Ed Asner

Deceased · Born: Nov 15, 1929 · Died: Aug 29, 2021

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Born Nov 15, 1929 Kansas City, Missouri, USA

Spouse

Cindy Gilmore
( Aug 2, 1998 to Dec 31, 1969 )
Nancy Sykes
( Mar 23, 1959 to Dec 31, 1969 )

Parents

Lizzie Seliger
Morris David Asner

Relatives

Mark Seliger (Niece or Nephew)

Biography

Edward Asner (November 15, 1929 – August 29, 2021), commonly known as Ed Asner, was an American film, television, stage, and voice actor and former president of the Screen Actors Guild, primarily known for his Emmy Award-winning role as Lou Grant on both The Mary Tyler Moore Show and its spin-off series, Lou Grant. In 2009, he starred as the voice of Carl Fredricksen in Pixar's award-winning animated film, Up. In early 2011, Asner returned to television as butcher Hank Greziak in Working Class, the first original sitcom on cable channel CMT.

Career

acting

2024

Altered Reality

Altered Reality as Mike Wilson

2023

A Fargo Christmas Story

A Fargo Christmas Story as Popcorn Bud

Carl's Date as Carl

2022

Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules

Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules as Grandpa Heffley

2021

Senior Entourage

Senior Entourage as Ed

Dug Days as Carl (voice)

2020

The Garden Left Behind

The Garden Left Behind as Dr. Cleary

Tiger Within as Samuel

M.O.M. Mothers of Monsters

M.O.M. Mothers of Monsters as Dr. Howard Arden

2019

Miracle in the Valley

Miracle in the Valley as Judge Mordecai Price

The Tattooed Torah

The Tattooed Torah as Narrator

In Vino as Charles

Dead to Me as Abe Rifkin

2018

Angels on Tap as Swifty

The Parting Glass

The Parting Glass as Tommy

Honor Amongst Men

Honor Amongst Men as Pop Halmo

All of My Heart: The Wedding

All of My Heart: The Wedding as Vern

2017

All of My Heart: Inn Love

All of My Heart: Inn Love as Vern

Joe's War as Harry

Yamasong: March of the Hollows

Yamasong: March of the Hollows as Elder Pyreez

Saving Christmas

Saving Christmas as Rick

The Gliksmans as Moshe

CarGo as Art

Santa Stole Our Dog: A Merry Doggone Christmas!

Santa Stole Our Dog: A Merry Doggone Christmas! as Santa

A StoryBots Christmas

A StoryBots Christmas as Santa

2016

Mary Jane: A Musical Potumentary

Mary Jane: A Musical Potumentary as Corporate Manager

Getting Ed Laid

Getting Ed Laid as Ed Randall

Super Sex as George

Love Finds You in Valentine

Love Finds You in Valentine as Gabriel Morgan

Love Meet Hope as Mr. James

Titanic: Sinking the Myths

Titanic: Sinking the Myths as Wilhelm Müller

2015

The Nutcracker Sweet

The Nutcracker Sweet as Owl

All of My Heart

All of My Heart as Vern

2014

The Games Maker

The Games Maker as Nicholas Drago

Frozen in Time as Grandpa

Audrey as Walt

Elf: Buddy's Musical Christmas

Elf: Buddy's Musical Christmas as Santa (voice)

2013

Axel: The Biggest Little Hero

Axel: The Biggest Little Hero as Bonta and Narrator

Second Chances as Chief Buddy

Christmas on the Bayou

Christmas on the Bayou as Papa Noel

2012

Should've Been Romeo

Should've Been Romeo as Charlie

Home Alone: The Holiday Heist

Home Alone: The Holiday Heist as Mr. Carson

Foodfight! as Mr. Leonard

Elephant Sighs as Leo

2011

The Desert of Forbidden Art

The Desert of Forbidden Art

Too Big to Fail

Too Big to Fail as Warren Buffett

All-Star Superman

All-Star Superman as Perry White

Identical as Yaakov Washington

Hopelessly in June

Hopelessly in June as Rabbi

Not Another B Movie

Not Another B Movie as Angry Investor

Let Go as Artie

Good Men as Morty

Michael: Every Day

Michael: Every Day as Dr. Wasserman

Working Class as Hank Greziak

2010

Superman/Batman: Apocalypse

Superman/Batman: Apocalypse as Granny Goodness

2009

Christmas Dreams

Christmas Dreams as Jerry

Dug's Special Mission

Dug's Special Mission as Carl Fredricksen

Up as Carl Fredricksen

Up: Upisodes as Carl Fredricksen (voice)

2008

Channels as Ed Packard

Generation Gap as Bart Cahill

Thomas Kinkade's Christmas Cottage

Thomas Kinkade's Christmas Cottage as Sidney

Gigantic as Kirby Weathersby

2007

Christmas Is Here Again

Christmas Is Here Again as Krad

The Rich Have Their Own Photographers

The Rich Have Their Own Photographers

Hard Four as Nat Segal

2006

The Christmas Card

The Christmas Card as Luke

2005

Out of the Woods

Out of the Woods as Jack Green

Class Dismissed: How TV Frames the Working Class

Class Dismissed: How TV Frames the Working Class as Narrator

The Oil Factor: Behind the War on Terror

The Oil Factor: Behind the War on Terror as Narrator

Sir! No Sir! as Colonel Heinl

Crab Orchard as Grandpa Cecil

2004

Missing Brendan

Missing Brendan as George Calden

Center of the Universe

Center of the Universe as Art Barnett

2003

Plan Colombia: Cashing in on the Drug War Failure

Plan Colombia: Cashing in on the Drug War Failure as Narrator

The Commission as Capt. J.W. 'Will' Fritz

Christmas Vacation 2: Cousin Eddie's Island Adventure

Christmas Vacation 2: Cousin Eddie's Island Adventure as Uncle Nick

Elf as Santa

The King and Queen of Moonlight Bay

The King and Queen of Moonlight Bay as Auggie Sinclair

2002

The Man Who Saved Christmas

The Man Who Saved Christmas as Charles Gilbert

Spider-Man: The Ultimate Villain Showdown

Spider-Man: The Ultimate Villain Showdown as J. Jonah Jameson

The Good War and Those Who Refused to Fight It

The Good War and Those Who Refused to Fight It as Narrator

2001

The Kid as Dead Cat

The Animal as Chief Wilson

Island Prey as Jay Roth

2000

Becoming Dick as Davis Aldrich

Bring Him Home as Geza Horvath

Common Ground as Ira

The Tulsa Lynching of 1921: A Hidden Story

The Tulsa Lynching of 1921: A Hidden Story

Above Suspicion

Above Suspicion as Thomas O'Claire

Perfect Game as Coach Billy Hicks

Max Steel as Chuck Marshak (voice)

1999

Snowden's Christmas

Snowden's Christmas as Big Daddy

Olive, the Other Reindeer

Olive, the Other Reindeer as Santa

The Sissy Duckling

The Sissy Duckling as Elmer's father

Love and Action in Chicago

Love and Action in Chicago as Taylor

Our Friend, Martin

Our Friend, Martin as Mr. Harris

The Bachelor as Gluckman

O' Christmas Tree

O' Christmas Tree as Nutcracker

1998

Hard Rain as Charlie

1997

The Long Way Home

The Long Way Home as George Patton / Immigrant to USA / David Ben-Gurion / Holocaust Survivor (voice)

The Fanatics as Charlie Atwater

A Christmas Carol

A Christmas Carol as Marley

The Trial of Adolf Eichmann

The Trial of Adolf Eichmann as Dr. Robert Servatius

Payback as Jack Patkanis

Dog's Best Friend

Dog's Best Friend as Jeep

1996

Tell the Truth and Run: George Seldes and the American Press

Tell the Truth and Run: George Seldes and the American Press as Reader - Seldes' Writings

Gargoyles the Movie: The Heroes Awaken

Gargoyles the Movie: The Heroes Awaken as Hudson

Gone in the Night

Gone in the Night as Det. John Waters

The Story of Santa Claus

The Story of Santa Claus as Santa Claus

1995

Goldilocks and the Three Bears

Goldilocks and the Three Bears as Bruno

Freakazoid! as Sgt. Cosgrove (voice)

1994

Heads as Ab Abbot

Gargoyles as Hudson (voice)

Spider-Man: The Animated Series

Spider-Man: The Animated Series as J. Jonah Jameson (voice)

Thunder Alley as Gil Jones

1993

Gypsy as Pop

1992

Earth and the American Dream

Earth and the American Dream as Reader

Cruel Doubt as Bill Osteen

1991

Silent Motive as Sam Van Drake

Yes Virginia, There Is a Santa Claus

Yes Virginia, There Is a Santa Claus as Edward P. Mitchell

1990

Not a Penny More, Not a Penny Less

Not a Penny More, Not a Penny Less as Harvey Metcalfe

Good Cops, Bad Cops

Good Cops, Bad Cops

1989

Happily Ever After

Happily Ever After as Scowl

1988

A Friendship in Vienna

A Friendship in Vienna as Opah Oskar Reikman

1987

Pinocchio and the Emperor of the Night

Pinocchio and the Emperor of the Night as Scalawag

Cracked Up as Rev. Vincent Owens

1986

The Christmas Star

The Christmas Star as Horace McNickle

Vital Signs as Matthew St James

Kate's Secret as Dr. Resnick

1985

Tender Is the Night

Tender Is the Night as Devereux Warren

Off the Rack as Sam Waltman

1984

Anatomy of an Illness

Anatomy of an Illness as Norman Cousins

1983

Daniel as Jacob Ascher

1982

O'Hara's Wife as Bob O'Hara

Americas in Transition

Americas in Transition as Narrator

1981

Fort Apache the Bronx

Fort Apache the Bronx as Connolly

A Small Killing

A Small Killing as Simon 'Si' Shaber

1979

The Family Man as Eddie Madden

1978

Great Performances

Great Performances as Various Roles

1977

The Life and Assassination of the Kingfish

The Life and Assassination of the Kingfish as Huey P. Long

The Gathering as Adam

Lou Grant as Lou Grant

1976

Gus as Hank Cooper

Rich Man, Poor Man

Rich Man, Poor Man as Axel Jordache

1975

Hey, I'm Alive as Ralph Flores

Death Scream as Peter Singleton

1974

The Wrestler as Frank Bass

1973

The Girl Most Likely to...

The Girl Most Likely to... as Ralph Varone

1972

Haunts of the Very Rich

Haunts of the Very Rich as Al Hunsicker

1971

The Todd Killings

The Todd Killings as Fred Reardon

The Last Child as Barstow

Skin Game as Plunkett

They Call It Murder

They Call It Murder as Chief Otto Larkin

1970

They Call Me Mister Tibbs!

They Call Me Mister Tibbs! as Woody Garfield

Halls of Anger as Ernie McKay

The Old Man Who Cried Wolf

The Old Man Who Cried Wolf as Dr. Morheim

The Mary Tyler Moore Show

The Mary Tyler Moore Show as Lou Grant

1969

Daughter of the Mind

Daughter of the Mind as Saul Wiener

Change of Habit

Change of Habit as Lt. Moretti

1967

Gunn as Police Lt. Jacoby

The Venetian Affair

The Venetian Affair as Frank Rosenfeld

1966

El Dorado as Bart Jason

The Doomsday Flight

The Doomsday Flight as Feldman

1965

The Slender Thread

The Slender Thread as Det. Judd Ridley

The Satan Bug as Veretti

1964

Fanfare for a Death Scene

Fanfare for a Death Scene as Pike

1957

Studio One as Third Actor

appearances

2023

Being Mary Tyler Moore

Being Mary Tyler Moore

2020

The Holiday Movies That Made Us

The Holiday Movies That Made Us

2018

2017

And the Winner Isn't

And the Winner Isn't

The Year in Memoriam

The Year in Memoriam

2016

The Best Democracy Money Can Buy

The Best Democracy Money Can Buy

The Demolition of Truth-Psychologists Examine 9/11

The Demolition of Truth-Psychologists Examine 9/11

2015

Generation A: Portraits of Autism and the Arts

Generation A: Portraits of Autism and the Arts

Mary Tyler Moore: A Celebration

Mary Tyler Moore: A Celebration

2014

I Know That Voice

I Know That Voice

2012

Betty White's 90th Birthday: A Tribute to America's Golden Girl

Betty White's 90th Birthday: A Tribute to America's Golden Girl

2011

Architects & Engineers: Solving the Mystery of WTC 7

Architects & Engineers: Solving the Mystery of WTC 7

2004

Happy Birthday Oscar Wilde

Happy Birthday Oscar Wilde

1992

Beyond 'JFK': The Question of Conspiracy

Beyond 'JFK': The Question of Conspiracy

1991

Mary Tyler Moore: The 20th Anniversary Show

Mary Tyler Moore: The 20th Anniversary Show

1987

Hollywood the Golden Years: The RKO Story

Hollywood the Golden Years: The RKO Story

1985

Night of 100 Stars II

Night of 100 Stars II

1983

1982

Night of 100 Stars

Night of 100 Stars