Ed Asner

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]

Ed Asner
Asner in 2017
Born	Eddie Asner[1] (1929-11-15)November 15, 1929 Kansas City, Missouri, U.S.
Died	August 29, 2021(2021-08-29) (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

as the voice of titanosaurid sauropod dinosaur, Diamantinasaurus.

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