Edward Asner

Edward Asner
Birth name	Eddie Asner
Born	November 15, 1929 in Kansas City, Missouri, USA
Died	August 29, 2021 in Los Angeles, California, USA
Sometimes credited as	Edward Asher, Ed Asner
Notable Roles
Notable Episodes
Awards	star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame

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Roles

Guest Starring Roles

Series	Role	Episode	Airdate
Studio One	Juror	9x20 - The Defender (1)	February 25, 1957
Studio One	Juror	9x21 - The Defender (2)	March 4, 1957
Studio One	Third Actor	10x01 - The Night America Trembled	September 9, 1957
Decoy	Sergeant	1x18 - An Eye for an Eye	April 15, 1959
Route 66	Second Man	1x04 - The Man on the Monkey Board	October 28, 1960
Naked City		2x13 - A Hole in the City	February 1, 1961
Naked City	Lt. Vincent Busti	2x23 - New York to L.A.	April 19, 1961
Route 66	Scully	1x28 - The Opponent	June 2, 1961
Route 66	Lt. Tegeler	2x07 - The Mud Nest	November 10, 1961
Target: The Corruptors	Tyler	1x09 - The Golden Carpet	November 24, 1961
Outlaws	Keel	2x13 - The Dark Sunrise of Griff Kincaid	January 4, 1962
The Untouchables	Fedor Bartok	3x16 - The Death Tree	February 15, 1962
Cain's Hundred	Dave	1x21 - Blues for a Junkman	February 20, 1962
Route 66	Carl Selman	2x21 - Shoulder the Sky My Lad	March 2, 1962
Alfred Hitchcock Presents	Warden Bragen	7x30 - What Frightened You, Fred?	May 1, 1962
The Untouchables	Jimmy Canada	4x01 - The Night They Shot Santa Claus	September 25, 1962
Route 66	Lincoln Peers	3x08 - Welcome to the Wedding	November 9, 1962
The Untouchables (credited as Edward Asher)	Frank	4x08 - Elegy	November 20, 1962
Alcoa Premiere	Daniel Stryker	2x10 - The Contenders	December 6, 1962
Dr. Kildare		2x11 - The Legacy	December 13, 1962
The Untouchables	Frank	4x13 - Search for a Dead Man	January 1, 1963
The Lloyd Bridges Show		1x16 - The Scapegoat	January 1, 1963
The Eleventh Hour	Max Brenson	1x15 - My Name Is Judith, I'm Lost, You See	January 16, 1963
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour	Jack Stander	1x19 - To Catch a Butterfly	February 1, 1963
The Virginian	George Johnson	1x26 - Echo of Another Day	March 27, 1963
Dr. Kildare	Frank Williams	2x28 - Tightrope Into Nowhere	April 25, 1963
Stoney Burke	Kapp	1x30 - Tigress by the Tail	May 6, 1963
Mr. Novak	Harmon Stern	1x01 - First Year, First Day	September 24, 1963
Ben Casey	Jerome Lynch	3x07 - The Echo of a Silent Cheer (2)	October 23, 1963
The Defenders	Tim Sellers	3x06 - The Cruel Hook	November 2, 1963
The Lieutenant	Walter Perry	1x10 - A Troubled Image	November 16, 1963
The Outer Limits	Det. Sgt. Thomas Siroleo	1x11 - It Crawled Out of the Woodwork	December 9, 1963
Bob Hope Presents The Chrysler Theatre	St. Slade	1x23 - A Case of Armed Robbery	April 3, 1964
The Defenders	Harry Obermayer	4x03 - Hero of the People	October 8, 1964
Gunsmoke	Sergeant Wilks	10x08 - Hung High	November 14, 1964
The Reporter	Max Holte	1x13 - Vote for Murder	December 18, 1964
Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea	Brynov	1x27 - The Exile	March 15, 1965
The Fugitive	Sheriff	2x26 - Masquerade	March 23, 1965
The F.B.I.	John Carl Brock	1x28 - The Tormentors	April 10, 1966
Run for Your Life	Cappi	2x04 - The Committee for the 25th	October 3, 1966
Gunsmoke	Redmond	12x08 - The Whispering Tree	November 12, 1966
The Felony Squad	Barney "Bull" Bradovich	1x13 - The Killer Instinct	December 5, 1966
The Fugitive		4x15 - Run the Man Down	January 3, 1967
The Girl from U.N.C.L.E.	George Kramer	1x26 - The Double-O-Nothing Affair	March 21, 1967
Judd for the Defense		1x03 - The Other Face of the Law	September 22, 1967
Ironside	Davis	1x15 - The Fourteenth Runner	December 28, 1967
The Iron Horse	Ned Morley	2x16 - The Prisoners	December 30, 1967
The F.B.I.	Walter Gretzler	3x13 - The Dynasty	January 7, 1968
The Wild Wild West	Furman Crotty	3x22 - The Night of the Amnesiac	February 9, 1968
Mission: Impossible	George Simpson	3x13 - The Mind of Stefan Miklos	January 12, 1969
Judd for the Defense	Deputy D.A. Orloff	2x17 - The Law and Order Blues (2)	January 31, 1969
The F.B.I.	Pete Zacharias	4x21 - The Attorney	February 16, 1969
Ironside		2x26 - Not with a Whimper, but a Bang	April 10, 1969
The Mod Squad	Harry	2x25 - Should Auld Acquaintance Be Forgot!	March 31, 1970
The Mod Squad	Joe Walton	4x05 - Color of Laughter, Color of Tears	October 12, 1971
The Mod Squad	Lassiter	5x01 - The Connection (1)	September 14, 1972
Hawaii Five-O	August March	8x15 - Wooden Model of a Rat	December 11, 1975
Highway to Heaven	Harold	2x17 - The Last Assignment	February 12, 1986
Batman: The Animated Series (credited as Ed Asner)	Roland Daggett	1x04 - Feat of Clay (1)	September 8, 1992
Batman: The Animated Series (credited as Ed Asner)	Roland Daggett	1x05 - Feat of Clay (2)	September 9, 1992
Batman: The Animated Series (credited as Ed Asner)	Roland Daggett	1x12 - Appointment in Crime Alley	September 17, 1992
Batman: The Animated Series (credited as Ed Asner)	Roland Daggett	1x33 - Cat Scratch Fever	November 5, 1992
Batman: The Animated Series	Roland Daggett	3x08 - Batgirl Returns	November 12, 1994
Duckman (credited as Ed Asner)	Mort Sidelman	2x06 - The Germ Turns	April 17, 1995
Mad About You	Zigmund Klarik	4x24 - The Finale (3)	May 19, 1996
Roseanne	Lou Grant	9x01 - Call Waiting	September 17, 1996
Mad About You	Zigmund Klarik	5x12 - The Handyman	January 21, 1997
The Practice	Judge Matlin Pratt	2x03 - The Blessing	September 27, 1997
Superman: The Animated Series	Granny Goodness	2x27 - Little Girl Lost (1)	May 2, 1998
Superman: The Animated Series	Granny Goodness	2x28 - Little Girl Lost (2)	May 2, 1998
The X-Files	Maurice	6x06 - How the Ghosts Stole Christmas	December 13, 1998
The Simpsons	Editor	11x03 - Guess Who's Coming to Criticize Dinner	October 24, 1999
Superman: The Animated Series (credited as Ed Asner)	Granny Goodness	4x02 - Legacy (1)	February 5, 2000
Superman: The Animated Series	Granny Goodness	4x03 - Legacy (2)	February 12, 2000
Touched by an Angel	Bud	6x17 - Here I Am	February 27, 2000
King of the Hill	Stinky	5x10 - Yankee Hankie	February 4, 2001
Family Guy	Steve Bellows	3x04 - One if by Clam, Two if by Sea	August 1, 2001
Curb Your Enthusiasm	Mr. Weiner	2x06 - The Acupuncturist	October 28, 2001
King of the Hill	Stinky	6x11 - Unfortunate Son	March 10, 2002
The Simpsons	Editor	13x17 - Gump Roast	April 21, 2002
ER	Dr. James McNulty	9x13 - No Good Deed Goes Unpunished	January 30, 2003
The Practice	Judge Marcus Winnaker	8x14 - Pre-Trial Blues (2)	February 22, 2004
The Practice	Judge Marcus Winnaker	8x15 - Mr. Shore Goes to Town (3)	March 7, 2004
Justice League Unlimited (credited as Ed Asner)	Hephaestus	3x04 - Hawk and Dove	August 21, 2004
Justice League Unlimited (credited as Ed Asner)	Granny Goodness	4x02 - The Ties That Bind	February 12, 2005
Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip	Wilson White	1x01 - Pilot	September 18, 2006
Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip	Wilson White	1x05 - The Long Lead Story	October 16, 2006
Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip	Warren White	1x07 - Nevada Day (1)	November 6, 2006
Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip	Warren White	1x08 - Nevada Day (2)	November 13, 2006
Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip	Wilson White	1x11 - The Christmas Show	December 4, 2006
Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip	Wilson White	1x12 - Monday	January 22, 2007
CSI: NY	Abraham Klein	5x22 - Yahrzeit	April 29, 2009
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit	Coach Martin Schultz	14x13 - Monster's Legacy	February 6, 2013
The Good Wife	Guy Redmayne	6x13 - Dark Money	March 1, 2015
The Good Wife	Guy Redmayne	6x17 - Undisclosed Recipients	March 29, 2015
Criminal Minds	Roy Brooks	10x20 - A Place at the Table	April 15, 2015

Specials and Made-for-TV Movies

Title	Role	Airdate	Series/Banner
The Life and Assassination of the Kingfish	Huey P. Long	March 17, 1977	NBC Monday Night at the Movies
The Gathering	Adam Thornton	December 4, 1977	ABC Sunday Night Movie

Talk, News and Game Show Appearances

Series	Episode	Airdate
Match Game 73		September 6-10, 1976
Match Game 73		January 3-7, 1977
Match Game 73		July 4-8, 1977
The Hollywood Squares		October 3-7, 1977
Match Game 73		October 2-6, 1978

Awards and Accolades

Primetime Emmy Awards

(7 Wins in 17 Nominations)

• Won: Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series (1971, 1972, 1975)

The Mary Tyler Moore Show

• Won: Outstanding Lead Actor for a Single Appearance in a Drama or Comedy Series (1976)

Rich Man, Poor Man

• Won: Outstanding Single Performance by a Supporting Actor in a Comedy or Drama Series (1977)

Roots

• Won: Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series (1978, 1980)

Lou Grant

Golden Globe Awards

(5 Wins in 11 Nominations)

• Won: Best Supporting Actor - Television (1972, 1976)

The Mary Tyler Moore Show

• Won: Best Supporting Actor - Television (1977)

Rich Man, Poor Man

• Won: Best TV Actor - Drama (1978, 1980)

Lou Grant

Trivia

• Was raised in an Orthodox Jewish family
• Attended Wyandotte High School in Kansas City, Kansas and the University of Chicago
• Served with the U.S. Army Signal Corps
• Worked on the assembly line for General Motors
• Served two terms as the president of the Screen Actors Guild
• Was married to his first wife, Nancy Sykes from 1959 to 1988; they have three children: twins Matthew & Liza, and daughter Kate
• Had a son named Charles with Carol Jean Vogelman
• Married his second wife, Cindy Gilmore in 1998; they divorced in 2015