Edward Asner's Main TV Roles Show Character(s) The Mary Tyler Moore Show Lou Grant Spider-Man (1994) J. Jonah Ja… Gargoyles Hudson The Magic School Bus General Ara… Freakazoid! Sgt. Mike C… Lou Grant Lou Grant Working Class Hank Greziak The Line (CA) Patrick Jumanji The Judge Ask Harriet Mr. Russell Bruno the Kid Engineer Slattery's People Frank Radcl… Thunder Alley Gil Jones Fish Police Chief Abalone The Closer (1998) Carl Dobson The Trials of Rosie O'Neill Walter Kovacs Center of the Universe Art Barnett

Main Movie Roles

BIOGRAPHY:

Edward Asner (born November 15, 1929), commonly known as Ed Asner, is an American film, television, stage, and voice actor and former president of the Screen Actors Guild, primarily known for his role as Lou Grant on The Mary Tyler Moore Show and its spin-off series, Lou Grant. More recently, he provided the voice of Carl Fredricksen in Pixar's award-winning animated film, Up.


TRIVIA:

• His wife's nephew, 'Gavin Newsom' (qv), was elected mayor of San Francisco in 2003.
• Father-in-law of 'Jules Asner' (qv) from 1992 to 1996.
• Was a member of the Compass Players, a predecessor to the famed Second City of Chicago.
• Was raised in an Orthodox Jewish family.
• Is the parent of a child with autism.
• On October 6th & 7th, 2001, he attended the "Hollywood Collectors & Celebrities Show", at Beverly Garland's Holiday Inn, in North Hollywood, California.
• He had a son, Charles, in 1987 with Carol Jean Vogelman.
• Has been a longtime supporter and admirer of the convicted, alleged cop murderer, Black Panther and radical activist 'Mumia Abu-Jamal' (qv). He believes in 'Mumia Abu-Jamal' (qv)'s innocence and has long opposed the death penalty.