Len Cariou is a Tony-award winning actor who has entertained audiences on stage, screen and television for decades. Perhaps most famous (or infamous, as…more
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Len Cariou appeared on two episodes of Law & Order with Jerry Orbach. Both Cariou and Orbach had recurring roles on Murder, She Wrote as well as backgrounds in Broadway.
Len Cariou: (describing his childhood exposure to music) My mother - the Irish side of the family - was very musical. My mother was a singer; there was music around the house all the time. I was a boy soprano. I had a natural kind of voice and then trained it after my voice changed. My mother was pretty instrumental in that. And I took piano. So there was music around me all the time.
Len Cariou: (describing his performance as Ben in Stephen Sondheim's "Follies") All you have to do is look at the lyrics. This is the most gorgeous score the man ever wrote. It borders on genius, like everything else he's done.