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Ed Asner Biography
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Ed Asner won five Emmy awards for portraying the character of Mary Tyler Moore's boss Lou Grant in The Mary Tyler Moore Show (1970-1977), and a crusading newspaperman for the spin-off series Lou Grant (1977-1982). Asner's public persona is also that of a crusader, a celebrity activist considered left of center. During the 1980s he took on the administration of President Ronald Reagan and earned the enmity of conservative Americans, notably fellow actor/activist Charlton Heston. Asner also served as president of the Screen Actors Guild (1981-85).
Asner appears with Alan Young and Hank Azaria in our loop These Actors Do Cartoon Voices.
Four Good Links
Ed Asner
Career coverage from the Museum of Broadcast Communications
The Canonical Lou Grant Episode Guide
Huge list of episodes, cast, and plot points from Asner's show
Ed Asner Interview
1995 interview about his television career, from a Montreal radio station
Ed Asner
Brief tribute to his career
Vital Stats
Birth
15 November 1929
(age 80)
Birthplace
Death
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Best Known As
Lou Grant on The Mary Tyler Moore Show