Richard Genelle (October 21, 1961 - December 30, 2008) was an actor who played Ernie, the owner of the Angel Grove Youth Center and frequent hang out of the Power Rangers, from the first season of Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers until the end of Power Rangers: Zeo. Genelle also made a brief appearence in Turbo: A Power Rangers Movie. Genelle's only other acting credit was as a guard in the 1991 film The Death Merchant.