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Edward Asner

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Cast Credits

Diary of a Wimpy Kid (2021)
Starring as Grandpa
The Premise (2021)
Guest starring as Mr. Holmes
Dug Days (2021)
Starring as Carl (5 episodes)
  • Episode 1x05: Science (Sep 1, 2021)
  • Episode 1x04: Smell (Sep 1, 2021)
  • Episode 1x03: Flowers (Sep 1, 2021)
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Royalties (2020)
Guest starring as Papa / Hal
Central Park (2020)
Guest starring as Ambrose (4 episodes)
Briarpatch (2020)
Guest starring as James Staghorne Sr. (3 episodes)
The Kelly Clarkson Show (2019)
Guest starring as Ed Asner (2 episodes)
Dead to Me (2019)
Guest starring as Abe Rifkin (5 episodes)
Doom Patrol (2019)
Guest starring as Elder Patient
Cobra Kai (2018)
Guest starring as Sid (3 episodes)
MacGyver (2016)
Guest starring as Saul
Grace and Frankie (2015)
Guest starring as Howard Jay (2 episodes)
All of My Heart (2015)
Starring as Vern (3 episodes)
Chasing Life (2014)
Guest starring as April's Grandfather
The Crazy Ones (2013)
Guest starring as Mr. Finger
Mom (2013)
Guest starring as Jack
Men at Work (2012)
Guest starring as Bob
Michael: Every Day (2011)
Starring as Dr. Wasserman
Working Class (2011)
Starring as Hank Greziak
The Talk (2010)
Guest starring as Ed Asner
Blue Bloods (2010)
Guest starring as Chuck Kennedy
Hawaii Five-0 (2010)
Guest starring as August March (2 episodes)
  • Episode 3x02: Kanalua (Oct 1, 2012)
  • Episode 2x19: Kalele (Mar 19, 2012)
The Glades (2010)
Guest starring as Dr. Ted Hardy (3 episodes)
Hot in Cleveland (2010)
Guest starring as Jameson
The Middle (2009)
Guest starring as Ben
The Cleveland Show (2009)
Guest starring as Editor
Guest starring as Old Man
Guest starring as Carl Fredricksen
Guest starring as Narrator (2 episodes)
Guest starring as Walter
Modern Family (2009)
Guest starring as Herschel
The Good Wife (2009)
Guest starring as Guy Redmayne (2 episodes)
Royal Pains (2009)
Guest starring as Ted Roth
The Spectacular Spider-Man (2008)
Guest starring as Ben Parker
Murdoch Mysteries (2008)
Guest starring as Kris Kringle
Andy Barker, P.I. (2007)
Guest starring as Mickey Doyle
Criminal Minds (2005)
Guest starring as Roy Brooks
Bones (2005)
Guest starring as Rufus Tucker
American Dad! (2005)
Guest starring as Mailbox #2
Center of the Universe (2004)
Starring as Art Barnett
CSI: NY (2004)
Guest starring as Abraham Klein
Spider-Man (2003)
Guest starring as Officer Barr (5 episodes)
TV Land Icon Awards (2003)
Guest starring as Edward Asner (2 episodes)
The Dead Zone (2002)
Guest starring as Marty Bracknell
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999)
Guest starring as Martin Schultz
Family Guy (1999)
Guest starring as Steven Bellows
The Closer (1998)
Starring as Carl Dobson
The Practice (1997)
Guest starring as Judge Matlin Pratt
Guest starring as Judge Marcus Winnaker (3 episodes)
Superman: The Animated Series (1996)
Guest starring as Granny Goodness (4 episodes)
Spider-Man (1994)
Guest starring as J. Jonah Jameson (35 episodes)
Gargoyles (1994)
Starring as Hudson (15 episodes)
Thunder Alley (1994)
Starring as Gil Jones
The X-Files (1993)
Guest starring as Maurice
Mad About You (1992)
Guest starring as Zigmund "Ziggy" Klarik (3 episodes)
Hearts Afire (1992)
Guest starring as George Lahti (12 episodes)
Batman: The Animated Series (1992)
Guest starring as Roland Daggett (5 episodes)
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (1992)
Guest starring as Edward Asner
Cruel Doubt (1992)
Starring as Bill Osteen
The Trials of Rosie O'Neill (1990)
Starring as Walter Kovacs (3 episodes)
The Simpsons (1989)
Guest starring as Editor of The Springfield Shopper (2 episodes)
The Bronx Zoo (1987)
Starring as Principal Joe Danzig (20 episodes)
Lou Grant (1977)
Starring as Lou Grant (114 episodes)
  • Episode 5x24: Charlie (Sep 13, 1982)
  • Episode 5x23: Victims (Aug 30, 1982)
  • Episode 5x22: Beachhead (May 24, 1982)
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Roots (1977)
Starring as Capt. Thomas Davies
Battle of the Network Stars (1976)
Guest starring as CBS Captain
Saturday Night Live (1975)
Guest starring as Edward Asner
Dinah! (1974)
Guest starring as Edward Asner
Rhoda (1974)
Guest starring as Lou Grant (2 episodes)
Police Story (1973)
Guest starring as Lt. Dave Blodgett (2 episodes)
The Mary Tyler Moore Show (1970)
Starring as Lou Grant (166 episodes)
Medical Center (1969)
Guest starring as Coach Trask
The Mod Squad (1968)
Guest starring as Harry Loring
Guest starring as Joe Walton
Guest starring as Sgt. Ed Lassiter (2 episodes)
Hawaii Five-O (1968)
Guest starring as August March
The Name of the Game (1968)
Guest starring as Cesare Marino
Ironside (1967)
Guest starring as Warrant Officer Frank Simpson
The Invaders (1967)
Guest starring as Harry Ferguson
Guest starring as Taugus
The Hollywood Squares (1966)
Guest starring as Panelist (8 episodes)
Mission: Impossible (1966)
Guest starring as George Simpson
The Rat Patrol (1966)
Guest starring as Captain Friedrich
The FBI (1965)
Guest starring as Pete Zacharias
Guest starring as Walter Gretzler
The Wild Wild West (1965)
Guest starring as Furman Crotty
A Man Called Shenandoah (1965)
Guest starring as Sam Chance
Slattery's People (1964)
Starring as Frank Radcliff (2 episodes)
The Fugitive (1963)
Guest starring as Joe Bantam
Guest starring as Sheriff Mayhew
The Outer Limits (1963)
Guest starring as Detective Sgt. Thomas Siroleo
The Lieutenant (1963)
Guest starring as Charles Perry
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1962)
Guest starring as Edward Asner
Stoney Burke (1962)
Guest starring as Kapp
The Virginian (1962)
Guest starring as George Johnson
Route 66 (1960)
Guest starring as Lincoln Peers
Guest starring as Carl Selman
Guest starring as Second Man
The Untouchables (1959)
Guest starring as Frank
Guest starring as Jimmy Canada
Guest starring as Fedor Bartok
Guest starring as Frank
  • Episode 4x08: Elegy (Nov 20, 1962)
Naked City (1958)
Guest starring as Lt. Vincent Busti (2 episodes)
Tony Awards (1957)
Starring as Host
Guest starring as Presenter
The Emmy Awards (1949)
Starring as Host
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