Ed Asner was 40 years old when he was on Mary Tyler Moore for the role of Lou Grant. Asner left The Mary Tyler Moore Show to pursue other interests, bringing it to an end in the seventh season.
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Eddie Asner was born on November 15, 1929, in Kansas City, Missouri, United States of America. Ed Asner was best known for his character Lou Grant, who was first introduced on The Mary Tyler Moore Show in 1970.
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Ed Asner provided the voice of the main protagonist Carl Fredricksen in the Academy Award-winning Pixar film Up (2009).
Ed Asner is the most honoured male performer in the history of the Primetime Emmy Awards, having won seven.
Ed Asner played John Wayne’s adversary Bart Jason in the 1966 Western El Dorado. Ed Asner guest-starred as Guy Redmayne in the sixth season of The Good Wife.
Ed Asner is the father of four children including Matthew Asner, Charles Edward Vogelman, Kate Asner and Liza Asner.
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