Ed Asner
Birthday: 1929-11-15
Deathday: 2021-08-29
Birthplace: Kansas City, Missouri, USA
Gender: Male
Owned By: Unowned
Edward Asner (November 15, 1929 – August 29, 2021), commonly known as Ed Asner, was 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. In 2009, he starred as the voice of Carl Fredricksen in Pixar's award-winning animated film, Up. In early 2011, Asner returned to television as butcher Hank Greziak in Working Class, the first original sitcom on cable channel CMT.
Credits
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A Man and His Prostate | ||
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Full Blossom: The Life of Poet/Actor Roberts Blossom | ||
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Everbrook (The Home) | ||
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Blood | The Prophet | |
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2025-11-19 | The Gettysburg Address | Edward Everett (voice) |
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2024-02-16 | Altered Reality | Mike Wilson |
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2023-12-02 | A Fargo Christmas Story | Popcorn Bud |
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2023-06-15 | Carl's Date | Carl (voice) |
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2022-12-02 | Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules | Grandpa Heffley (voice) |
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2021-12-31 | Scarlett | |
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2021-10-28 | Back Home Again | Peter Lionsbridge (voice) |
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2021-10-08 | Muppets Haunted Mansion | Ghost of Claude |
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2021-05-03 | Senior Entourage | Ed |
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2020-12-18 | Tiger Within | Samuel |
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2020-12-12 | Bury Me in Armor | Dimitry George |
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2020-12-08 | SEVEN | |
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2020-11-17 | Rain Beau's End | Gunny |
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2020-08-28 | The Garden Left Behind | Dr. Cleary |
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2020-03-13 | M.O.M. Mothers of Monsters | Dr. Howard Arden |
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2019-11-01 | In Vino | Charles |
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2019-03-15 | Faith, Hope & Love | Harry Karetas |
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2018-09-29 | All of My Heart: The Wedding | Vern |
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2018-07-14 | Honor Amongst Men | Pop Halmo |
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2018-07-12 | Angels on Tap | Swifty |
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2018-06-24 | The Parting Glass | Tommy |
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2018-06-09 | Waiting in the Wings: Still Waiting | Jefferson |
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2017-12-01 | A StoryBots Christmas | Santa |
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2017-11-21 | Santa Stole Our Dog: A Merry Doggone Christmas! | Santa |
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2017-11-06 | Saving Christmas | Rick |
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2017-10-07 | All of My Heart: Inn Love | Vern |
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2017-09-10 | Yamasong: March of the Hollows | Elder Pyreez (voice) |
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2017-09-07 | CarGo: The City on 4 Wheels! | Arthur (voice) |
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2017-03-17 | Joe's War | Harry |
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2017-01-28 | Framed: The Adventures of Zion Man | Adult Walter (voice) |
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2016-09-01 | Titanic: Sinking the Myths | Wilhelm Müller |
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2016-06-10 | Mary Jane: A Musical Potumentary | Corporate Manager |
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2016-04-15 | Super Sex | George |
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2016-04-02 | Getting Ed Laid | Ed Randall |
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2016-02-20 | Love Meet Hope | Mr. James |
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2016-02-14 | Love Finds You in Valentine | Gabriel Morgan |
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2015-12-21 | A Merry Murdoch Christmas | Kris Kringle |
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2015-06-03 | The Nutcracker Sweet | Owl |
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2015-02-14 | All of My Heart | Vern |
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2014-12-16 | Elf: Buddy's Musical Christmas | Santa (voice) |
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2014-11-12 | Frozen in Time | Grandpa (voice) |
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2014-07-03 | The Games Maker | Nicholas Drago |
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2014-04-01 | Waiting in the Wings: The Musical | Jefferson |
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2014-02-14 | Audrey | Walt |
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2013-12-14 | Christmas on the Bayou | Papa Noel |
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2013-11-27 | Saturday Night Live: Thanksgiving | Mr Wilson |
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2013-06-25 | American Road | Walt Whitman |
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2013-05-20 | Second Chances | Chief Buddy |
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2012-12-03 | Home Alone: The Holiday Heist | Mr. Carson |
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2012-09-30 | Autism and Cake | Fred |
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2012-09-15 | Liberator | President Whitlock |
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2012-06-15 | Foodfight! | Mr. Leonard (voice) |
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2012-06-12 | Elephant Sighs | Leo |
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2012-04-28 | Should've Been Romeo | Charlie |
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2011-12-01 | Identical | Yaakov Washington |
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2011-11-25 | Too Big to Fail | Warren Buffett |
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2011-10-25 | Let Go | Artie |
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2011-10-01 | Absolute Killers | |
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2011-09-23 | Good Men | Morty |
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2011-07-12 | Not Another B Movie | Angry Investor |
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2011-06-06 | Hopelessly in June | Rabbi |
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2011-03-18 | The Desert of Forbidden Art | Voice |
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2011-01-01 | All Star Superman | Perry White (voice) |
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2010-10-04 | The Triumph of William Henry Harrison | |
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2010-09-28 | Superman/Batman: Apocalypse | Granny Goodness (voice) |
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2009-11-10 | Dug's Special Mission | Carl Fredricksen (voice) (uncredited) |
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2009-05-28 | Up | Carl Fredricksen (voice) |
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2008-11-01 | Generation Gap | Bart Cahill |
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2008-10-15 | Christmas Cottage | Sidney |
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2008-09-09 | Gigantic | Kirby Weathersby |
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2008-01-01 | Channels | Ed Packard |
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2007-11-01 | Hard Four | Golden Hands Segal |
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2007-10-20 | Christmas Is Here Again | Krad (voice) |
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2007-03-01 | From Wharf Rats to Lords of the Docks | |
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2007-01-26 | The Rich Have Their Own Photographers | |
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2006-12-02 | The Christmas Card | Luke Spelman |
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2005-09-23 | Crab Orchard | |
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2005-06-07 | Spider-Man: The Venom Saga | J. Jonah Jameson |
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2005-05-19 | Sir! No Sir! | Col. Heinl |
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2005-04-02 | Out of the Woods | Jack Green |
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2005-02-28 | Sleeping Dogs Lie | Sheriff Delaney |
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2004-10-26 | Missing Brendan | George Calden |
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2004-06-29 | Spider-Man vs. Doc Ock | J Jonah Jameson |
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2003-12-20 | Christmas Vacation 2: Cousin Eddie's Island Adventure | Uncle Nick |
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2003-11-07 | Elf | Santa |
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2003-11-07 | The Commission | Capt. J.W. 'Will' Fritz |
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2003-06-15 | The King and Queen of Moonlight Bay | Augie Sinclair |
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2003-02-11 | Daredevil vs. Spider-Man | J. Jonah Jameson (voice) |
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2002-12-15 | The Man Who Saved Christmas | Charles Gilbert |
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2002-04-30 | Spider-Man: The Ultimate Villain Showdown | J. Jonah Jameson |
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2002-01-01 | Pope John XXIII | Angelo Roncalli |
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2002-01-01 | Papa Giovanni Joannes XXIII | Jean XXIII |
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2001-10-30 | Gahan Wilson's The Kid | Dead Cat |
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2001-09-21 | In Search of Peace | David Ben Gurion (voice) |
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2001-06-01 | The Animal | Chief Wilson |
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2001-01-01 | Island Prey | Jay Roth |
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2000-08-31 | Becoming Dick | Davis Aldrich |
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2000-06-07 | Above Suspicion | Thomas O'Claire |
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2000-05-31 | The Tulsa Lynching of 1921: A Hidden Story | |
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2000-04-18 | Perfect Game | Billy Hicks |
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2000-01-29 | Common Ground | Ira |
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2000-01-01 | Bring Him Home | Geza |
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1999-12-25 | Snowden's Christmas | (voice) |
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1999-12-17 | Olive, The Other Reindeer | Santa Claus (voice) |
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1999-11-05 | The Bachelor | Gluckman |
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1999-09-15 | Love and Action in Chicago | Taylor |
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1999-09-14 | The Sissy Duckling | Father Duck (voice) |
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1999-01-12 | Our Friend, Martin | Mr. Harris (voice) (as Ed Asner) |
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1999-01-01 | O' Christmas Tree | Nutcracker (voice) |
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1998-01-16 | Hard Rain | Uncle Charlie |
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1997-12-20 | A Christmas Carol | Marley (voice) |
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1997-12-02 | Academy Boyz | |
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1997-09-19 | The Long Way Home | George Patton / Immigrant to USA / David Ben-Gurion / Holocaust Survivor (voice) |
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1997-04-30 | The Trial of Adolf Eichmann | Dr. Robert Servatius (voice) |
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1997-03-23 | Dog's Best Friend | Jeep, the Sheep Dog (voice) |
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1997-02-10 | Payback | Jack Patkanis |
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1997-01-01 | The Fumbleheads | Charlie Atwater |
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1996-12-07 | The Story of Santa Claus | Santa Claus (voice) |
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1996-05-02 | Gargoyles: The Heroes Awaken | Hudson (voice) |
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1996-02-24 | Gone in the Night | Det. John Waters |
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1995-04-01 | Going, Going, Almost Gone! Animals in Danger | |
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1995-01-01 | Goldilocks and the Three Bears | Bruno |
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1994-04-26 | Down on the Waterfront | |
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1994-01-29 | Heads | Ab Abbot |
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1993-12-12 | Gypsy | Charles Thompson |
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1992-10-01 | Earth and the American Dream | Reader (voice) |
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1991-12-20 | JFK | Guy Bannister |
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1991-12-08 | Yes Virginia, There Is a Santa Claus | Edward P. Mitchell |
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1991-10-16 | Silent Motive | Sam |
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1991-04-28 | Switched at Birth | Ted Marx |
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1991-01-01 | The Real Story of Happy Birthday To You | Charlie (voice) |
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1990-12-09 | The Cops Are Robbers | |
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1990-03-25 | Not a Penny More, Not a Penny Less | Harvey Metcalfe |
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1989-06-30 | Happily Ever After | Scowl the Owl (voice) |
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1988-08-27 | A Friendship in Vienna | Opah Oskar Reikman |
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1987-08-06 | Pinocchio and the Emperor of the Night | Scalawag (voice) |
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1987-05-26 | Cracked Up | Rev. Vincent Owens |
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1986-12-14 | The Christmas Star | Horace McNickle |
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1986-11-17 | Kate's Secret | Dr. Resnick |
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1986-04-25 | Joshua and the Battle of Jericho | Joshua (voice) |
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1986-02-11 | Vital Signs | Matthew St James |
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1986-02-08 | Darlin' Clementine | Lucky Jake |
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1984-05-15 | Anatomy of an Illness | Norman Cousins |
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1983-10-17 | A Case of Libel | Robert Sloane |
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1983-08-26 | Daniel | Jacob Ascher |
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1982-01-01 | O'Hara's Wife | Bob O'Hara |
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1981-11-24 | A Small Killing | Simon Shaber |
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1981-02-06 | Fort Apache, the Bronx | Connolly |
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1979-12-19 | The Family Man | Eddie Madden |
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1978-11-08 | The Good Doctor | Various Roles |
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1978-01-01 | A Different Approach | |
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1977-12-04 | The Gathering | Adam |
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1977-03-21 | The Life and Assassination of the Kingfish | Huey P. Long |
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1976-07-07 | Gus | Hank Cooper |
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1975-11-07 | Hey, I'm Alive | Ralph Flores |
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1975-09-26 | Death Scream | Peter Singleton |
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1975-04-15 | The Impersonation Murder Case | Dt. Ed Ames |
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1975-03-18 | The Impostor | Barney West |
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1975-03-06 | Twigs | Phil |
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1974-04-28 | The Wrestler | Frank Bass |
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1973-11-06 | The Girl Most Likely To... | Det. Ralph Varone |
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1972-09-20 | Haunts of the Very Rich | Al Hunsicker |
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1972-01-01 | Sam Cade | |
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1971-12-17 | They Call It Murder | Chief Otto Larkin |
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1971-10-20 | The Todd Killings | Fred Reardon |
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1971-10-05 | The Last Child | Barstow |
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1971-09-30 | Skin Game | Plunkett |
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1970-10-13 | The Old Man Who Cried Wolf | Dr. Morheim |
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1970-07-10 | They Call Me Mister Tibbs! | Woody Garfield |
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1970-04-29 | Halls of Anger | Ernie McKay |
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1970-01-11 | House on Greenapple Road | Sheriff Muntz |
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1969-12-09 | Daughter of the Mind | Saul Wiener |
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1969-11-10 | Change of Habit | Lt. Moretti |
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1967-06-28 | Gunn | Lt. Jacoby |
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1967-01-18 | The Venetian Affair | Frank Rosenfeld |
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1966-12-17 | El Dorado | Bart Jason |
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1966-12-13 | The Doomsday Flight | Feldman |
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1965-12-15 | The Slender Thread | Det. Judd Ridley |
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1965-03-26 | The Satan Bug | Henchman Veretti |
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1964-09-01 | Fanfare for a Death Scene | Pike |
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1962-11-29 | Kid Galahad | Assistant District Attorney Frank Gerson (uncredited) |
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1961-01-01 | The Murder Men | Dave Keller |
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1960-08-24 | J-24 | |
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1960-01-01 | The New Girl | Kurt Harden |
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1957-09-09 | The Night America Trembled | 3rd Actor (as Edward Asner) |
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1957-02-25 | The Defender (Studio One) | Juror (uncredited) |