Actor Jack Axelrod has passed away at the age of 93.
Axelrod, who played mob boss Victor Jerome on “General Hospital” in the 1980s and guest-starred on “Grey’s Anatomy” and “My Name is Earl,” among other TV series passed away on November 28 in Los Angeles of natural causes, according to his rep Jennifer Garland.
“I had the pleasure of spending a lot of time with him in his last years, as he had no immediate family,” Garland said in a statement to Entertainment Weekly. “We spent much time outdoors, where Jack loved to sketch, read news articles, and recite Shakespearean sonnets.”
Actor, Jack Axelrod
Born Jan. 25, 1930, Axelrod served as a corporal in the US Army and was stationed in Germany from 1953 to 1955, according to Variety.
After the Korean War, Axelrod majored in architecture at the University of California at Berkeley and pursued an acting career while working as an architect.
He starred on the ABC soap “General Hospital” for 40 episodes from 1987 to 1989.
He also played Electrolarynx Guy and other characters on “My Name is Earl” and a semi-comatose patient who suffers an unusual fate on “Grey’s Anatomy.”
Other notable credits include “Dallas,” “Dynasty,” “Night Court,” “Everybody Loves Raymond,” “It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia,” and “Brooklyn Nine-Nine.”
Our thoughts and prayers go out to his family and loved ones.