Asner won the Emmy Award for " Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series " in 1978 and 1980.

Asner won two Emmys for his portrayal of Lou ; Marchand won Emmy Awards for " Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series " four of the five years the series ran ; Walden, Kelsey, and Adams all received multiple nominations for supporting Emmys.

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 Emmy Award-winning role as Lou Grant on both The Mary Tyler Moore Show and its spin-off series, Lou Grant.

Other TV credits were as Virginia in Emmy Award winning TV Movie " Who WIll Love My Children ," opposite Ann-Margret, " Robert Kennedy and His Times ," as young Pat Kennedy ( with River Phoenix and Chad Lowe ), the ABC After School Special " Just a Regular Kid-An AIDS story " ( with Christian Hoff and Dana Ashbrook ), Danny Thomas ' " One Big Family " ( w / Michael DeLuise ), " Spenser for Hire ," ( w / Robert Ulrich and Ron LcLarty ), " Lou Grant ," ( w / Ed Asner ) the TV Movie " Home Fires " ( w / Guy Boyd and Juliette Lewis ) and the Michael McKean TV Movie, " Town and Gown.

In 2009, he wrote an episode of CSI: NY for which acclaimed actor Ed Asner was nominated for an Emmy for Guest Star.

This production is also notable for having Edward Asner ( as Mr Peachum ), Charlotte Rae as Mrs Peachum, Bea Arthur ( as Lucy ), Jerry Orbach ( as PC Smith, the Street Singer and Mack ), John Astin ( as Readymoney Matt / Matt of the Mint ) and Jerry Stiller ( as Crookfinger Jake ) as members of the cast during its run.

It was directed by Josephine R. Abady and starred Edward Asner and Madeline Kahn, who received a Tony Award nomination for Best Actress in a Play.

Some of the most famous included Larry Storch, Dallas McKennon ( best known as the voice of Archie in the Archie cartoon and as Cincinnatus, in the Daniel Boone TV series ), Adam West and Burt Ward ( who recreated their roles as " Batman and Robin " from their 1960s live-action series for Filmation's 1977 animated incarnation ), Jane Webb, and good friends and colleagues Ed Asner and Linda Gary ( Gary voiced a majority of Filmation's work in the 1980s ), along with John Erwin ( voice of Reggie Mantle, and later the voice of He-Man ), Alan Oppenheimer ( character actor in TV and film ), Ted Knight, George DiCenzo ( John BlackStar, Hordak, Bow on She-ra ), Melendy Britt, Howard Morris, Pat Fraley, Charlie Adler, Ed Gilbert, Susan Blu, Erika Scheimer ( daughter of Lou Scheimer ), and even Lou Scheimer himself ( either uncredited, or under the pseudonym of " Erik ( sometimes " Eric ") Gunden ").

Lou Grant is a fictional character played by Edward Asner in two television series produced by MTM Enterprises for CBS.

Future Lou Grant star Edward Asner guest starred in the episode " The Fourteenth Runner ," for which the story was supplied by that series ' developer Leon Tokatyan.

She received a Prism Award as well as a Gracie Award for her interview show ' Revealed with Jules Asner '.

Prior to joining E !, Asner was an entertainment reporter for Reuters Television, Good Morning England, HCTV, The Entertainment Show on Sky Television, and Extra.

Edward Asner, Davy Jones, Marge Redmond, Madeline Sherwood, Vic Tayback, Daniel J. Travanti and James Sikking ( both known for Hill Street Blues ) also made guest appearances.

The show will be autobiographical, and will revolve around Maron's life as a twice-divorced sober comedian running a comedy podcast out of his garage, with Ed Asner playing his father The pilot shoot for this show was discussed in Episode 183 of WTF with guest Amy Poehler.

He was survived by his sister, Verna B. Willis, Film Editor for MGM Studios, ( hired by Dorothy Asner ) and niece, Ouida L. Burchfield, hat designer, and designer of Christmas decor sold nationally.

The episode featured guest performances by Ed Asner, Tara Charendoff, Hugh Laurie and Alan Shearman, along with several recurring guest voice actors for the series.

The Mary Tyler Moore Show was a half-hour newsroom sitcom featuring Ed Asner as her gruff boss Lou Grant, a character that would later be spun off into an hour-long dramatic series.

She befriends her tough but lovable boss Lou Grant ( Edward Asner ), newswriter Murray Slaughter ( Gavin MacLeod ), and buffoonish anchorman Ted Baxter ( Ted Knight ).

* Lou Grant ( Edward Asner ) is the Producer ( later Executive Producer ) of the news.

Lou stomped out, but quickly returned and was then played by Asner.

The wedding episode featured guest appearances by many of the main characters from The Mary Tyler Moore Show, including Mary Richards ( Mary Tyler Moore ), Lou Grant ( Edward Asner ), Murray Slaughter ( Gavin MacLeod ), Georgette Franklin ( Georgia Engel ), and Phyllis Lindstrom ( Cloris Leachman ).

Many notable actors appeared on the series, including Ed Asner, Mary Astor, Roscoe Ates, Gene Barry, Ed Begley, Barbara Bel Geddes, Charles Bronson, Edgar Buchanan, Macdonald Carey, Art Carney, John Cassavetes, Jack Cassidy, Dabney Coleman, Tom Conway, Joseph Cotten, Bob Crane, Hume Cronyn, Robert Culp, Bette Davis, Francis De Sales, Bruce Dern, Brandon deWilde, Angie Dickinson, Diana Dors, Robert Duvall, Denholm Elliott, Peter Falk, John Forsythe, Anne Francis, Lorne Greene, Edmund Gwenn, Sir Cedric Hardwicke, Charles Herbert, Dame Wendy Hiller, Skip Homeier, Lou Jacobi, Joyce Jameson, Carolyn Jones, Don Keefer, Brian Keith, Jack Klugman, Jessie Royce Landis, Peter Lawford, Christopher Lee, Cloris Leachman, Peter Lorre, John McIntyre, E. G. Marshall, Herbert Marshall, Walter Matthau, Darren McGavin, John McGiver, Lee Majors, Jayne Mansfield, Steve McQueen, Tyler McVey, Audrey Meadows, Joyce Meadows, Vera Miles, Elizabeth Montgomery, Joanna Moore, Roger Moore, Vic Morrow, Leslie Nielsen, Robert Newton, Fess Parker, George Peppard, James Philbrook, Sydney Pollack, Judson Pratt, Robert Redford, Michael Rennie, Burt Reynolds, William Shatner, Dan Sheridan, Henry Silva, Barbara Steele, Jan Sterling, Dean Stockwell, Stella Stevens, Beatrice Straight, Jessica Tandy, Torin Thatcher, Rip Torn, Dick Van Dyke, Robert Vaughn, Richard Waring, Dennis Weaver, Estelle Winwood, Joanne Woodward, Fay Wray, and Keenan Wynn.

* Ed Asner ( The Mary Tyler Moore Show, Lou Grant, Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip, JFK )

Lou Grant is an American television drama series starring Ed Asner in the titular role as a newspaper editor.

* 1977: Edward Asner – Lou Grant

** Ed Asner – Lou Grant

* 1979: Ed Asner – Lou Grant

** Edward Asner – Lou Grant as Lou Grant

However, during a 2011 interview with former castmate Ed Asner on the O ' Reilly Factor, Asner stated that Moore " has become much more conservative of late.

* Elvis Presley was in Change of Habit ( 1969 ) with Edward Asner

* Edward Asner was in JFK ( 1991 ) with Kevin Bacon

Therefore Asner has a Bacon number of 1, and Presley ( who has never appeared in a film with Bacon ) has a Bacon number of 2.

* Edward Asner ( Dinosaur Bob and His Adventures with the Family Lazardo )

Soderbergh often credits Asner with influencing his female characters.

Among the series she hosted were Revealed with Jules Asner, E!

In 2004, Asner signed a development deal with Sony Pictures Television to produce and host her own daytime talk show, Life & Style.

A television movie was made based on the play, with Edward Asner, Richard Chamberlain, and Marsha Mason.

Cole Thornton ( John Wayne ), an infamous gunslinger, is hired by wealthy rancher Bart Jason ( Edward Asner ) to help him in a range war with the McDonald family.

* Summary: Norman Gunston's Christmas special includes take off of Blondies ' single " Heart of Glass "; interviews with Karen Black ; Lee Marvin ; hippies in Haight-Ashbury, San Francisco ; Leif Garrett ; Elliott Gould ; Henry Winkler ; Ed Asner ; George Segal ; Zsa Zsa Gabor ; Ricky Schroder ; the Bee Gees ; Robert Stigwood.

* " Bellhop # 1 / Bootblack " in Born Yesterday ( 1989 ) with Ed Asner and Madeline Kahn ( Broadway revival )

" The documentary, directed by Matthew Asner and Danny Gold, looked at the on-and off-field experiences of the team, including an in-depth look at the challenging relationship with the coach.

I think the only thing that drew me to acting in the first place was the group of people I was working with: Ed Asner, Paul Sills, Mike Nichols, Elaine May.

The play is expected to premiere on Broadway in September 2012 ( previews ) officially on October 4, 2012, and is expected to feature Kate Arrington, Ed Asner, Paul Rudd, and Michael Shannon with direction by Dexter Bullard.

Two of his biggest screen roles were in Missing Brendan, with Edward Asner, and Ambulance Girl, in which he co-starred with Kathy Bates and Gordon Pinsent.