---
name: "Irving Axelrad"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/irving-axelrad"
fi1m_id: "irving-axelrad"
imdb_id: "nm0043483"
tmdb_id: 70841
roles: ["Producer"]
born: "21 December 1915"
died: "15 May 1998"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "producer"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-04T19:55:56.885574+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Irving Axelrad

## Identity

Irving Axelrad

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/irving-axelrad
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** irving-axelrad
- **IMDb ID:** nm0043483
- **TMDB ID:** 70841
- **Same entity:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0043483/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/70841

Producer. Born 21 December 1915 in Huron, South Dakota, USA. Died 15 May 1998.

## Details

- **Work:** Producer
- **Born:** 21 December 1915, Huron, South Dakota, USA
- **Died:** 15 May 1998
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0043483/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/70841

## Biography

Irving Axelrad was an American film producer. He is credited as a producer on the 1986 film *The Color of Money*, directed by Martin Scorsese and co-produced with Barbara De Fina.

Axelrad trained and worked as a lawyer. He served as Paul Newman's personal attorney for more than forty years. His involvement in *The Color of Money* originated from that relationship and his early interest in the source material.

*Sources: imdb.com, catalog.afi.com, en.wikipedia.org.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *The Color of Money* (1986), Fi1m 80, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/the-color-of-money.md)

## Complete filmography (2)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *The Color of Money* (1986), Producer — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/film/the-color-of-money.md)
- *Flicks* (1983), Producer

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