Ed Asner, whose Emmy Award-winning supporting role as the gruff but lovable Lou Grant on the 1970s situation comedy “The Mary Tyler Moore Show” led to his own Emmy Award-winning starring role in the ...
Other Facts: Nominated for 20 Emmy Awards, including 17 Primetime Emmys and three Daytime Emmys, and has won seven for primetime. Only actor to win both a comedy and a drama Primetime Emmy for the ...
The struggling Minneapolis news operation KSTP-TV has turned to actor Ed Asner to reprise his signature role as gruff, no-nonsense Lou Grant, the fictional news director of a Minneapolis TV station on ...
Ed Asner, who rose to fame as the crusty but lovable newsman Lou Grant on "The Mary Tyler Moore Show," died Sunday morning, his publicist confirmed to CNN. He was 91. Ed Asner, who rose to fame as the ...