
Jerry Adler
Jerry Adler (February 4, 1929 – August 23, 2025) was an American theatre director, production supervisor and a television and film actor. Adler was born in Brooklyn, New York, the son of Pauline and Philip Adler, who was a general manager of the Group Theatre. He was raised in a Jewish observant household. Adler began his theatre career as a stage manager in 1951, working on such productions as Of Thee I Sing and My Fair Lady before becoming a production supervisor for The Apple Tree, Black Comedy/White Lies, Dear World, Coco, 6 Rms Riv Vu, Annie, and I Remember Mama, among others. He made his directing debut with the 1974 Sammy Cahn revue Words and Music and also directed the 1976 revival of My Fair Lady, which garnered him a Drama Desk Award nomination, and the ill-fated 1981 musical The Little Prince and the Aviator. He also directed the 1976 play Checking Out. As an actor, Adler is perhaps best known for his roles as Herman "Hesh" Rabkin in The Sopranos, Mr. Wicker in Mad About You, and Lt. Al Teischler in Hudson Street. He made three appearances on Northern Exposure as Alan Schulman, Joel Fleischman's old neighborhood rabbi seen in visions. His screen credits include In Her Shoes, Manhattan Murder Mystery, and The Public Eye. In addition, Adler also appeared in an episode of The West Wing as Toby Ziegler's father, Jules Ziegler. The elder Ziegler worked as a member of Murder, Inc. in the 50's. Adler appeared as the new chief in the fourth season of FX's fire fighter drama Rescue Me. He guest starred as Eddie's father Al in season 3 and season 4 of 'Til Death. Description above from the Wikipedia article Jerry Adler, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
55 acting credits · 1 directing credit
Acting · 55

Law & Order
1990

CSI: Miami
2002

The Sopranos
1999

The Good Wife
2009

The West Wing
1999

Curb Your Enthusiasm
2000

Quantum Leap
1989

Mad About You
1992

The Good Fight
2017

Rescue Me
2004

Spin City
1996

Northern Exposure
1990

New York Undercover
1994

Broad City
2014

Mozart in the Jungle
2014

Transparent
2014

'Til Death
2006

The War at Home
2005

87th Precinct
1961

Talking Sopranos
2020

Bull
2000

Brooklyn Bridge
1991

In Her Shoes
2005

Living with Yourself
2019
LateLine
1998

Raising Dad
2001

Prime
2005

Mad About You
2019

Synecdoche, New York
2008

A Most Violent Year
2014

Hudson Street
1995

Aftershock: Earthquake in New York
1999

Find Me Guilty
2006

The Angriest Man in Brooklyn
2014
Alright Already
1997

Adult World
2014

Manhattan Murder Mystery
1993

Larger Than Life
1996

The Public Eye
1992

Remember Sunday
2013

Driveways
2020

Transparent: Musicale Finale
2019

Six Ways to Sunday
1999

Jackie Bouvier Kennedy Onassis
2000

For Better or Worse
1995

Jackie Bouvier Kennedy Onassis
2000

Getting Away with Murder
1996

Exclusive
1992

Goodbye Baby
2007

The Odd Couple: Together Again
1993

30 Days
1999

Fair Market Value
2019

The Memory Thief
2007

Katharine Hepburn: The Great Kate
2014

Mixed Signals
2001
