Robert Axelrod (May 29, 1949 – September 7, 2019), also credited as Axel Roberts and Myron Mensah,^[2] 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;^[3][4] 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.^[5]

He was born and raised in New York City. He has said that he wanted to be in the entertainment industry starting in kindergarten after first entertaining his classmates.^[6][7] He started acting in commercials and theater as a child. He then worked as a full-time guitarist in the early 1970s.^[8] Then in 1980 he got his start in voice over roles with Banner the Squirrel.^[4] He continued throughout the years performing on stage and in 1983 starred in the rock play All the Difference.^[9] In 1984 he started working for Saban Entertainment doing voice over and writing for programs including Wowser and Hallo Spencer, which he said were "the two finest products we produced."^[7] His agency, Mobile Monicker Productions, noted that he voiced over 150 characters in his career.^[10]