From Wikipedia the free encyclopedia Jerry Adler born February 4 1929 is 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 ComedyWhite 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 illfated 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 Fleischmans 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 Zieglers father Jules Ziegler The elder Ziegler worked as a member of Murder Inc in the 50s Adler is now appearing as the new chief in the fourth season of FXs fire fighter drama Rescue Me He guest starred as Eddies father Al in season 3 and season 4 of Til Death Description above from the Wikipedia article Jerry Adler licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia
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