American actor and screenwriter (died 2019)

Robert Axelrod

Robert Axelrod, also credited as Axel Roberts and Myron Mensah, was an American actor. He was primarily known for his voice work, which included Digimon, having started voice acting for the English-language versions of anime in 1980; providing the voice of Lord Zedd, the main villain of the Mighty Morphin Power Rangers; and Finster, the original Mighty Morphin Power Rangers monster maker. He also portrayed a sympathetic doctor, Jennings, in The Blob. He also portrayed a Paul McCartney look-alike on the popular sitcom Family Matters, and later in his career appeared in several productions by comedy duo Tim & Eric.

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1949

May 29

Died

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1949 Born

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363 The Roman emperor Julian defeats the Sasanian army in the Battle of Ctesiphon, under the walls of the Sasanian capital, but is unable to take the city.
1108 Battle of Uclés: Almoravid troops under the command of Tamim ibn Yusuf defeat a Castile and León alliance under the command of Prince Sancho Alfónsez.
1167 Battle of Monte Porzio: A Roman army supporting Pope Alexander III is defeated by Christian of Buch and Rainald of Dassel.
1176 Battle of Legnano: The Lombard League defeats Emperor Frederick I.

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The world in 1949

When Robert arrived

april 1 Chinese Civil War: The Chinese Communist Party holds unsuccessful peace talks with the Nationalist Party in Beijing, after three years of fighting.
april 1 The Government of Canada repeals Japanese-Canadian internment after seven years.
april 18 The Republic of Ireland Act comes into force, declaring Éire to be a republic and severing Ireland's "association" with the Commonwealth of Nations.
april 20 Amethyst incident: The People's Liberation Army attacks HMS Amethyst (F116) travelling to the British embassy in Nanjing during the Chinese Civil War.

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Same-day contemporaries

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Helmuth Rilling 1933– German conductor and educator (died 2026) Isaac Albéniz 1860–1909 Spanish pianist and composer (born 1860) John F. Kennedy 1917–1963 35th President of the United States (died 1963) Max Brand 1893–1944 American journalist and author (born 1892) Mel B 1975– English singer-songwriter, dancer, and actress Oswald Spengler 1880–1936 German historian and philosopher (died 1936) Paul R. Ehrlich 1932– American biologist and author Rupert Everett 1959– English actor and novelist Stephen Larkham 1974– Australian rugby player and coach

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Same-year contemporaries

Also born in 1949

Alan García 1949–2019 Peruvian lawyer and politician, twice President of Peru (born 1949) Alla Pugacheva 1949– Russian singer-songwriter and actress Anna Wintour 1949– English-American journalist Beth Grant 1949– American actress Billy Joel 1949– American singer-songwriter and pianist Carlos the Jackal 1949– Venezuelan terrorist David A. Cherry 1949– American artist and illustrator Dominique Strauss-Kahn 1949– French economist, lawyer, and politician, French Minister of Finance Don Baylor 1949–2017 American baseball player (born 1949)

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