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Jack Axelrod, who was best known for his role as mob boss Victor Jerome on General Hospital, has died. He was 93.
The actor’s rep, Jennifer Garland, said he passed away from natural causes in Los Angeles on Nov. 28, per Entertainment Weekly.
“I had the pleasure of spending a lot of time with him in his last years, as he had no immediate family,” she said in a statement to the outlet. “We spent much time outdoors, where Jack loved to sketch, read news articles, and recite Shakespearean sonnets.”
Born in 1930, Axelrod served as a corporal in the U.S. Army during the Korean War. He was stationed in Germany from 1953 to 1955, before later earning an architecture degree from the University of California Berkeley and becoming an architect in Washington State, per Variety.
While pursuing a career in architecture, Axelrod also appeared in off-Broadway productions like Macbeth and Gandhi. He later made his feature film debut in Woody Allen’s 1971 comedy Bananas. He also starred in movies like Not My Kid (1985), Hancock (2008), Little Fockers (2010), Transformers: Dark of the Moon (2011) and The Lone Ranger (2013).
Most, however, would recognize Axelrod for his role as Victor Jerome on General Hospital. He acted in 40 episodes of the long-running ABC soap opera from 1987 to 1989.
The actor also made guest appearances in other shows like My Name is Earl, Grey’s Anatomy, Boy Meets World, Everybody Loves Raymond, Frasier, The Office and Modern Family, among others. His most recent acting credit was in the 2020 comedy thriller Bad Therapy, which also starred Alicia Silverstone and Sarah Shahi.
Aside from his acting career, Axelrod also taught theater at the Universities of Wisconsin, Michigan, Boston University, Penn State, Temple University, CalState Northridge & Bakersfield, Cal Arts and Brandeis University. He further worked as a guest teacher at the Aaron Speiser Acting Studio in Los Angeles, according to his IMDB.
