Ed Asner

Edward Asner (November 15, 1929 – August 29, 2021), commonly known as Ed Asner, was an American film, television, stage, and voice actor and former president of the Screen Actors Guild, primarily known for his Emmy Award-winning role as Lou Grant on both The Mary Tyler Moore Show and its spin-off series, Lou Grant. In 2009, he starred as the voice of Carl Fredricksen in Pixar's award-winning animated film, Up. In early 2011, Asner returned to television as butcher Hank Greziak in Working Class, the first original sitcom on cable channel CMT.

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Known For

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

1962 • as Self

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

1999 • as Martin Schultz

The Kelly Clarkson Show

2019 • as Self

The Simpsons

1989 • as Editor (voice)

Saturday Night Live

1975 • as Self - Host

Family Guy

1999 • as Steve Bellows (voice)

Filmography

2025

The Gettysburg Address

as Edward Everett (voice)

Movie - Released: 11/19/2025

2024

Altered Reality

as Mike Wilson

Movie - Released: 2/16/2024

2023

Carl's Date

as Carl (voice)

Movie - Released: 6/15/2023

Being Mary Tyler Moore

as Self (voice)

Movie - Released: 3/13/2023

A Fargo Christmas Story

as Popcorn Bud

Movie - Released: 12/2/2023

2022

Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules

as Grandpa Heffley (voice)

Movie - Released: 12/2/2022

2021

Muppets Haunted Mansion

as Ghost of Claude

Movie - Released: 10/8/2021

Back Home Again

as Peter Lionsbridge (voice)

Movie - Released: 10/28/2021

Movie

Scarlett

Movie - Released: 12/31/2021

Senior Entourage

as Ed

Movie - Released: 5/3/2021

Movie

Blood

as The Prophet

Movie - Released: 1/26/2021

The Premise

as Mr. Holmes

TV - Released: 9/16/2021

Dug Days

as Carl (voice)

TV - Released: 9/1/2021

2020

Tiger Within

as Samuel

Movie - Released: 12/18/2020

The Garden Left Behind

as Dr. Cleary

Movie - Released: 8/28/2020

M.O.M. Mothers of Monsters

as Dr. Howard Arden

Movie - Released: 3/13/2020

SEVEN

Movie - Released: 12/8/2020

Bury Me in Armor

as Dimitry George

Movie - Released: 12/12/2020

Rain Beau's End

as Gunny

Movie - Released: 11/17/2020

The Holiday Movies That Made Us

as Self

TV - Released: 12/1/2020

Central Park

as Ambrose (voice)

TV - Released: 5/29/2020

2019

Faith, Hope & Love

as Harry Karetas

Movie - Released: 3/15/2019

In Vino

as Charles

Movie - Released: 11/1/2019

The Kelly Clarkson Show

as Self

TV - Released: 9/9/2019

Doom Patrol

as Hospital Patient

TV - Released: 2/15/2019

Dead to Me

as Abe Rifkin

TV - Released: 5/3/2019

2018

The Parting Glass

as Tommy

Movie - Released: 6/24/2018

All of My Heart: The Wedding

as Vern

Movie - Released: 9/29/2018

Olympia

as Himself

Movie - Released: 11/11/2018

LA DA Story

as Self (archive footage)

Movie - Released: 1/1/2018

Angels on Tap

as Swifty

Movie - Released: 7/12/2018

Waiting in the Wings: Still Waiting

as Jefferson

Movie - Released: 6/9/2018

Eva: A-7063

as Narrator (voice)

Movie - Released: 4/5/2018

Honor Amongst Men

as Pop Halmo

Movie - Released: 7/14/2018

Ballmastrz: 9009

as Rupert T. Digzfield (voice)

TV - Released: 4/9/2018

Cobra Kai

as Sid Weinberg

TV - Released: 5/2/2018

2017

Yamasong: March of the Hollows

as Elder Pyreez (voice)

Movie - Released: 9/10/2017

Joe's War

as Harry

Movie - Released: 3/17/2017

CarGo: The City on 4 Wheels!

as Arthur (voice)

Movie - Released: 9/7/2017

All of My Heart: Inn Love

as Vern

Movie - Released: 10/7/2017

Santa Stole Our Dog: A Merry Doggone Christmas!

as Santa

Movie - Released: 11/21/2017

A StoryBots Christmas

as Santa

Movie - Released: 12/1/2017

And the Winner Isn't

as Self

Movie - Released: 12/8/2017

Framed: The Adventures of Zion Man

as Adult Walter (voice)

Movie - Released: 1/28/2017

Saving Christmas

as Rick

Movie - Released: 11/6/2017

2016

Getting Ed Laid

as Ed Randall

Movie - Released: 4/2/2016

Love Finds You in Valentine

as Gabriel Morgan

Movie - Released: 2/14/2016

Super Sex

as George

Movie - Released: 4/15/2016

Movie

Titanic: Sinking the Myths

as Wilhelm Müller

Movie - Released: 9/1/2016

Love Meet Hope

as Mr. James

Movie - Released: 2/20/2016

Mary Jane: A Musical Potumentary

as Corporate Manager

Movie - Released: 6/10/2016

The Best Democracy Money Can Buy

as Self

Movie - Released: 9/23/2016

MacGyver

as Saul

TV - Released: 9/23/2016

2015

All of My Heart

as Vern

Movie - Released: 2/14/2015

The Nutcracker Sweet

as Owl (voice)

Movie - Released: 6/3/2015

I Thought I Told You To Shut Up!!

as Himself

Movie - Released: 4/25/2015

Mary Tyler Moore: A Celebration

as Self / Lou Grant (archive footage)

Movie - Released: 10/13/2015

Generation A: Portraits of Autism and the Arts

as Self

Movie - Released: 11/6/2015

A Merry Murdoch Christmas

as Kris Kringle

Movie - Released: 12/21/2015

Celebrity Family Feud

as Self

TV - Released: 6/21/2015

Grace and Frankie

as Howard Jay

TV - Released: 5/8/2015

2014

The Games Maker

as Nicholas Drago

Movie - Released: 7/3/2014

Audrey

as Walt

Movie - Released: 2/14/2014

Elf: Buddy's Musical Christmas

as Santa (voice)

Movie - Released: 12/16/2014

Waiting in the Wings: The Musical

as Jefferson

Movie - Released: 4/1/2014

Frozen in Time

as Grandpa (voice)

Movie - Released: 11/12/2014

I Know That Voice

as Self

Movie - Released: 1/7/2014

Chasing Life

as April's grandfather

TV - Released: 6/10/2014

2013

Saturday Night Live: Thanksgiving

as Mr Wilson

Movie - Released: 11/27/2013

Axel: The Biggest Little Hero

as Bonta / Narrator

Movie - Released: 8/2/2013

Second Chances

as Chief Buddy

Movie - Released: 5/20/2013

Christmas on the Bayou

as Papa Noel

Movie - Released: 12/14/2013

Movie

American Road

as Walt Whitman

Movie - Released: 6/25/2013

Mom

as Jack

TV - Released: 9/23/2013

Teen Titans Go!

as Sgt. Mike Cosgrove (voice)

TV - Released: 4/23/2013

The Crazy Ones

as Mr. Finger

TV - Released: 9/26/2013

2012

Movie

Betty White's 90th Birthday: A Tribute to America's Golden Girl

as Self

Movie - Released: 1/16/2012

Should've Been Romeo

as Charlie

Movie - Released: 4/28/2012

Home Alone: The Holiday Heist

as Mr. Carson

Movie - Released: 12/3/2012

Foodfight!

as Mr. Leonard (voice)

Movie - Released: 6/15/2012

Elephant Sighs

as Leo

Movie - Released: 6/12/2012

Autism and Cake

as Fred

Movie - Released: 9/30/2012

Movie

Liberator

as President Whitlock

Movie - Released: 9/15/2012

Casting By

as Self

Movie - Released: 11/1/2012

Men At Work

as Bob

TV - Released: 5/24/2012

2011

Too Big to Fail

as Warren Buffett

Movie - Released: 11/25/2011

All Star Superman

as Perry White (voice)

Movie - Released: 1/1/2011

Hopelessly in June

as Rabbi

Movie - Released: 6/6/2011

Let Go

as Artie

Movie - Released: 10/25/2011

The Desert of Forbidden Art

as Voice

Movie - Released: 3/18/2011

Movie

The True Story of the Amityville Murders: From Homicide to Horror

as Narrator

Movie - Released: 12/16/2011

Architects & Engineers: Solving the Mystery of WTC 7

as Himself

Movie - Released: 7/1/2011

Identical

as Yaakov Washington

Movie - Released: 12/1/2011

Not Another B Movie

as Angry Investor

Movie - Released: 7/12/2011

Good Men

as Morty

Movie - Released: 9/23/2011

Absolute Killers

Movie - Released: 10/1/2011

Working Class

as Hank Greziak

TV - Released: 1/28/2011

Michael: Tuesdays and Thursdays

as Dr. Wasserman

TV - Released: 9/14/2011

2010

Superman/Batman: Apocalypse

as Granny Goodness (voice)

Movie - Released: 9/28/2010

Movie

The Triumph of William Henry Harrison

Movie - Released: 10/4/2010

Young Justice

as Kent Nelson (voice)

TV - Released: 11/26/2010

Hawaii Five-0

as August March

TV - Released: 9/20/2010

Regular Show

as Santa Claus (voice)

TV - Released: 9/6/2010

Hot in Cleveland

as Jameson

TV - Released: 6/16/2010

2009

as Carl Fredricksen (voice)

Movie - Released: 5/28/2009

Dug's Special Mission

as Carl Fredricksen (voice) (uncredited)

Movie - Released: 11/10/2009

The Cleveland Show

TV - Released: 9/27/2009

The Line

TV - Released: 3/16/2009

The Good Wife

as Guy Redmayne

TV - Released: 9/22/2009

Up: Upisodes

as Carl Fredricksen (voice)

TV - Released: 5/14/2009

The Middle

as Ben

TV - Released: 9/30/2009

Modern Family

as Herschel

TV - Released: 9/23/2009

2008

Christmas Cottage

as Sidney

Movie - Released: 10/15/2008

Gigantic

as Kirby Weathersby

Movie - Released: 9/9/2008

Generation Gap

as Bart Cahill

Movie - Released: 11/1/2008

Balancing Acts: A Jewish Theatre in The Soviet Union

as Narrator (Voice)

Movie - Released: 11/9/2008

Channels

as Ed Packard

Movie - Released: 1/1/2008

Shatner's Raw Nerve

as Self

TV - Released: 12/2/2008

The Spectacular Spider-Man

as Ben Parker (voice)

TV - Released: 3/8/2008

2007

Christmas Is Here Again

as Krad (voice)

Movie - Released: 10/20/2007

Hard Four

as Golden Hands Segal

Movie - Released: 11/1/2007

Movie

The Rich Have Their Own Photographers

Movie - Released: 1/26/2007

Movie

From Wharf Rats to Lords of the Docks

Movie - Released: 3/1/2007

Andy Barker, P.I.

as Mickey Doyle

TV - Released: 3/15/2007

The Sarah Silverman Program.

as Commandant Von Reichenstein

TV - Released: 2/1/2007

2006

The Christmas Card

as Luke Spelman

Movie - Released: 12/2/2006

Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip

as Wilson White

TV - Released: 9/18/2006

2005

Sir! No Sir!

as Col. Heinl

Movie - Released: 5/19/2005

Movie

Sleeping Dogs Lie

as Sheriff Delaney

Movie - Released: 2/28/2005

Out of the Woods

as Jack Green

Movie - Released: 4/2/2005

The Oil Factor: Behind the War on Terror

as Himself

Movie - Released: 7/15/2005

Class Dismissed: How TV Frames the Working Class

as Narrator

Movie - Released: 8/31/2005

Crab Orchard

Movie - Released: 9/23/2005

Spider-Man: The Venom Saga

as J. Jonah Jameson

Movie - Released: 6/7/2005

The Boondocks

as Ed Wuncler (voice)

TV - Released: 11/6/2005

American Dad!

as Narrator (voice)

TV - Released: 2/6/2005

American Dad!

as TV Guide Editor-in-Chief (voice)

TV - Released: 2/6/2005

American Dad!

as Mailbox #2 (voice)

TV - Released: 2/6/2005

Bones

as Rufus Tucker

TV - Released: 9/13/2005

American Dad!

as Grandpa Smith (voice)

TV - Released: 2/6/2005

2004

Happy Birthday Oscar Wilde

as Self

Movie - Released: 12/27/2004

Missing Brendan

as George Calden

Movie - Released: 10/26/2004

Spider-Man vs. Doc Ock

as J Jonah Jameson

Movie - Released: 6/29/2004

CSI: NY

as Abraham Klein

TV - Released: 9/22/2004

Center of the Universe

as Art Barnett

TV - Released: 10/27/2004

Justice League Unlimited

as Hephaestus (voice)

TV - Released: 7/31/2004

Justice League Unlimited

as Granny Goodness (voice)

TV - Released: 7/31/2004

2003

Elf

as Santa

Movie - Released: 11/7/2003

The King and Queen of Moonlight Bay

as Augie Sinclair

Movie - Released: 6/15/2003

National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation 2: Cousin Eddie’s Island Adventure

as Uncle Nick

Movie - Released: 12/20/2003

Daredevil vs. Spider-Man

as J. Jonah Jameson (voice)

Movie - Released: 2/11/2003

The Golden Girls: Lifetime Intimate Portrait Series

as Self

Movie - Released: 1/1/2003

Plan Colombia: Cashing In on the Drug War Failure

as Narrator (voice)

Movie - Released: 10/27/2003

The Commission

as Capt. J.W. 'Will' Fritz

Movie - Released: 11/7/2003

Spider-Man: The New Animated Series

as Officer Barr (voice)

TV - Released: 7/11/2003

2002

Movie

The Mary Tyler Moore Reunion

as Self

Movie - Released: 5/13/2002

The Man Who Saved Christmas

as Charles Gilbert

Movie - Released: 12/15/2002

Pope John XXIII

as Angelo Roncalli

Movie - Released: 1/1/2002

Papa Giovanni Joannes XXIII

as Jean XXIII

Movie - Released: 1/1/2002

Spider-Man: The Ultimate Villain Showdown

as J. Jonah Jameson

Movie - Released: 4/30/2002

The Good War and Those Who Refused to Fight It

as Narrator

Movie - Released: 1/13/2002

The Dead Zone

as Marty Bracknell

TV - Released: 6/16/2002

2001

The Animal

as Chief Wilson

Movie - Released: 6/1/2001

Island Prey

as Jay Roth

Movie - Released: 1/1/2001

Gahan Wilson's The Kid

as Dead Cat

Movie - Released: 10/30/2001

In Search of Peace

as David Ben Gurion (voice)

Movie - Released: 9/21/2001

2000

Movie

Full Blossom: The Life of Poet/Actor Roberts Blossom

as Self

Movie - Released: 10/7/2000

Becoming Dick

as Davis Aldrich

Movie - Released: 8/31/2000

Above Suspicion

as Thomas O'Claire

Movie - Released: 6/7/2000

Perfect Game

as Billy Hicks

Movie - Released: 4/18/2000

Common Ground

as Ira

Movie - Released: 1/29/2000

Bring Him Home

as Geza

Movie - Released: 1/1/2000

The Tulsa Lynching of 1921: A Hidden Story

Movie - Released: 5/31/2000

Curb Your Enthusiasm

as Mr. Weiner

TV - Released: 10/15/2000

The Huntress

TV - Released: 7/26/2000

Max Steel

as Chuck Marshak (voice)

TV - Released: 2/25/2000

Buzz Lightyear of Star Command

as Fixer (voice)

TV - Released: 10/2/2000

1999

The Bachelor

as Gluckman

Movie - Released: 11/5/1999

Olive, The Other Reindeer

as Santa Claus (voice)

Movie - Released: 12/17/1999

O' Christmas Tree

as Nutcracker (voice)

Movie - Released: 1/1/1999

Our Friend, Martin

as Mr. Harris (voice) (as Ed Asner)

Movie - Released: 1/12/1999

Snowden's Christmas

as (voice)

Movie - Released: 12/25/1999

The Sissy Duckling

as Father Duck (voice)

Movie - Released: 9/14/1999

Love and Action in Chicago

as Taylor

Movie - Released: 9/15/1999

Family Guy

as Steve Bellows (voice)

TV - Released: 1/31/1999

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

as Martin Schultz

TV - Released: 9/20/1999

1998

Hard Rain

as Uncle Charlie

Movie - Released: 1/16/1998

The Wild Thornberrys

as Frank Hunter (voice)

TV - Released: 9/1/1998

The Closer

TV - Released: 2/23/1998

Maggie Winters

TV - Released: 9/30/1998

Hercules

as Mentor (voice)

TV - Released: 8/31/1998

More Tales of the City

as Jack Lederer

TV - Released: 6/7/1998

1997

A Christmas Carol

as Marley (voice)

Movie - Released: 12/20/1997

The Long Way Home

as George Patton / Immigrant to USA / David Ben-Gurion / Holocaust Survivor (voice)

Movie - Released: 9/19/1997

Payback

as Jack Patkanis

Movie - Released: 2/10/1997

Dog's Best Friend

as Jeep, the Sheep Dog (voice)

Movie - Released: 3/23/1997

The Fumbleheads

as Charlie Atwater

Movie - Released: 1/1/1997

Movie

Academy Boyz

Movie - Released: 12/2/1997

The Trial of Adolf Eichmann

as Dr. Robert Servatius (voice)

Movie - Released: 4/30/1997

King of the Hill

as Stinky (voice)

TV - Released: 1/12/1997

Johnny Bravo

TV - Released: 7/7/1997

Dharma & Greg

as Earl Tucker

TV - Released: 9/24/1997

The Practice

as Judge Matlin Pratt

TV - Released: 3/4/1997

The Practice

as Judge Marcus Winnaker

TV - Released: 3/4/1997

The Angry Beavers

TV - Released: 4/19/1997

1996

Gone in the Night

as Det. John Waters

Movie - Released: 2/24/1996

The Story of Santa Claus

as Santa Claus (voice)

Movie - Released: 12/7/1996

Movie

Hanged on a Twisted Cross

as Narrator

Movie - Released: 1/1/1996

Gargoyles: The Heroes Awaken

as Hudson (voice)

Movie - Released: 5/2/1996

Arliss

TV - Released: 8/10/1996

E! True Hollywood Story

TV - Released: 8/21/1996

Superman: The Animated Series

as Granny Goodness (voice)

TV - Released: 9/6/1996

The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest

as Von Romme (voice)

TV - Released: 8/26/1996

1995

Going, Going, Almost Gone! Animals in Danger

Movie - Released: 4/1/1995

Goldilocks and the Three Bears

as Bruno

Movie - Released: 1/1/1995

Freakazoid!

as Sgt. Cosgrove (voice)

TV - Released: 9/9/1995

1994

Down on the Waterfront

Movie - Released: 4/26/1994

Heads

as Ab Abbot

Movie - Released: 1/29/1994

Duckman

TV - Released: 3/5/1994

Touched by an Angel

as Bud

TV - Released: 9/21/1994

Gargoyles

as Hudson (voice)

TV - Released: 10/24/1994

as Dr. James McNulty

TV - Released: 9/19/1994

Thunder Alley

as Gil Jones

TV - Released: 3/9/1994

Spider-Man

as J. Jonah Jameson (voice)

TV - Released: 11/19/1994

The Magic School Bus

as (voice)

TV - Released: 9/10/1994

1993

Gypsy

as Charles Thompson

Movie - Released: 12/12/1993

Beyond JFK: The Question of Conspiracy

as Self

Movie - Released: 1/20/1993

The X-Files

as Maurice

TV - Released: 9/10/1993

Intimate Portrait

as Self

TV - Released: 11/14/1993

Politically Incorrect

TV - Released: 7/25/1993

1992

Earth and the American Dream

as Reader (voice)

Movie - Released: 10/1/1992

Mad About You

as Zigmund Klarik

TV - Released: 9/23/1992

Fish Police

TV - Released: 2/28/1992

Batman: The Animated Series

as Roland Daggett (voice)

TV - Released: 9/5/1992

Hearts Afire

as George Lahti

TV - Released: 9/14/1992

Cruel Doubt

as Bill Osteen

TV - Released: 5/17/1992

1991

JFK

as Guy Bannister

Movie - Released: 12/20/1991

Yes Virginia, There Is a Santa Claus

as Edward P. Mitchell

Movie - Released: 12/8/1991

The Real Story of Happy Birthday To You

as Charlie (voice)

Movie - Released: 1/1/1991

Mary Tyler Moore: The 20th Anniversary Show

as Himself

Movie - Released: 2/18/1991

Silent Motive

as Sam

Movie - Released: 10/16/1991

Switched at Birth

as Ted Marx

Movie - Released: 4/28/1991

Dinosaurs

as Evil Georgie (voice)

TV - Released: 4/26/1991

1990

Movie

Not a Penny More, Not a Penny Less

as Harvey Metcalfe

Movie - Released: 3/25/1990

Night of 100 Stars III

as Self

Movie - Released: 5/21/1990

The Cops Are Robbers

Movie - Released: 12/9/1990

The Trials of Rosie O'Neill

as Walter Kovacs

TV - Released: 9/17/1990

Captain Planet and the Planeteers

as Hoggish Greedly (voice)

TV - Released: 9/15/1990

1989

Happily Ever After

as Scowl the Owl (voice)

Movie - Released: 6/30/1989

The Simpsons

as Editor (voice)

TV - Released: 12/17/1989

1988

Moon Over Parador

as Self

Movie - Released: 9/9/1988

A Friendship in Vienna

as Opah Oskar Reikman

Movie - Released: 8/27/1988

Roseanne

TV - Released: 10/18/1988

1987

Movie

Cracked Up

as Rev. Vincent Owens

Movie - Released: 5/26/1987

Pinocchio and the Emperor of the Night

as Scalawag (voice)

Movie - Released: 8/6/1987

Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood

as Self

Movie - Released: 5/18/1987

The Bronx Zoo

TV - Released: 3/19/1987

The RKO Story: Tales From Hollywood

as Self - Presenter

TV - Released: 7/3/1987

1986

The Christmas Star

as Horace McNickle

Movie - Released: 12/14/1986

Darlin' Clementine

as Lucky Jake

Movie - Released: 2/8/1986

Movie

Vital Signs

as Matthew St James

Movie - Released: 2/11/1986

Joshua and the Battle of Jericho

as Joshua (voice)

Movie - Released: 4/25/1986

Kate's Secret

as Dr. Resnick

Movie - Released: 11/17/1986

1985

Night of 100 Stars II

as Self

Movie - Released: 3/10/1985

Off the Rack

as Sam Waltman

TV - Released: 3/15/1985

Tender Is the Night

as Devereux Warren

TV - Released: 9/23/1985

Tall Tales & Legends

as Lucky Jake

TV - Released: 9/25/1985

1984

Anatomy of an Illness

as Norman Cousins

Movie - Released: 5/15/1984

Donald Duck's 50th Birthday

as Self

Movie - Released: 11/13/1984

Highway to Heaven

TV - Released: 9/19/1984

1983

Daniel

as Jacob Ascher

Movie - Released: 8/26/1983

A Case of Libel

as Robert Sloane

Movie - Released: 10/17/1983

Koyaanisqatsi

as Self - On TV (archive footage) (uncredited)

Movie - Released: 4/27/1983

Reading Rainbow

as Himself - Narrator (voice)

TV - Released: 6/6/1983

1982

Americas in Transition

as Narrator

Movie - Released: 10/1/1982

O'Hara's Wife

as Bob O'Hara

Movie - Released: 1/1/1982

Night of 100 Stars

as Self

Movie - Released: 3/8/1982

1981

Fort Apache, the Bronx

as Connolly

Movie - Released: 2/6/1981

The Marva Collins Story

as Narrator (voice)

Movie - Released: 12/1/1981

A Small Killing

as Simon Shaber

Movie - Released: 11/24/1981

1979

The Family Man

as Eddie Madden

Movie - Released: 12/19/1979

1978

A Different Approach

Movie - Released: 1/1/1978

NBC Salutes the 25th Anniversary of the Wonderful World of Disney

as Self

Movie - Released: 9/13/1978

The Good Doctor

as Various Roles

Movie - Released: 11/8/1978

Mickey's 50

as Self

Movie - Released: 11/19/1978

The White Shadow

as Edward Asner (uncredited)

TV - Released: 11/27/1978

1977

The Gathering

as Adam

Movie - Released: 12/4/1977

The Life and Assassination of the Kingfish

as Huey P. Long

Movie - Released: 3/21/1977

Lou Grant

as Lou Grant

TV - Released: 9/20/1977

Roots

as Thomas Davies

TV - Released: 1/23/1977

Roots

as Capt. Thomas Davies

TV - Released: 1/23/1977

1976

Gus

as Hank Cooper

Movie - Released: 7/7/1976

Rich Man, Poor Man

as Axel Jordache

TV - Released: 2/1/1976

1975

Mitzi & 100 Guys

as Self

Movie - Released: 3/24/1975

The Impersonation Murder Case

as Dt. Ed Ames

Movie - Released: 4/15/1975

Twigs

as Phil

Movie - Released: 3/6/1975

The Impostor

as Barney West

Movie - Released: 3/18/1975

Hey, I'm Alive

as Ralph Flores

Movie - Released: 11/7/1975

Death Scream

as Peter Singleton

Movie - Released: 9/26/1975

Saturday Night Live

as Self - Host

TV - Released: 10/11/1975

1974

The Wrestler

as Frank Bass

Movie - Released: 4/28/1974

Rhoda

TV - Released: 9/9/1974

Dinah!

as Self

TV - Released: 10/21/1974

1973

The Girl Most Likely To...

as Det. Ralph Varone

Movie - Released: 11/6/1973

Police Story

TV - Released: 3/20/1973

The Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts

as Self

TV - Released: 9/14/1973

1972

Haunts of the Very Rich

as Al Hunsicker

Movie - Released: 9/20/1972

Sam Cade

Movie - Released: 1/1/1972

1971

Skin Game

as Plunkett

Movie - Released: 9/30/1971

The Todd Killings

as Fred Reardon

Movie - Released: 10/20/1971

The Last Child

as Barstow

Movie - Released: 10/5/1971

They Call It Murder

as Chief Otto Larkin

Movie - Released: 12/17/1971

Great Performances

TV - Released: 1/28/1971

1970

They Call Me Mister Tibbs!

as Woody Garfield

Movie - Released: 7/10/1970

Halls of Anger

as Ernie McKay

Movie - Released: 4/29/1970

House on Greenapple Road

as Sheriff Muntz

Movie - Released: 1/11/1970

The Old Man Who Cried Wolf

as Dr. Morheim

Movie - Released: 10/13/1970

The Flip Wilson Show

as Self

TV - Released: 9/17/1970

The Mary Tyler Moore Show

as Lou Grant

TV - Released: 9/19/1970

1969

Daughter of the Mind

as Saul Wiener

Movie - Released: 12/9/1969

Change of Habit

as Lt. Moretti

Movie - Released: 11/10/1969

Medical Center

TV - Released: 9/24/1969

1968

Hawaii Five-O

as August March

TV - Released: 9/20/1968

The Mod Squad

TV - Released: 9/24/1968

The Name of the Game

as Cesare Marino

TV - Released: 9/20/1968

The Name of the Game

as Vince Leonard

TV - Released: 9/20/1968

The Mod Squad

as Harry Loring

TV - Released: 9/24/1968

1967

Gunn

as Lt. Jacoby

Movie - Released: 6/28/1967

The Venetian Affair

as Frank Rosenfeld

Movie - Released: 1/18/1967

Ironside

TV - Released: 3/28/1967

The Invaders

as Taugus

TV - Released: 1/10/1967

The Invaders

as Harry Ferguson

TV - Released: 1/10/1967

1966

El Dorado

as Bart Jason

Movie - Released: 12/17/1966

The Doomsday Flight

as Feldman

Movie - Released: 12/13/1966

The Girl from U.N.C.L.E.

TV - Released: 9/13/1966

Felony Squad

TV - Released: 9/12/1966

The Rat Patrol

as Captain Friedrich

TV - Released: 9/12/1966

CBS Playhouse

TV - Released: 12/8/1966

Mission: Impossible

as George Simpson

TV - Released: 9/17/1966

1965

The Satan Bug

as Henchman Veretti

Movie - Released: 3/26/1965

The Slender Thread

as Det. Judd Ridley

Movie - Released: 12/15/1965

The F.B.I.

as John Carl Brock

TV - Released: 9/19/1965

Run for Your Life

as Carl Cappi

TV - Released: 9/13/1965

Please Don't Eat the Daisies

TV - Released: 9/14/1965

The F.B.I.

as Walter Gretzler

TV - Released: 9/19/1965

The F.B.I.

as Pete Zacharias

TV - Released: 9/19/1965

The Wild Wild West

as Furman Crotty

TV - Released: 9/17/1965

1964

Fanfare for a Death Scene

as Pike

Movie - Released: 9/1/1964

Slattery's People

as Frank Radcliff

TV - Released: 9/21/1964

Profiles in Courage

as Oliver E. Wells

TV - Released: 11/8/1964

Profiles in Courage

as President Ulysses S. Grant

TV - Released: 11/8/1964

1963

Burke's Law

as Pablo Vasquez

TV - Released: 9/20/1963

The Fugitive

as Roy Malinek

TV - Released: 9/17/1963

The Fugitive

as Sheriff Mayhew

TV - Released: 9/17/1963

Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre

TV - Released: 10/4/1963

The Fugitive

as Joe Bantam

TV - Released: 9/17/1963

Mr. Novak

as Harmon Stern

TV - Released: 9/24/1963

The Lieutenant

TV - Released: 9/14/1963

The Outer Limits

as Detective Sgt. Thomas Siroleo

TV - Released: 9/16/1963

Mr. Novak

as Paul Berg

TV - Released: 9/24/1963

1962

Kid Galahad

as Assistant District Attorney Frank Gerson (uncredited)

Movie - Released: 11/29/1962

The Eleventh Hour

TV - Released: 10/3/1962

The Virginian

as George Johnson

TV - Released: 9/19/1962

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

as Self

TV - Released: 10/1/1962

Stoney Burke

as Kapp

TV - Released: 10/1/1962

The Alfred Hitchcock Hour

as Jack Stander

TV - Released: 9/20/1962

1961

The Murder Men

as Dave Keller

Movie - Released: 1/1/1961

Cain's Hundred

as Dave Keller

TV - Released: 9/19/1961

Target: The Corruptors!

TV - Released: 9/29/1961

Dr. Kildare

as Dr. Frank Williams

TV - Released: 9/27/1961

The Defenders

as Tim Sellers

TV - Released: 9/16/1961

The Defenders

as Harry Obermayer

TV - Released: 9/16/1961

The Mike Douglas Show

as Self

TV - Released: 12/11/1961

The Mike Douglas Show

as Self - Co-Host

TV - Released: 12/11/1961

1960

J-24

Movie - Released: 8/24/1960

Movie

The New Girl

as Kurt Harden

Movie - Released: 1/1/1960

Route 66

TV - Released: 10/7/1960

Outlaws

TV - Released: 9/26/1960

Route 66

as Second Man

TV - Released: 10/7/1960

1959

The Untouchables

as Fedor Bartok

TV - Released: 10/15/1959

The Untouchables

as Frank

TV - Released: 10/15/1959

1958

Naked City

as Lt. Vincent Busti

TV - Released: 9/30/1958

1957

The Defender (Studio One)

as Juror (uncredited)

Movie - Released: 2/25/1957

The Night America Trembled

as 3rd Actor (as Edward Asner)

Movie - Released: 9/9/1957

Decoy

as Sergeant

TV - Released: 10/14/1957

1956

Tony Awards

as Self - Presenter

TV - Released: 4/1/1956

1955

Gunsmoke

as Sgt. Wilks

TV - Released: 9/10/1955

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

as Warden Bragan

TV - Released: 10/2/1955

Gunsmoke

as Redmond

TV - Released: 9/10/1955

1952

Omnibus

TV - Released: 11/9/1952

1949

The Emmy Awards

as Self

TV - Released: 1/25/1949

1948

Studio One

as Actor #3

TV - Released: 11/7/1948

1944

Golden Globe Awards

as Self - Winner

TV - Released: 1/20/1944

Golden Globe Awards

as Self - Nominee

TV - Released: 1/20/1944

Golden Globe Awards

as Self

TV - Released: 1/20/1944

Golden Globe Awards

as Self - Presenter

TV - Released: 1/20/1944

Unknown

A Man and His Prostate

Movie

Ed Asner's Oral History

as Self - Interviewee

Movie

Everbrook (The Home)

Movie

Untitled SAG-AFTRA Documentary

as Self (archive footage)

Movie