Asner, Edward, 1929-2021
Edward Asner (November 15, 1929 – August 29, 2021) was an American actor and a president of the Screen Actors Guild. He is known for playing Lou Grant during the 1970s and early 1980s, on both The Mary Tyler Moore Show and its spin-off series Lou Grant, making him one of the few television actors to portray the same character in both a comedy and a drama. He is the most honored male performer in the history of the Primetime Emmy Awards, having won seven – five for portraying Lou Grant (three as Supporting Actor in a Comedy Television Series on The Mary Tyler Moore Show and two as Lead Actor in a Dramatic Television Series on spin-off Lou Grant). His other Emmys were for performances in two television miniseries: Rich Man, Poor Man (1976), where he won for Outstanding Lead Actor for a Single Performance in a TV series, and Roots (1977), for which he won for Outstanding Single Performance by a Supporting Actor in a TV series.
Born in Kansas City, Missouri, but was raised across the river in the suburban Kansas City, Kansas, he attended Wyandotte High School and the University of Chicago. From 1951 to 1953, Asner served with the U.S. Army Signal Corps and appeared in plays that toured Army camps in Europe. Upon demobilisation, Asner joined the Playwrights Theatre Company in Chicago but soon progressed to New York where he acted in both Broadway and off-Broadway plays. Eventually, Asner began to make inroads as a television actor, having made his TV debut in 1957 on Studio One. He made his film debut in 1962, in the Elvis Presley vehicle Kid Galahad.
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