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Eddie Asner<\/strong> (\/\u02c8\u00e6zn\u0259r\/<\/a>; November 15, 1929 \u2013 August 29, 2021) was an American actor and former president of the Screen Actors Guild<\/a>. He is best remembered for playing Lou Grant<\/a> during the 1970s and early 1980s, on both The Mary Tyler Moore Show<\/a><\/em> and its spin-off<\/a> series Lou Grant<\/a><\/em>, making him one of the few television actors to portray the same character in both a comedy and a drama. He is the most honored male performer in the history of the Primetime Emmy Awards<\/a>, having won seven \u2013 five for portraying Lou Grant (three as Supporting Actor in a Comedy Television Series<\/a> on The Mary Tyler Moore Show<\/em> and two as Lead Actor in a Dramatic Television Series<\/a> on spin-off Lou Grant<\/em>). His other Emmys were for performances in two television miniseries: Rich Man, Poor Man<\/a><\/em> (1976), where he won for Outstanding Lead Actor for a Single Performance in a TV series, and Roots<\/a><\/em> (1977), for which he won for Outstanding Single Performance by a Supporting Actor in a TV series.[1]<\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n\n\n\n

He played John Wayne<\/a>‘s adversary Bart Jason in the 1966 Western El Dorado<\/em><\/a>. Asner played Santa Claus<\/a> in several films, including in 2003’s Elf<\/a><\/em>.[2]<\/a><\/sup> In 2009, he voiced Carl Fredricksen in Pixar<\/a>‘s animated film Up<\/a><\/em> and made a guest appearance on CSI: NY<\/a><\/em> in the episode “Yahrzeit”. In early 2011, Asner returned to television as butcher Hank Greziak in Working Class<\/a><\/em>, the first original sitcom on cable channel CMT<\/a>. He starred in Michael, Tuesdays and Thursdays<\/a><\/em>, on CBC Television<\/a> and appeared in The Glades<\/a><\/em>. Asner guest-starred as Guy Redmayne in the sixth season of The Good Wife<\/a><\/em>. In 2020, he had a recurring role as James Staghorne Sr. on Briarpatch<\/a><\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Early life<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Eddie Asner[3]<\/a><\/sup> was born on November 15, 1929, in Kansas City, Missouri<\/a>, and grew up in Kansas City, Kansas<\/a>.[4]<\/a><\/sup>[5]<\/a><\/sup> His Ashkenazi Jewish<\/a> immigrant parents, Lizzie (n\u00e9e Seliger; 1885\u20131967, from Russia<\/a>), a housewife, and Morris David Asner (1877\u20131957, from Lithuania (Vilna Governorate<\/a> or Grodno Governorate<\/a>)),[6]<\/a><\/sup>[7]<\/a><\/sup> ran a second-hand shop<\/a> and junkyard.[4]<\/a><\/sup> He was raised in an Orthodox Jewish<\/a> family and given the Hebrew name<\/a> Yitzhak.[8]<\/a><\/sup>[9]<\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Asner attended Wyandotte High School<\/a> in Kansas City, Kansas<\/a>, and the University of Chicago<\/a>. He studied journalism in Chicago until a professor advised him there was little money to be made in the profession. He had been working in a steel mill,[10]<\/a><\/sup> but he quickly switched to drama, debuting as the martyred Thomas Becket<\/a> in a campus production of T.S. Eliot<\/a>‘s Murder in the Cathedral<\/a><\/em>. He eventually dropped out of school, going to work as a taxi driver, worked on the assembly line for General Motors<\/a>, and other odd jobs before being drafted in the military in 1951.[11]<\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Asner served with the U.S. Army Signal Corps<\/a> from 1951 to 1953 and appeared in plays that toured Army bases in Europe.[12]<\/a><\/sup>[13]<\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Career<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

See also: Ed Asner filmography<\/a> and List of awards and nominations received by Ed Asner<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Cast of The Mary Tyler Moore Show<\/a><\/em> in 1970, with Asner in center rear<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Following his military service, Asner helped found the Playwrights Theatre Company in Chicago, but left for New York City<\/a> before members of that company regrouped as the Compass Players<\/a> in the mid-1950s.[14]<\/a><\/sup> He later made frequent guest appearances with the successor to Compass, The Second City<\/a>.[15]<\/a><\/sup> In New York City, Asner played Jonathan Jeremiah Peachum in the Off-Broadway<\/a> revival of Threepenny Opera<\/a><\/em>, scored his first Broadway<\/a> role in Face of a Hero<\/em> alongside Jack Lemmon<\/a> in 1960, and began to make inroads as a television actor, having made his TV debut in 1957 on Studio One<\/a><\/em>.[1]<\/a><\/sup> In two notable performances on television, Asner played Detective Sgt. Thomas Siroleo in the 1963 episode of The Outer Limits<\/a><\/em> titled “It Crawled Out of the Woodwork<\/a>” and the reprehensible ex-premier Brynov in the 1965 Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea<\/a><\/em> episode “The Exile”. He made his film debut in 1962, in the Elvis Presley<\/a> vehicle Kid Galahad<\/a><\/em>.[1]<\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Before he landed his role with Mary Tyler Moore<\/a>, Asner guest-starred in television series including four episodes of The Untouchables<\/a><\/em> starring Robert Stack<\/a>, the syndicated<\/a> crime drama<\/a> Decoy<\/a><\/em>, starring Beverly Garland<\/a>, and Route 66<\/a><\/em> in 1962 (the episode titled “Welcome to the Wedding”) as Custody Officer Lincoln Peers. He was cast on Jack Lord<\/a>‘s ABC<\/a> drama series Stoney Burke<\/a><\/em> and in the series finale of CBS<\/a>‘s The Reporter<\/a><\/em>, starring Harry Guardino<\/a>. He also appeared on Mr. Novak<\/a><\/em>, Ben Casey<\/a><\/em>, Gunsmoke<\/a><\/em>, Mission: Impossible<\/a><\/em>, The Outer Limits<\/a><\/em>, The Fugitive<\/a><\/em>, and The Invaders<\/a><\/em>. Asner also played a minor character in children’s television show W.I.T.C.H.<\/em> (Napoleon \u2013 Cornelia’s younger sister’s cat). In 1963, Asner appeared as George Johnson on The Virginian<\/a><\/em> in the episode “Echo of Another Day”.[16]<\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Asner was best known for his character Lou Grant<\/a>, who was first introduced on The Mary Tyler Moore Show<\/a><\/em> in 1970. In 1977, after Moore’s series ended, Asner’s character was given his own show, Lou Grant<\/a><\/em> (1977\u201382). In contrast to the Mary Tyler Moore<\/em> series, a thirty-minute award-winning comedy about television journalism, the Lou Grant<\/em> series was an hour-long award-winning drama about newspaper journalism (for his role as Grant, Asner was one of only two actors to win an Emmy Award for a sitcom and a drama for the same role, with the second being Uzo Aduba<\/a>). In addition he made appearances as Lou Grant on two other shows: Rhoda<\/a><\/em> and Roseanne<\/a><\/em>.[17]<\/a><\/sup> Other television series starring Asner in regular roles include Thunder Alley<\/a><\/em>, The Bronx Zoo<\/a><\/em>, and Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip<\/a><\/em>. He also starred in one episode of the western series Dead Man’s Gun<\/a><\/em> (1997), as well as portraying art smuggler August March in an episode of the original Hawaii Five-O<\/a><\/em> (1975) and reprised the role in the Hawaii Five-0<\/a><\/em> (2012) remake.[18]<\/a><\/sup> He also appeared as a veteran streetwise officer in an episode of the 1973 version of Police Story<\/a><\/em>.[19]<\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Asner was acclaimed for his role in the ABC miniseries Roots<\/a><\/em>, as Captain Davies, the morally conflicted captain of the Lord Ligonier<\/em>, the slave ship that brought Kunta Kinte<\/a> to America. The role earned Asner an Emmy Award<\/a>,[20]<\/a><\/sup> as did the similarly dark role of Axel Jordache in the miniseries Rich Man, Poor Man<\/a><\/em> (1976). In contrast, he played a former pontiff<\/a> in the lead role of Papa Giovanni: Ioannes XXIII<\/a><\/em> (Pope John XXIII<\/em> 2002), an Italian television film for RAI<\/a>.[21]<\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Asner in 1985<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Asner had an extensive voice acting<\/a> career. In 1987, he played the eponymous character, George F. Babbitt, in the L.A. Classic Theatre Works’<\/a> radio theatre production of Sinclair Lewis’s<\/a> novel, Babbitt<\/a><\/em>. He also provided the voices for Joshua on Joshua and the Battle of Jericho<\/em> (1986) for Hanna-Barbera<\/a>, J. Jonah Jameson<\/a> on the 1990s animated television series Spider-Man<\/a><\/em> (1994\u201398); Hoggish Greedly on Captain Planet and the Planeteers<\/a><\/em> (1990\u201395); Hudson<\/a> on Gargoyles<\/a><\/em> (1994\u201396); Jabba the Hutt<\/a> on the radio version of Star Wars<\/em><\/a>; Master Vrook from Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic<\/a><\/em> and its sequel<\/a>; Roland Daggett on Batman: The Animated Series<\/a><\/em> (1992\u201394); Cosgrove on Freakazoid!<\/a><\/em>; Ed Wuncler on The Boondocks<\/a><\/em> (2005\u201314);[22]<\/a><\/sup> and Granny Goodness<\/a> in various DC Comics<\/a> animated series. Asner provided the voice of famed American orator Edward Everett<\/a> in the 2017 documentary film The Gettysburg Address<\/em>.[23]<\/a><\/sup>[24]<\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Asner provided the voice of Carl Fredricksen in the Academy Award<\/a>-winning Pixar<\/a> film Up<\/a><\/em> (2009). He received great critical praise for the role, with one critic going so far as to suggest “They should create a new category for this year’s Academy Award for Best Vocal Acting in an Animated Film and name Asner as the first recipient.”[25]<\/a><\/sup> He appeared in the mid- to late-2000s decade in a recurring segment on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno<\/a><\/em>, entitled “Does This Impress Ed Asner?”[26]<\/a><\/sup>[27]<\/a><\/sup> He was cast in a Country Music Television<\/a> comedy pilot, Regular Joe<\/em>.[28]<\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n\n\n\n

In 2001, Asner was the recipient of the Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award<\/a>.[29]<\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Asner won more Emmy Awards<\/a> for performing than any other male actor (seven, including five for the role of Lou Grant). In 1996, he was inducted into the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences Hall of Fame<\/a>.[30]<\/a><\/sup>[31]<\/a><\/sup> In July 2010, Asner completed recording sessions for Shattered Hopes: The True Story of the Amityville Murders<\/em>; a documentary on the 1974 DeFeo murders in Amityville, New York. Asner served as the narrator for the film, which covers a forensic analysis of the murders, the trial in which 23-year-old DeFeo son Ronald DeFeo Jr., was convicted of the killings, and the subsequent “haunting” story which is revealed to be a hoax.[32]<\/a><\/sup> Also in 2010, Asner played the title role in FDR<\/em>, a stage production about the life of Franklin Delano Roosevelt<\/a>;[33]<\/a><\/sup> he subsequently continued to tour the play throughout the country. In January 2011, Asner took a supporting role on CMT’s first original sitcom Working Class<\/a><\/em>. He made an appearance in the independent comedy feature Not Another B Movie<\/a><\/em>, and had a role as billionaire Warren Buffett<\/a> in HBO<\/a>‘s economic drama Too Big to Fail<\/a><\/em> (2011).[34]<\/a><\/sup> In 2013, he guest starred as Mr. Finger in The Crazy Ones<\/a><\/em>.[35]<\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Asner also provided voice-over narration for many documentaries and films about social activism, including Tiger by the Tail<\/em>, a documentary film detailing the efforts of Eric Mann<\/a> and the Campaign to keep General Motors<\/a>‘ Van Nuys assembly plant<\/a> running.[36]<\/a><\/sup> He also recorded for a public radio show and podcast, Playing On Air<\/a><\/em>, appearing in Warren Leight<\/a>‘s The Final Interrogation of Ceaucescu’s Dog<\/em> with Jesse Eisenberg<\/a>, and Mike Reiss<\/a>‘s New York Story.<\/em>[37]<\/a><\/sup>[38]<\/a><\/sup> Asner was the voice-over narrator for the 2016 documentary Behind the Fear: The Hidden Story of HIV<\/em>, directed by Nicole Zwiren, a controversial study on the AIDS<\/a> debate.[39]<\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n\n\n\n

A 2014 documentary titled My Friend Ed,<\/em> directed by Sharon Baker, focused on the actor’s life and career. It won Best Short Documentary at the New York City Independent Film Festival<\/a>.[40]<\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n\n\n\n

In 2018, Asner was cast in the Netflix<\/a> dark comedy, Dead to Me<\/a><\/em>, which premiered on May 3, 2019. The series also stars Christina Applegate<\/a>, Linda Cardellini<\/a>, and James Marsden<\/a>. Also in 2018, Asner portrayed Johnny Lawrence<\/a>‘s step-father, Sid Weinberg, in a guest role on the series Cobra Kai<\/a><\/em>.[41]<\/a><\/sup>[42]<\/a><\/sup> In 2020 he guest starred in an episode of Modern Family<\/a><\/em> and in 2021 played himself in a sketch on Let’s Be Real<\/a><\/em>.[43]<\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Beginning in 2016, Asner took on the role of Holocaust survivor<\/a> Milton Salesman in Jeff Cohen<\/a>‘s acclaimed play The Soap Myth<\/a><\/em> in a reading at Lincoln Center<\/a>‘s Bruno Walter Theatre in New York City.[44]<\/a><\/sup> He subsequently toured for the next three years in “concert readings” of the play in more than a dozen cities across the United States.[45]<\/a><\/sup> In 2019, PBS flagship station WNET<\/a> filmed the concert reading at New York’s Center for Jewish History<\/a> for their All Arts<\/a> channel. The performance, which is available for free, world-wide live-streaming, co-stars Tovah Feldshuh<\/a>, Ned Eisenberg<\/a>, and Liba Vaynberg.[46]<\/a><\/sup> In the week before his death, Asner told his frequent collaborators, Greg Palast<\/a> and Leni Badpenny, that he soon would be doing three one-act plays.[10]<\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Activism<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Political activism<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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Asner at the 2015 Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration<\/a> Awards<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Asner served two terms as president of the Screen Actors Guild<\/a>, in which capacity during the 1980s he opposed United States policy in Central America<\/a>, working closely with the Alliance for Survival. He played a prominent role in the 1980 SAG strike<\/a>.[47]<\/a><\/sup> He was also active in a variety of other causes, such as the movement to free Mumia Abu-Jamal<\/a> and the movement to establish California One Care, single-payer health care<\/a> in California<\/a>, for which he created a television advertisement. He endorsed Barack Obama<\/a> during the 2008 United States presidential election<\/a>. He was formerly a member of the Democratic Socialist Organizing Committee<\/a> (DSOC)[48]<\/a><\/sup> and was a member of DSOC’s successor, the Democratic Socialists of America<\/a>.[1]<\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The sudden cancellation of Lou Grant<\/em> in 1982 was the subject of much controversy. The show had high ratings, being in the ACNielsen<\/a> top ten throughout its final month on the air. However, the CBS television network declined to renew it. Asner believed that his left-wing<\/a> political views, as well as the publicity surrounding them, were the actual root causes for the show’s cancellation.[47]<\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n\n\n\n

In 2011, Asner endorsed Democratic<\/a> candidate Marcy Winograd who finished 4th in the 16-candidate primary behind eventual winner Janice Hahn<\/a>, in California’s 36th congressional district special election<\/a>.[49]<\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n\n\n\n

From 2011 to 2015, Asner worked with filmmaker Nicole Zwiren on the feature-length documentary Behind the Fear<\/em> which addresses HIV\/AIDS denialism<\/a>. The film was released in 2016 with Asner as the narrator.[50]<\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nonprofit organizations<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Asner was on the Entertainment Board of Directors for The Survivor Mitzvah Project, a nonprofit organization dedicated to providing direct emergency aid to elderly and impoverished Holocaust survivors<\/a> in Eastern Europe<\/a>.[51]<\/a><\/sup> Asner was a member of the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund<\/a>, a free speech organization that is dedicated to protecting comic book creators and retailers from prosecutions based on content. He served as an advisor to the Rosenberg Fund for Children<\/a>, an organization founded by the children of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg<\/a>, which provides benefits for the children of political activists, and was a board member for the wildlife conservation organization Defenders of Wildlife<\/a>. Asner also sat on the advisory board for Exceptional Minds<\/a>, a non-profit school and a computer animation studio for young adults on the autism spectrum<\/a>.[52]<\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Asner was a supporter of Humane Borders, an organization based in Tucson, Arizona<\/a>, which maintains water stations in the Sonoran desert<\/a> for use by undocumented migrants, with the goal of preventing deaths by dehydration and exposure. He was the master of ceremonies at that organization’s volunteer dinner in fall 2017.[53]<\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n\n\n\n

In November 2017 The Ed Asner Family Center was founded by Asner’s son, Matt Asner and daughter-in-law Navah Paskowitz Asner. The Center provides arts and vocational enrichments, counseling services, and support groups and camps to special needs individuals and their families.[54]<\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n\n\n\n

September 11 attacks<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Asner voiced qualified support for some 9\/11 conspiracy theories<\/a>. In 2004, he signed a statement released by the conspiracy theorist<\/a> organization 9\/11 Truth<\/a> that included a call for a new investigation into some elements of the September 11 attacks<\/a> that he questioned.[55]<\/a><\/sup> A brief summary of the reasons for his position appears in a video available on YouTube<\/a>.[56]<\/a><\/sup> Asner confirmed his support for the statement in 2009.[57]<\/a><\/sup> Asner also narrated the documentary film The Oil Factor: Behind the War on Terror<\/em>.[58]<\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n\n\n\n

In April 2004, Asner wrote an open letter to “peace and justice leaders” encouraging them to demand “full 9\u201311 truth” through the organization 9-11 Visibility Project<\/em>.[59]<\/a><\/sup> In 2011, Asner hosted the Architects & Engineers for 9\/11 Truth<\/a> documentary on the collapse of 7 World Trade Center<\/a>, which endorsed the unsupported fringe theory<\/a> that the building was taken down by controlled demolition<\/a>.[60]<\/a><\/sup>[61]<\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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Ed Asner<\/th><\/tr>
<\/a>Asner in 1977<\/td><\/tr>
Born<\/th>Eddie Asner
November 15, 1929
Kansas City, Missouri<\/a>, U.S.<\/td><\/tr>
Died<\/th>August 29, 2021 (aged 91)
Los Angeles<\/a>, California<\/a>, U.S.<\/td><\/tr>
Education<\/th>University of Chicago<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
Occupation<\/th>Actor<\/td><\/tr>
Years active<\/th>1950\u20132021<\/td><\/tr>
Political party<\/th>Democratic<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
Spouse(s)<\/th>Nancy Sykes\u200b\u200b(m.<\/abbr> 1959; div.<\/abbr> 1988)\u200bCindy Gilmore\u200b\u200b(m.<\/abbr> 1998; div.<\/abbr> 2015)\u200b<\/td><\/tr>
Children<\/th>4, including Kate<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
21st President of the Screen Actors Guild<\/a><\/th><\/tr>
In office<\/strong>
November 3, 1981 \u2013 June 20, 1985<\/td><\/tr>
Preceded by<\/th>William Schallert<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
Succeeded by<\/th>Patty Duke<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
Military career<\/td><\/tr>
Allegiance<\/th> United States<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
Service\/branch<\/th><\/a> United States Army<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
Years of service<\/th>1951\u20131953<\/td><\/tr>