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• While working in architectural offices, Axelrod pursued an acting career and, in 1969, he portrayed Banquo in an off-Broadway production of “Macbeth.” The next year, he appeared off-Broadway in “Gandhi” and followed the play to Broadway, but it closed on opening night..
• Axelrod was a theater faculty member at colleges including the University of Wisconsin, Boston University, University of Michigan, Penn State, Temple University, Cal Arts and Brandeis University, and was a guest instructor at the Aaron Speiser Acting Studio in L.A. A Variety and iHeartRadio Podcast.
• By Michaela Zee Jack Axelrod, the actor who played mob boss Victor Jerome on “General Hospital” and guest starred on such series as “Grey’s Anatomy” and “My Name Is Earl,” has died..
• He later majored in architecture at UC Berkeley and eventually became licensed as an architect in the state of Washington..
• Axelrod died Nov. 28 of natural causes in L.A., his rep Jennifer Garland told Variety..
• Axelrod made his feature film debut in Woody Allen’s 1971 comedy “Bananas.” He worked on “Vice” (2000), “Road to Redemption” (2001), “Hancock” (2008), “Little Fockers” (2010), “Super 8” (2011), “Transformers: Dark of the Moon” (2011), “J..