Jerry Adler, the actor identified for his roles in The Sopranos, The Good Spouse, and extra, is useless at 96.
“Jerry Adler handed away on August 23, 2025, on the age of 96,” his household shared in a web-based obituary. “Born on February 4, 1929, Jerry was a resident of New York, New York.”
On X, Adler’s pal, Frank J. Reilly, posted a tribute alongside pictures of the actor.
“The nice actor, my pal Jerry Adler died right this moment on the age of 96,” Reilly confirmed. “ him from certainly one of his iconic roles had from lots of his visitor appearances. Not dangerous for a man who didn’t begin appearing till he was 65.”
The nice actor, my pal Jerry Adler died right this moment on the age of 96. him from certainly one of his iconic roles had from lots of his visitor appearances. Not dangerous for a man who didn’t begin appearing till he was 65. Try his IMDb web page. https://t.co/BeOLeEliOb pic.twitter.com/fnbB8soWy4
— Frank J. Reilly 🌻 (@FrankJReilly1) August 23, 2025
Adler really made his appearing debut at 62 within the TV sequence Brooklyn Bridge in 1991. He went on to seem in Woody Allen‘s Manhattan Homicide Thriller earlier than starring in Alright Already, Hudson Street and different TV reveals within the ’90s.
In HBO’s The Sopranos, Adler performed Herman “Hesh” Rabkin, mafia boss Tony Soprano’s (James Gandolfini) adviser, from 1999 to 2007. He additionally portrayed Howard Lyman within the CBS sequence The Good Spouse from 2011 to 2016 and in its spinoff, The Good Struggle, for 2 episodes in 2017 and 2018. Moreover, Adler had a recurring function as Sidney Feinberg in FX’s Rescue Me.
Robert King, an government producer of The Good Spouse and The Good Struggle, additionally penned a tribute to Adler within the wake of his dying.