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Ed Asner
Asner in 1977
Born
Eddie Asner

(1929-11-15)November 15, 1929
Kansas City, Missouri,U.S.
DiedAugust 29, 2021(2021-08-29)(aged 91)
Tarzana, California,U.S.
Resting placeSheffield Cemetery, Kansas City
Alma materUniversity of Chicago(dropped out)
OccupationActor
Years active1957–2021
WorksFull list
Political partyDemocratic
Spouses
Nancy Sykes
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(m.1959;div.1988)​
Cindy Gilmore
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(m.1998;div.2015)​
Children4
AwardsFull list
21st President of theScreen Actors Guild
In office
November 3, 1981 – June 20, 1985
Preceded byWilliam Schallert
Succeeded byPatty Duke
Military career
Service/branchUnited States Army
Years of service1951–1953

Eddie Asner[1](/ˈæznər/;November 15, 1929 – August 29, 2021) was an American actor. He is most notable for portrayingLou Grantduring the 1970s and early 1980s, on bothThe Mary Tyler Moore Showand its spin-off seriesLou Grant,making him one of the few television actors to portray the same character in both a comedy and a drama.

Asner is the most honored male performer in the history of thePrimetime Emmy Awards,having won seven – five for portraying Lou Grant (three asSupporting Actor in a Comedy Television SeriesonThe Mary Tyler Moore Showand two asLead Actor in a Dramatic Television Serieson spin-offLou Grant).His other Emmys were for performances in two miniseries:Rich Man, Poor Man(1976), andRoots(1977).[2]

Asner acted in numerous films such as the WesternEl Dorado(1966), the crime dramaThey Call Me Mister Tibbs!(1970), and the cop dramaFort Apache, The Bronx(1981). He portrayedGuy Banisterin the political thrillerJFK(1991),Warren Buffettin theHBOdrama filmToo Big to Fail(2011), andSanta Clausin several films, including inElf(2003). He voiced Carl Fredricksen inPixar's animated filmUp(2009).[3]

Asner starred in theABCsitcomThunder Alley(1994–1995), andMichael: Every Day(2011–2017). He also acted extensively in numerous television series such asThe Practice,Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip,The Good Wife,Cobra Kai,Briarpatch,Working Class,andDead to Me.He also voicedJ. Jonah JamesoninSpider-Man: The Animated Series(1994–1998), andUncle BeninThe Spectacular Spider-Man(2008).

Early life and education

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Asner was born November 15, 1929,[4]inKansas City, Missouri,and grew up inKansas City, Kansas.[5]HisAshkenazi Jewishimmigrant parents, Lizzie (néeSeliger; 1885–1967, fromOdessa,Russian Empire), a housewife, and Morris David Asner (1879–1957, from Lithuania (Vilna GovernorateorGrodno Governorate),[6]ran asecond-hand shopand junkyard.[5]His four older siblings were Ben J. Asner (1915–1986), Eve Asner (1916–2014), Esther Edelman (1919–2014) and Labe Asner (1923–2017).[7]He was raised in anOrthodox Jewishfamily and given theHebrew nameYitzhak.[8][9]

Asner attendedWyandotte High Schoolin Kansas City, Kansas, and theUniversity of Chicago.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]but he quickly switched to drama, debuting as the martyredThomas Becketin a campus production ofT. S. Eliot'sMurder in the Cathedral.He eventually dropped out of school, going to work as a taxi driver, worked on the assembly line forGeneral Motors,and other odd jobs before being drafted in the military in 1951.[11]

Asner served with theU.S. ArmySignal Corpsfrom 1951 to 1953 during theKorean Warand appeared in plays that toured Army bases in Europe.[12][7]

Career

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See also:Ed Asner filmographyandList of awards and nominations received by Ed Asner

1955–1969: Early work and television roles

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Cast ofThe Mary Tyler Moore Showin 1970, with Asner in center rear

Following his military service, Asner helped found the Playwrights Theatre Company in Chicago, but left forNew York Citybefore members of that company regrouped as theCompass Playersin the mid-1950s.[13]He later made frequent guest appearances with the successor to Compass,The Second City.[14]In New York City, Asner played Jonathan Jeremiah Peachum in theOff-Broadwayrevival ofThreepenny Opera,scored his firstBroadwayrole inFace of a HeroalongsideJack Lemmonin 1960, and began to make inroads as a television actor, having made his TV debut in 1957 onStudio One.[2]In two notable performances on television, Asner played Detective Sgt. Thomas Siroleo in the 1963 episode ofThe Outer Limitstitled "It Crawled Out of the Woodwork"and the reprehensible ex-premier Brynov in the 1965Voyage to the Bottom of the Seaepisode "The Exile". He made his film debut in 1962, in theElvis PresleyvehicleKid Galahad.[2]

Before landing his role withMary Tyler Moore,Asner guest-starred in television series including four episodes ofThe UntouchablesstarringRobert Stack,thesyndicatedcrime dramaDecoy,starringBeverly Garland,two episodes ofNaked Cityin 1961, andRoute 66in 1962 (the episode titled "Welcome to the Wedding" ) as Custody Officer Lincoln Peers. He was cast onJack Lord'sABCdrama seriesStoney Burkeand in the series finale ofCBS'sThe Reporter,starringHarry Guardino.He also appeared onMr. Novak,Ben Casey,Gunsmoke,Mission: Impossible,The Outer Limits,The Fugitive,andThe Invaders.In 1963, Asner appeared as George Johnson onThe Virginianin the episode "Echo of Another Day".[15]In 1968 he was the villain Furman Crotty in the Wild Wild West episode "The Night of the Amnesiac".

1970–1982:The Mary Tyler Moore ShowandLou Grant

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Publicity photo of the cast ofThe Mary Tyler Moore Showin 1977. From left standing:Ted Knight(Ted Baxter),Gavin McLeod(Murray Slaughter), Ed Asner (Lou Grant). Seated:Betty White(Sue Ann Nivens),Georgia Engel(Georgette Baxter),Mary Tyler Moore(Mary Richards).

Asner was best known for his characterLou Grant,who was first introduced onThe Mary Tyler Moore Showin 1970. In 1977, after Moore's series ended, Asner's character was given his own show,Lou Grant(1977–82). In contrast to theMary Tyler Mooreseries, a thirty-minute award-winning comedy about television journalism, theLou Grantseries 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 (the second beingUzo Aduba). In addition he made appearances as Lou Grant on two other shows:RhodaandRoseanne.[16]Other television series starring Asner in regular roles includeThunder Alley,The Bronx Zoo,andStudio 60 on the Sunset Strip.He also starred in one episode of theWestern seriesDead Man's Gun(1997), as well as portraying art smuggler August March in an episode of the originalHawaii Five-O(1975) and reprised the role in theHawaii Five-0(2012) remake.[17]He also appeared as a veteran streetwise officer in an episode of the 1973 version ofPolice Story.[18]

Asner was acclaimed for his role in the ABC miniseriesRoots,as Captain Davies, the morally conflicted captain of theLord Ligonier,the slave ship that broughtKunta Kinteto America. The role earned Asner anEmmy Award,[19]as did the similarly dark role of Axel Jordache in the miniseriesRich Man, Poor Man(1976). In contrast, he playeda former pontiffin the lead role ofPapa Giovanni: Ioannes XXIII(Pope John XXIII2002), an Italian television film forRAI.[20]

1983–2009: Established actor and voice work

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Asner in 1985

Asner had an extensivevoice actingcareer. In 1987, he played the eponymous character, George F. Babbitt, in theL.A. Classic Theatre Works' radio theater production ofSinclair Lewis' novelBabbitt.Asner won oneAudie Awardand was nominated for twoGrammy Awardsand an additional Audie for his audiobook work.[21][22][23]He also provided the voices for Joshua onJoshua and the Battle of Jericho(1986) forHanna-Barbera,J. Jonah Jamesonon the 1990s animated television seriesSpider-Man(1994–98); Hoggish Greedly onCaptain Planet and the Planeteers(1990–95);HudsononGargoyles(1994–96);Jabba the Hutton theradio version ofStar Wars;Master Vrook fromStar Wars: Knights of the Old Republicand itssequel;Roland Daggett onBatman: The Animated Series(1992–94); Cosgrove onFreakazoid!;Ed Wuncler onThe Boondocks(2005–14);[24]andGranny Goodnessin variousDC Comicsanimated series. He also voiced Napoleon, Cornelia's younger sister's cat in theDisneyshowW.I.T.C.H.,and Kid Potato, the Butcher's dad in thePBS Kidshit showWordGirl.He was even nominated for aDaytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Performer in an Animated Programbut lost toEartha KittforNick Jr.'sWonder Pets!.Asner provided the voice of famed American oratorEdward Everettin the 2017 documentary filmThe Gettysburg Address.[25][26]

Asner provided the voice of the main protagonist Carl Fredricksen in theAcademy Award-winningPixarfilmUp(2009). He received critical acclaim 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."[27]He appeared in the mid- to late-2000s decade in a recurring segment onThe Tonight Show with Jay Leno,entitled "Does This Impress Ed Asner?"[28][29]He was cast in aCountry Music Televisioncomedy pilot,Regular Joe.[30]

In 2001, Asner was the recipient of theScreen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award.[31]Asner won moreEmmy Awardsfor performing than any other male actor (seven, including five for the role of Lou Grant). In 1996, he was inducted into theAcademy of Television Arts & Sciences Hall of Fame.[32][33]

2010–2021: Later roles

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In July 2010, Asner completed recording sessions forShattered Hopes: The True Story of the Amityville Murders;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.[34]Also in 2010, Asner played the title role inFDR,a stage production about the life ofFranklin Delano Roosevelt;[35]he subsequently continued to tour the play throughout the country. In January 2011, Asner took a supporting role on CMT's first original sitcomWorking Class.He made an appearance in the independent comedy featureNot Another B Movie,and had a role as billionaireWarren BuffettinHBO's economic dramaToo Big to Fail(2011).[36]In 2013, he guest starred as Mr. Finger inThe Crazy Ones.[37]

Asner at the 2015Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services AdministrationAwards

Asner also provided voice-over narration for many documentaries and films about social activism, includingTiger by the Tail,a documentary film detailing the efforts ofEric Mannand the Campaign to keepGeneral Motors'Van Nuys assembly plantrunning.[38]He also recorded for a public radio show and podcast,Playing On Air,appearing inWarren Leight'sThe Final Interrogation of Ceaucescu's DogwithJesse Eisenberg,andMike Reiss'sNew York Story.[39][40]Asner was the voice-over narrator for the 2016 documentaryBehind the Fear: The Hidden Story of HIV,directed by Nicole Zwiren, a controversial study on theAIDSdebate.[41]A 2014 documentary titledMy Friend Ed,directed by Sharon Baker, focused on the actor's life and career. It won Best Short Documentary at theNew York City Independent Film Festival.[42]During interviews for a 2019 book on the history of Chicago theater, Asner told the author he preferred to be credited for his work as "Edward" rather than "Ed" because he felt the longer name held the page or screen better.[43]

In 2018, Asner was cast in theNetflixdark comedy,Dead to Me,which premiered on May 3, 2019. The series also starsChristina Applegate,Linda Cardellini,andJames Marsden.Asner also had a recurring guest role in the 2018–present seriesCobra Kai,portrayingJohnny Lawrence's step-father, Sid Weinberg, in seasons one and three.[44]In 2020 he guest starred in an episode of the eleventh and final season ofModern Familyand in 2021 played himself in a sketch onLet's Be Real.[45]The 2019 feature documentary by Kurt Jacobsen and Warren Leming entitledEd Asner: On Stage and Offpremiered at the American Documentary Film Festival in Palm Springs, which Asner attended,[46][47]and since screened at a dozen more festivals, including a European premiere at the Oxford International Film Festival.[citation needed]In 2013, he played Santa inChristmas on the Bayou.[48]

Beginning in 2016, Asner took on the role ofHolocaust survivorMilton Salesman inJeff Cohen's acclaimed playThe Soap Mythin a reading atLincoln Center's Bruno Walter Theatre in New York City.[49]He subsequently toured for the next three years in "concert readings" of the play in more than a dozen cities across the United States.[50]In 2019, PBS flagship stationWNETfilmed the concert reading at New York'sCenter for Jewish Historyfor theirAll Artschannel. The performance, which is available for free, world-wide live-streaming, co-starsTovah Feldshuh,Ned Eisenberg,and Liba Vaynberg.[51]

In the week before his death, Asner told his frequent collaborators,Greg Palastand Leni Badpenny, that he soon would be doing three one-act plays.[10]

2021–present: Posthumous releases

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Asner had completed several roles in a number of TV series and films at the time of his death in August 2021, including three of his final productions released posthumously on theDisney+streaming service. He returned to reprise his voice role as Carl Fredricksen from thePixarfilmUpin theDisney+animated miniseries of shortsDug Days(2021), which was the first to premiere, just three days after his death. Asner's cameo appearance as the Ghost of Claude in the Halloween specialMuppets Haunted Mansion(2021) was posthumous, and he provided the voice of Grandpa Heffley in theDisney+animated film adaptationDiary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules(2022), released over a year after his death. The final short film in theDug Daysseries,Carl's Date,which includes Asner's recorded voice-over performance as Carl Fredricksen, did not premiere onDisney+,but it was released in theaters along with thePixaranimated feature filmElementalon June 16, 2023, nearly two years after his death and also served as the finale of theUpfranchise. These were Asner's last acting works overall for Disney and were all dedicated to his memory.

Asner also appeared posthumously inDeadly Draw(2023),A Fargo Christmas Story(2023), andAltered Reality(2024). At least two other projects, which would include Asner's final film roles, have yet to announce release dates:Scarlett(a television drama film)[52]andUnplugged(an animated film).[53]

Activism

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Politics

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He played a prominent role in the1980 SAG strike.[54]He was also active in a variety of other causes, such as the movement to freeMumia Abu-Jamaland the movement to establish California One Care,single-payer health careinCalifornia,for which he created a television advertisement. He endorsedDennis Kucinichin the2004 United States presidential election,[55]andBarack Obamaduring the2008 United States presidential election.He was formerly a member of theDemocratic Socialist Organizing Committee(DSOC)[56]and was a member of DSOC's successor, theDemocratic Socialists of America.[2]

The sudden cancellation ofLou Grantin 1982 was the subject of much controversy. The show had high ratings, being in theACNielsentop ten throughout its final month on the air. However, the CBS television network declined to renew it. Asner believed that hisleft-wingpolitical views, as well as the publicity surrounding them, were the actual root causes for the show's cancellation.[54]In 2011, Asner endorsedDemocraticcandidate Marcy Winograd who finished 4th in the 16-candidate primary behind eventual winnerJanice Hahn,inCalifornia's 36th congressional district special election.[57]From 2011 to 2015, Asner worked with filmmaker Nicole Zwiren on the feature-length documentaryBehind the Fearwhich addressesHIV/AIDS denialism.The film was released in 2016 with Asner as the narrator.[58]

Asner endorsed9/11 conspiracy theories,including voicing qualified support for the9/11 truth movement.In 2004, he signed a statement released by the group9/11 Truththat included a call for a new investigation into some elements of theSeptember 11 attacksthat he questioned.[59]Asner confirmed his support for the statement in 2009.[60]In April 2004, Asner wrote an open letter to "peace and justice leaders" encouraging them to demand "full 9–11 truth" through the organization9-11 Visibility Project.[61]In 2011, Asner hosted theArchitects & Engineers for 9/11 Truthdocumentary on the collapse of7 World Trade Center,which endorses the theory that the building was taken down bycontrolled demolition.[62][63]Asner also narrated the documentary filmThe Oil Factor: Behind the War on Terror.[64]

Asner andDennis Weaverpicketing during an advertising agency strike in Los Angeles, 1978

Nonprofit organizations

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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 impoverishedHolocaust survivorsinEastern Europe.[65]Asner was a member of theComic Book Legal Defense Fund,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 theRosenberg Fund for Children,an organization founded by the children ofJulius and Ethel Rosenberg,which provides benefits for the children of political activists, and was a board member for the wildlife conservation organizationDefenders of Wildlife.Asner also sat on the advisory board forExceptional Minds,a non-profit school and a computer animation studio for young adults on theautism spectrum.[66]

Asner was a supporter of Humane Borders, an organization based inTucson, Arizona,which maintains water stations in theSonoran desertfor 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.[67]

In November 2017, The Ed Asner Family Center was founded by Asner's son, Matt, and daughter-in-law, Navah Paskowitz. The Center provides arts and vocational enrichments, counseling services, and support groups and camps to special needs individuals and their families.[68]

SAG involvement

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Asner served two terms as president of theScreen Actors Guild,in which capacity during the 1980s he opposed United States policy inCentral America,working closely with the Alliance for Survival.

On March 30, 2012, theScreen Actors Guild(SAG) and theAmerican Federation of Television and Radio Artists(AFTRA) completed a merger of equals, forming a new unionSAG-AFTRA.Asner was adamantly opposed to such a merger, arguing that the planned merger would destroy the SAG's health plan and disempower actors.[69]Asner and a group of fellow actors and voice-actors, includingMartin SheenandEd Harris,filed (but later dropped) a lawsuit against SAG presidentKen Howardand several SAG vice presidents, seeking to have the merger overturned and to have the two unions separated to their pre-merger organizations.[70]

Community theater

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In 2021, Asner traveled toMonte Rio, Californiato support the reopening, revitalization, and shifted focus of the local Monte Rio Theater.[71][72]

Personal life and death

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Asner was married to Nancy Lou Sykes from 1959 to 1988. They had three children, twins Matthew and Liza, and Kate. In 1987, he had a son named Charles with Carol Jean Vogelman.[73][74]Asner was a parent and a grandparent toautisticchildren and was involved with the501(c)(3)nonprofit organizationAutism Speaks.[75]He also served as aboard memberand adviser for Aspiritech, a nonprofit organization that trains high-functioning autistic persons to test software and performquality-assuranceservices for companies.[76][77]

Asner became engaged to producer Cindy Gilmore in 1991. They married on August 2, 1998. Gilmore filed forlegal separationon November 7, 2007.[78]Asner filed fordivorcein 2015.[79]

Asner died ofnatural causesat his home in theTarzananeighborhood ofLos Angeles,California,on August 29, 2021, at the age of 91.[7][80][81]He was buried at Sheffield Cemetery in Kansas City, Missouri, on September 12.[82]

Numerous celebrities paid tribute to Asner, includingMaureen McCormick,George Takei,Mark Hamill,Michael McKean,Bradley Whitford,Josh Gad,Mia Farrow,Andy Richter,Katie Couric,Denis O'Hare,Mira Sorvino,Eric Stonestreet,Niecy Nash,Yvette Nicole Brown,Michael Moore,Rosario Dawson,Rosanna Arquette,[83]Ben Stiller,The Muppets,William Baldwin,[84]Greg Weisman,[85]William Zabka,Ralph Macchio,Bob Peterson,Bill Farmer,andZooey Deschanel.[86]

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