Ed Asner

Ed Asner
Ed Asner
	Asner in 2017
Born	Eddie Asner; November 15, 1929; Kansas City, Missouri, U.S.
Died	August 29, 2021 (aged 91); Tarzana, California, U.S.
Education	Wyandotte High School
Alma mater	University of Chicago
Occupation(s)	Actor, voice artist
Years active	1957–2021
Political party	Democratic
Spouse(s)	Nancy Sykes (m. 1959; div. 1988); Cindy Gilmore (m. 1998; div. 2015)
Children	4
21st President of the Screen Actors Guild
	In office; November 3, 1981 – June 20, 1985
Preceded by	William Schallert
Succeeded by	Patty Duke

Eddie Asner (November 15, 1929 – August 29, 2021), better known as Ed Asner, was an American actor, voice artist and former president of the Screen Actors Guild.^[2]

Early life

Asner was born Eddie Asner in Kansas City, Missouri on November 15, 1929.

He was the president of Screen Actors Guild.

He was best known for his Emmy Award winning role Lou Grant on both the Mary Tyler Moore Show and Lou Grant. In 2009, he voiced Carl Fredricksen in the Pixar movie Up. In 2011, Asner returned to television as butcher Hank Greziak in Working Class, the first original sitcom on cable CMT. He is currently starring in a Canadian television series Michael, Tuesdays and Thursdays, on CBC Television. Asner was born in Kansas City, Missouri,^[3] but was raised in Chicago, Illinois. Asner was married to Nancy Sykes from 1959 to 1988; they have four children. He married Cindy Gilmore from 1998 to 2007. California Governor Gavin Newsom is his nephew by marriage.

Asner died of natural causes on August 29, 2021 in Los Angeles, California at the age of 91.^[4]

Filmography

Animated roles

American Dad! - Great-Grandpa Smith, Red Mailbox
Animaniacs - Vern Bear
Batman: The Animated Series - Roland Daggett
Buzz Lightyear of Star Command - Fixer
Captain Planet and the Planeteers - Don Porkaloin, Hoggish Greedly
Dinosaurs - Georgie (evil voice)
Dug Days - Carl Fredricksen
Elf: Buddy's Musical Christmas - Santa Claus
Family Guy - Steve Bellows
Fish Police - Chief Abalone
Freakazoid! - Sgt. Mike Cosgrove
Gargoyles - Burbank, Hudson
Regular Show - Santa Claus
Sonic the Hedgehog - Cat
Spider-Man: The Animated Series - J. Jonah Jameson
SpongeBob SquarePants - Angry Old Timer
Teamo Supermo - Mr. Large
The Boondocks - Ed Wuncler
The Cleveland Show - Carl Fredricksen, Narrator, Storyteller, The Daily Splash Editor
The Magic School Bus - General
The Simpsons - Editor
The Wild Thornberrys - Frank Hunter

Film roles

Carl's Date - Carl Fredricksen
Elf - Santa Claus
Happily N'Ever After - Scowl the Owl
Olive, the Other Reindeer - Santa Claus
Pinocchio and the Emperor of the Night - Scalawag the Raccoon
Up - Carl Fredricksen

Video game roles

X-Men Legends - Healer

References

↑ Ed Asner [@TheOnlyEdAsner] (August 31, 2019). "It's actually not. That is a strange mistake that floats out there. My Hebrew name is Yitzhak. My real name is Eddie Asner. Truth" (Tweet). Retrieved September 3, 2019 – via Twitter.
↑ www.filmreference.com^{[permanent dead link]}
↑ Edward Asner Biography (1929-2021)^{[permanent dead link]}
↑ Dagan, Carmel; Natale, Richard (August 29, 2021). "Ed Asner, Emmy-Winning 'Lou Grant' Star, Dies at 91". Variety. Retrieved August 29, 2021.

Other websites

Media related to Ed Asner at Wikimedia Commons

Ed Asner on IMDb
Ed Asner at the Internet Broadway Database
Ed Asner at AllMovie

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[Tname-1] Ed Asner [@TheOnlyEdAsner] (August 31, 2019). "It's actually not. That is a strange mistake that floats out there. My Hebrew name is Yitzhak. My real name is Eddie Asner. Truth" (Tweet). Retrieved September 3, 2019 – via Twitter.

[2] www.filmreference.com^{[permanent dead link]}

[3] Edward Asner Biography (1929-2021)^{[permanent dead link]}

[4] Dagan, Carmel; Natale, Richard (August 29, 2021). "Ed Asner, Emmy-Winning 'Lou Grant' Star, Dies at 91". Variety. Retrieved August 29, 2021.

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