- Grandfather of Taliesin Jaffe.
- Former father-in-law of actress Illeana Douglas.
- Son of silent film actress Betty Carpenter.
- Axelrod started out his career writing radio and TV scripts, "about 400 of them" by his own estimate in 1955.
- Father of Jonathan Axelrod and Nina Axelrod.
- Biography in: "The Scribner Encyclopedia of American Lives". Volume 7, 2003-2005, pages 23-25. Farmington Hills, MI: Thomson Gale, 2007.
- Former actor and stage manager. By 1952 he had written over 400 scripts for radio and TV shows. Under contract as writer to 20th Century-Fox 1955-56 and 1965-68.
- Served in the Army Signal Corps during World War II.
- Axelrod got the title for his play "Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter?" from a movie magazine headline, "Will Success Spoil Rock Hudson?" For legal reasons, the surname in the play title was changed to Hunter.
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