrugged: Part I
Wesley Mouch
 
2010 Death by Fungus (short)
Hirsch
 
2010 Pete Smalls Is Dead
Leonard Proval
 
2010 Wax on, F*ck Off (short)
Cy Rosenthal
 
2010 The Bannen Way
The Mensch
 
2009 A Serious Man
Solomon Schlutz
 
2009 Life During Wartime
Harvey Wiener
 
2009 Saving Grace (TV series)
Rebbe Jory Quecksilber
Moooooooo (2009) … Rebbe Jory Quecksilber
 
2008 Dirty Sexy Money (TV series)
Martin
The Star Witness (2008) … Martin
 
2008 Yonkers Joe
Stanley
 
2007 A Dennis the Menace Christmas (video)
Mr. Souse
 
2007 Flattest (short)
Secretary Gates
 
2007 Entourage (TV series)
Joe Roberts
The Resurrection (2007) … Joe Roberts
 
2006 The Last Time
Leguzza
 
2006 Art School Confidential
Art Dealer
 
2003-2006 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (TV series)
Morty Berger
Taboo (2006) … Morty Berger
Fallacy (2003) … Morty Berger
 
2005 When Do We Eat?
Ira Stuckman
 
2004 Pigeon (short)
Man on Train
 
2004 Kingdom Hospital (TV series)
Sheldon Fleischer
Heartless (2004) … Sheldon Fleischer
 
2004 Larceny
 
2003 Nobody Knows Anything!
Uncle Lou
 
2003 Elf
Fulton
 
2003 101 Dalmatians II: Patch's London Adventure (video)
Producer (voice)
 
2002 29 Palms
The Judge
 
2001 Third Watch (TV series)
Seymour Morgenstern
Adam 55-3 (2001) … Seymour Morgenstern
 
2001 Mockingbird Don't Sing
Dr. Stan York
 
2000 Murder at the Cannes Film Festival (TV movie)
Morrie Borelli
 
2000 Attention Shoppers
Khourosh
 
1999 The Mod Squad
Howard
 
1999 My Favorite Martian
Mr. Channing
 
1998 Godzilla: The Series (TV series)
Talkin' Trash (1998) (voice)
 
1998 Celebrity
Dr. Lupus
 
1998 Safe Men
Big Fat Bernie Gayle
 
1996-1997 Clueless (TV series)
Mel Horowitz
Secrets & Lies (1997) … Mel Horowitz
Mr. Wright (1997) … Mel Horowitz
Fixing up Daddy (1997) … Mel Horowitz
 
1997 The Beautician and the Beast
Jerry Miller
 
1995 Picture Windows (TV series)
The Conductor
Language of the Heart (1995) … The Conductor
 
1995 No Way Back
Frank Serlano
 
1995 Girl in the Cadillac
Pal
 
1994 The Road to Wellville
Goodloe Bender
 
1994 No Escape
The Warden
 
1993 Tales from the Crypt (TV series)
Mr. Byrd
People Who Live in Brass Hearses (1993) … Mr. Byrd
 
1993 Amos & Andrew
Phil Gillman
 
1992 The Comrades of Summer (TV movie)
George
 
1992 Newsies
Weasel
 
1991 Omen IV: The Awakening (TV movie)
Earl
 
1990 The Closer
Chester's Doctor (uncredited)
 
1990 Maniac Cop 2
Edward Doyle
 
1990 Framed (TV movie)
Elliot Shane
 
1990 Any Man's Death
Herb Denner
 
1988 Vibes
Burt Wilder
 
1988 The Equalizer (TV series)
Amar
No Place Like Home (1988) … Amar
 
1988 Great Performances (TV series)
Oscar Hammerstein (I)
Melba (1988) … Oscar Hammerstein (I)
 
1987 The King of Love (TV movie)
Nat Goldberg
 
1987 Hands of a Stranger (TV movie)
Captain Cirillo
 
1987 Anguish
John
 
1987 Amazing Stories (TV series)
Mr. Marvin
The 21-Inch Sun (1987) … Mr. Marvin
 
1986 That Secret Sunday (TV movie)
Mario Pinelli
 
1983-1985 Hill Street Blues (TV series)
Rollie Simone / Meyer Rabinowitz
An Oy for an Oy (1985) … Meyer Rabinowitz
 
1985 This Child Is Mine (TV movie)
Abe Rosenberg
 
1985 The A-Team (TV series)
Jerry
 
1985 MacGyver (TV series)
Gantner
Pilot (1985) … Gantner
 
1985 Movers & Shakers
Arnie
 
1985 The Execution (TV movie)
Sidney Ferraro
 
1983 Strange Invaders
Willie Collins
 
1983 Blood Feud (TV movie)
Eddie Cheyfitz (Hoffa's attorney)
 
1982 Class Reunion
Dr. Robert Young
 
1979-1982 Hart to Hart (TV series)
Arthur Radner / Poker Player
Blue and Broken-Harted (1982) … Arthur Radner
Hart to Hart (1979) … Poker Player
 
1981 Threshold
Henry De Vici
 
1980 Borderline
Henry Lydell
 
1980 Coast to Coast
Dr. Frederick Froll
 
1980 Gridlock (TV movie)
Marv
 
1980 This Year's Blonde (TV movie)
Jack Warner
 
1980 The Baltimore Bullet
Paulie
 
1980 Barnaby Jones (TV series)
Albert Krueger
Run to Death (1980) … Albert Krueger
 
1978 The New Adventures of Wonder Woman (TV series)
Ashton Ripley
My Teenage Idol Is Missing (1978) … Ashton Ripley
 
1978 Vega$ (TV series)
Nate Stephanson
High Roller (1978) … Nate Stephanson
 
1978 Kojak (TV series)
Dr. Samuel Fine
The Halls of Terror (1978) … Dr. Samuel Fine
 
1978 Ruby and Oswald (TV movie)
Jack Ruby
 
1978 A Love Affair: The Eleanor and Lou Gehrig Story (TV movie)
Dr. Canlan
 
1977 Killer on Board (TV movie)
Dr. Berglund
 
1977 Outlaw Blues
Hatch
 
1974-1976 The Rockford Files (TV series)
Arnold Love / Dr. Ruben Seelman / Murray Rosner
Piece Work (1976) … Murray Rosner
Backlash of the Hunter (1974) … Dr. Ruben Seelman
 
1976 Police Woman (TV series)
Guidera
Tennis Bum (1976) … Guidera
 
1976 Scott Free (TV movie)
Santini
 
1976 St. Ives
Myron Green
 
1976 F. Scott Fitzgerald in Hollywood (TV movie)
Marvin Margulies
 
1976 Harry O (TV series)
Wilt Kane
Victim (1976) … Wilt Kane
 
1976 Jigsaw John (TV series)
Too Much, Too Soon (1976)
 
1976 Dark Victory (TV movie)
Manny
 
1975 Rhoda (TV series)
Ralph Bentley
Myrna's Story (1975) … Ralph Bentley
 
1975 Starsky and Hutch (TV series)
Fat Rolly
Texas Longhorn (1975) … Fat Rolly
Pilot (1975) … Fat Rolly
 
1975 Grandpa Max (TV movie)
Paul Sherman
 
1975 Lucas Tanner (TV series)
Artie
The Noise of a Quiet Weekend (1975) … Artie
 
1975 A Cry for Help (TV movie)
Phillip Conover
 
1975 Sarah T. - Portrait of a Teenage Alcoholic (TV movie)
Dr. Marvin Kittredge
 
1975 The Dream Makers (TV movie)
Mike
 
1974 Reflections of Murder (TV movie)
Jerry Steele
 
1974 Hangup
Richards
 
1974 Newman's Law
Frank Acker
 
1974 The Odd Couple (TV series)
Sergeant Chomsky
New York's Oddest (1974) … Sergeant Chomsky
 
1974 Busting
Marvin
 
1974 Chase (TV series)
Cupid
Remote Control (1974) … Cupid
 
1974 M*A*S*H (TV series)
Captain Futterman
For Want of a Boot (1974) … Captain Futterman
 
1974 Love, American Style (TV series)
Karatz (segment "Love and the Image Makers")
 
1973 The New Perry Mason (TV series)
Derek Stocker
The Case of the Furious Father (1973) … Derek Stocker
 
1973 Love Story (TV series)
Lou Graham
Love Came Laughing (1973) … Lou Graham
 
1973 Emergency! (TV series)
Martin Noble
Honest (1973) … Martin Noble
 
1973 The Bob Newhart Show (TV series)
Mr. Carolla
The Man with the Golden Wrist (1973) … Mr. Carolla
 
1973 Firehouse (TV series)
Ernie Bush
Pilot (1973) … Ernie Bush
 
1972 The Delphi Bureau (TV series)
Cy Turrell
The Top Secret Secret Project (1972) … Cy Turrell
 
1972 The Streets of San Francisco (TV series)
Lou Watkins
The Takers (1972) … Lou Watkins
 
1972 Rod Serling's Night Gallery (TV series)
Dr. Burgess
 
1972 Magic Carpet (TV movie)
Michael Glassman
 
1971-1972 Ironside (TV series)
Adrian Father / Joe Yarby
Down Two Roads (1972) … Adrian Father
The Professionals (1971) … Joe Yarby
 
1969-1972 The Bold Ones: The New Doctors (TV series)
Jack Walton
Is This Operation Necessary? (1972) … Jack Walton
To Save a Life (1969)
 
1972 Banacek (TV series)
Bartender
Let's Hear It for a Living Legend (1972) … Bartender
 
1972 The Candidate
Paul Corliss
 
1971 What's a Nice Girl Like You...? (TV movie)
Fats Detroit
 
1971 The Ski Bum
Rod
 
1971 Marriage: Year One (TV movie)
Lemberg
 
1971 Thief (TV movie)
Jack Cutter
 
1971 The D.A. (TV series)
Mark Warren
The People vs. Saydo (1971) … Mark Warren
 
1971 That Girl (TV series)
Seller
Two for the Money (1971) … Seller
 
1970 Alex in Wonderland
Leo
 
1969 The Brady Bunch (TV series)
Johnny
Every Boy Does It Once (1969) … Johnny
 
1969 Three's a Crowd (TV movie)
Sid Bagbay
 
1969 The Good Guys (TV series)
Arthur / Customer
Claudia Sows a Few (1969) … Arthur
Two's a Crowd (1969) … Customer
 
Show ShowThanks (1 title)
2008 House of Harrington (documentary short) (special thanks)
 
Show ShowSelf (9 titles)
2012 Burning Man: Metropolis (documentary)
Hoover Robinson
 
2009 Secrets of Life (documentary)
Himself
 
2007 Sex, Censorship and the Silver Screen (TV series documentary)
Quote Reader
Forward Into the Past (2007) … Quote Reader (voice)
Censored (2007) … Quote Reader (voice)
 
2001 The Omen Legacy (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1997 Off the Menu: The Last Days of Chasen's (documentary)
Himself
 
1995 Charlie Rose (TV series)
Himself - Guest
Episode dated 11 April 1995 (1995) … Himself - Guest
 
1993 The Celebrity Guide to Entertaining (video documentary)
Gremlin
 
1992 The 64th Annual Academy Awards (TV special)
Himself - Nominee: Best Actor in a Supporting Role
 
1991 Blood Drips Heavily on Newsies Square (video short)
Himself
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (1 title)
2008 Bigas Luna: La mirada entomòloga (documentary short)
John Pressman (old movie)
 

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Personal Details

Other Works:

(May 2002): Plays Manny in "Up for Grabs" play by David Williamson (Wyndham's Theatre, London, England, UK). See more »

Height:

5' 7" (1.70 m)
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Did You Know?

Trivia:

Has the distinction of three different connections to the Kennedy dynasty in terms of his portrayals. He has played Jack Ruby in Ruby and Oswald, former press secretary to JFK, Pierre Salinger in The Missiles of October and Jimmy Hoffa's attorney in Blood Feud. See more »

Star Sign:

Cancer