The following is the incomplete filmography of the American actor Ed Asner.
Film Year Title Role Notes1961The Murder MenDave KellerStock footage1962Kid GalahadAssistant District Attorney Frank GersonUncredited1965The Satan BugVerettiThe Slender ThreadDetective Judd Ridley1966The Venetian AffairFrank Rosenfeld1967El DoradoBart JasonGunnLieutenant Charles Jacoby1969Change of HabitLieutenant Moretti1970Halls of AngerErnie McKayThey Call Me Mister Tibbs!Woody Garfield1971Skin GamePlunkettThe Todd KillingsFred Reardon1974The WrestlerFrank Bass1976GusHank Cooper1981Fort Apache, The BronxCaptain Dennis Connolly1982O'Hara's WifeBob O'Hara1983DanielJacob Ascher1984Anatomy of an IllnessNorman Cousins1986The Christmas StarHorace McNickle1987Pinocchio and the Emperor of the NightSylvester J. ScalawagVoice A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of a title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its credits or other reliable sources of information.1988Moon over ParadorHimself1989Happily Ever AfterScowlVoice1991JFKGuy Banister1992The Real Story of Happy Birthday to YouCharlieVoice, short film1995Gargoyles the Movie: The Heroes AwakenHudsonVoice, direct-to-videoGoldilocks and the Three BearsBruno1997The FanaticsCharlie AtwaterA Christmas CarolJacob MarleyVoice, direct-to-video1998Hard RainUncle Charlie1999Love and Action in ChicagoTaylorThe BachelorSid GluckmanOur Friend, MartinMr. HarrisVoice, direct-to-video2000Perfect GameCoach Billy2001The AnimalChief Marion Wilson2003ElfSanta ClausCredited as Edward Asner2005Out of the WoodsJack GreenSheebaGrandpa Cecil2006The Heart SpecialistMr. Olson2007Christmas Is Here AgainKradVoice2008ChannelsEd PackardGiganticKirby WeathersbyChristmas CottageSidney2009UpCarl FredricksenVoiceDug's Special MissionVoice, short; uncredited2010The Triumph of William Henry HarrisonNarratorVoiceNot Another B MovieAngry InvestorSuperman/Batman: ApocalypseGranny GoodnessVoice, direct-to-video2011All-Star SupermanPerry WhiteWitness InsecurityMaxwellLet GoArtie SatzIdenticalYaakov Washington2012Foodfight!Mr. LeonardVoiceShould've Been RomeoCharlieElephant SighsLeo2013Axel: The Biggest Little HeroBonta / NarratorVoiceI Know That VoiceHimself2014AudreyWaltThe Games MakerNicholas Drago2015I Thought I Told You to Shut Up!!HimselfShort filmThe Nutcracker SweetOwlVoice2016Miracle in the ValleyJudge Mordecai Price2017Joe's WarHarryDirect-to-videoCarGoArt VoiceIn VinoCharlesThe FloodMickShortYamasong: March of the HollowsElder PyreezWithin ReachEdShortThe GliksmansMosheSaving ChristmasRickDirect-to-videoSanta Stole Our Dog: A Merry Doggone Christmas!Santa Claus2018Still Waiting in the WingsJeffersonThe Parting GlassTommyWhen We Are RightMichaelVoice, shortAngels on TapSwifty Barking Mad Manfred SchielHonor Amongst MenPop HalmoThe WeddingVern2019The Garden Left BehindDr. ClearyFaith, Hope & LoveHarry Karetas2020M.O.M.: Mothers of MonstersDr. Harry ArdenRain Beau's EndGunnyTiger WithinSamuel2021Senior EntourageEdBack Home AgainPeter Lionsbridge (voice)Short film; posthumous release2022Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules Grandpa Heffley (voice)Posthumous release; dedicated to his memory2023Confessions of a Union Buster: A Call to ActionHimselfShort film; posthumous releaseDeadly DrawMax PerlmutterPosthumous release; filmed in 2021Carl's DateCarl Fredricksen (voice)Theatrical short; posthumous release2024Altered RealityMike WilsonPosthumous release; filmed in 2020A Fargo Christmas StoryPopcorn Bud 2025The Gettysburg AddressEdward Everett (voice)Posthumous release 2029UnpluggedDr. Eaton (voice)Posthumous release, final film role
Television Year Title Role Notes1957Studio OneMultiple rolesSeason 9 Episode 20: "The Defender: Part 1" (uncredited) Season 9 Episode 21: "The Defender: Part 2" (uncredited)
Season 10 Episode 2: "The Night America Trembled"1958DecoySergeantSeason 1 Episode 18: "An Eye for an Eye"1960–1962Route 66Multiple rolesSeason 1 Episode 4: "The Man on the Monkey Board" Season 1 Episode 28: "The Opponent"
Season 2 Episode 7: "The Mud Nest"
Season 2 Episode 21: "Shoulder the Sky, My Lad"
Season 3 Episode 8: "Welcome to the Wedding"1961Naked CityLieutenant Vincent BustiSeason 2 Episode 13: "A Hole in the City" Season 2 Episode 23: "New York to L.A."Target: The Corruptors!TylerSeason 1 Episode 9: "The Golden Carpet"1962OutlawsKeefSeason 2 Episode 13: "The Dark Sunrise of Griff Kincaid"Cain's HundredDave KellerSeason 1 Episode 21: "Blues for a Junkman: Arthur Troy"Alfred Hitchcock PresentsWarden BraganSeason 7 Episode 30: "What Frightened You, Fred?"Sam BenedictDr. Everett ColnerSeason 1 Episode 4: "Nothing Equals Nothing"Alcoa PremiereDaniel StrykerSeason 2 Episode 10: "The Contenders"1962–1963Dr. KildareMultiple rolesSeason 2 Episode 11: "The Legacy" Season 2 Episode 28: "Tightrope Into Nowhere"1962–1963Multiple roles Season 3 Episode 16: "The Death Tree" Season 4 Episode 1: "The Night They Shot Santa Claus"
Season 4 Episode 8: "Elegy"
Season 4 Episode 13: "Search for a Dead Man"1963Max BrensonSeason 1 Episode 15: "My Name is Judith, I'm Lost, You See"Jack StanderSeason 1 Episode 19: "To Catch a Butterfly"George JohnsonSeason 1 Episode 26: "Echo of Another Day"Stoney BurkeKappSeason 1 Episode 30: "Tigress by the Tail"Phil GrangerSeason 2 Episode 4: "The Gift"Ben CaseyJerome LynchSeason 3 Episode 7: "The Echo of a Silent Cheer: Part 2"Charles PerrySeason 1 Episode 10: "A Troubled Image"Detective Sergeant Thomas SiroleoSeason 1 Episode 11: "It Crawled Out of the Woodwork"Harry FormanSeason 1 Episode 13: "Where's the Million Dollars?"1963–1964Multiple rolesSeason 3 Episode 6: "The Cruel Hook" Season 4 Episode 3: "Hero of the People"1963–1965Mr. NovakMultiple roles Season 1 Episode 1: "First Year, First Day" Season 2 Episode 15: "An Elephant is Like a Tree"1964Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler TheatreSergeant SladeSeason 1 Episode 22: "A Case of Armed Robbery"Slattery's PeopleFrank RadcliffSeason 1 Episode 1: "Question: What is Truth?" Season 1 Episode 3: "Question: Remember the Dark Sins of Youth?"
Season 1 Episode 11: "Question: Do the Ignorant Sleep in Pure White Beds?"
Season 1 Episode 12: "Question: Which One Has the Privilege?"Max HolteSeason 1 Episode 13: "Vote for Murder"George ChaseSeason 2 Episode 15: "Like Father, Like Son"1964–1966GunsmokeSergeant Wilks Season 10 Episode 8: "Hung High" Season 12 Episode 8: "The Whispering Tree"1964–1965Profiles in CourageMultiple rolesSeason 1 Episode 4: "Richard T. Ely" Season 1 Episode 17: "Hamilton Fish"1965Voyage to the Bottom of the SeaBrynovSeason 1 Episode 27: "The Exile"Burke's LawPablo VasquezSeason 3 Episode 6: "Nightmare in the Sun"A Man Called ShenandoahSam ChanceSeason 1 Episode 7: "The Verdict"1965–1967Multiple roles Season 2 Episode 26: "Masquerade" Season 3 Episode 6: "Three Cheers for Little Boy Blue"
Season 4 Episode 15: "Run the Man Down"1966Please Don't Eat the DaisiesAlvinSeason 1 Episode 20: "My Good Friend, Whatsisname"Captain FriedrichSeason 1 Episode 2: "The Life Against Death Raid"Run for Your LifeCappiSeason 2 Episode 4: "The Committee for the 25th"Felony SquadBull BradovichSeason 1 Episode 13: "The Killer Instinct"FeldmanTelevision film1966–1968Multiple roles Season 1 Episode 28: "The Tormentors" Season 3 Episode 13: "The Dynasty"
Season 4 Episode 21: "The Attorney"1967George KramerSeason 1 Episode 26: "The Double-O-Nothing Affair"Iron HorseNed MorleySeason 2 Episode 16: "The Prisoners"1967–1968Multiple roles Season 1 Episode 16: "Wall of Crystal" Season 2 Episode 23: "The Miracle"1967–1969Judd, for the DefenseMultiple rolesSeason 1 Episode 3: "The Other Face of the Law" Season 2 Episode 17: "The Law and Order Blues: "Part 2"1967–1969IronsideMultiple rolesSeason 1 Episode 15: "The Fourteenth Runner" Season 2 Episode 26: "Not with a Whimper, But a Bang"1967–1977InsightMultiple roles Episode 183: "Seed of Dissent" Episode 198: "Three Cornered Flag"
Episode 310: "The Poker Game"
Episode 327: "A Woman of Principal"
Episode 334: "The Wrinkle Squad"
Episode 343: "The Freak"
Episode 411: "This Side of Eden"1968Furman CrottySeason 3 Episode 22: "The Night of the Amnesiac"1969Mission: ImpossibleGeorge SimpsonSeason 3 Episode 13: "The Mind of Stefan Miklos"Medical CenterCoach TraskSeason 1 Episode 1: "The Last Ten Yards"Multiple roles Season 1 Episode 17: "The Inquiry" Season 2 Episode 8: "The Perfect Image"Here Come the BridesMatt BalterSeason 1 Episode 14: "The Firemaker" Season 2 Episode 8: "The Legend of Big Foot"CBS PlayhouseNat CongdonSeason 3 Episode 2: "Sadbird"Daughter of the MindSaul WienerTelevision film1970House on Greenapple RoadSheriff MuntzDr. Morheim1970–1971Multiple roles Season 2 Episode 25: "Should Auld Acquaintance Be Forgot?" Season 4 Episode 5: "Color of Laughter, Color of Tears"
Season 5 Episode 1: "The Connection"1970–1977Lou Grant166 episodes1971They Call It MurderChief Otto LarkinTelevision filmBarstow1972Cade's CountyNick GraingerSeason 1 Episode 23: "The Fake"Haunts of the Very RichAl HunsickerTelevision film1973Ralph Varone1973–1976Police StoryMultiple roles Season 1 Pilot Episode: "Slow Boy" Season 2 Episode 1: "A Dangerous Age"
Season 4 Episode 5: "Three Days to Thirty"1974RhodaLou GrantSeason 1 Episode 8: "Rhoda's Wedding"1975Detective Ed AmesEpisode: "The Impersonation Murder Case"Death ScreamPeter SingletonTelevision filmHey, I'm AliveRalph FloresHawaii Five-OAugust MarchSeason 8 Episode 14: "Wooden Model of a Rat"1976Rich Man, Poor ManAxel JordacheSeason 1 Episode 1: "Part 1: Chapters 1 and 2" Season 1 Episode 2: "Part 2: Chapters 3 and 4"1977RootsCaptain Thomas DaviesSeason 1 Episode 1: "Part 1" Season 1 Episode 3: "Part 3"Adam ThorntonTelevision film1977–1982Lou GrantLou Grant114 episodes1978Great PerformancesVarious charactersSeason 7 Episode 6: "The Good Doctor"1979Eddie MaddenTelevision film1981NarratorVoice, television film1984Saturday Night LiveHimself (host)Episode: "Ed Asner/The Kinks"1984–1985Off the RackSam WaltmanSeason 1 Pilot Episode Season 1 Episode 1: "Partners"
Season 1 Episode 2: "A Date with Kate"
Season 1 Episode 3: "Here Comes the Bribe"
Season 1 Episode 4: "Who Do You Trust?"
Season 1 Episode 5: "The Letter"
Season 1 Episode 6: "Immigration Man"1985Tender Is the NightDevereux WarrenMiniseriesJoshuaVoice, Season 1 Episode 5: "Joshua and the Battle of Jericho"1986Tall Tales & LegendsLucky JakeSeason 1 Episode 4: "My Darlin' Clementine"Highway to HeavenHaroldSeason 2 Episode 17: "The Last Assignment"Kate's SecretDr. ResnickTelevision filmVital SignsMatthew St JamesHorace McNickle1987Cracked UpReverend Vincent Owens1987–1988Principal Joe Danzig21 episodes1988A Friendship in ViennaOpah Oskar ReikmanTelevision film1990Not a Penny More, Not a Penny LessHarvey Metcalfe1990–1996Captain Planet and the PlaneteersHoggish GreedlyVoice, 33 episodes1991Switched at BirthTed MarxTelevision filmYes, Virginia, There Is a Santa ClausEdward P. Mitchell1991–1992Walter Kovacs17 episodes1992Cruel DoubtBill OsteenSeason 1 Episode 1 Season 1 Episode 2Fish PoliceChief AbaloneVoice, Season 1 Episode 1: "The Shell Game" Voice, Season 1 Episode 2: "A Fish Out of Water"
Voice, Season 1 Episode 3: "Beauty's Only Fin Deep"
Voice, Season 1 Episode 4: "The Codfather"
Voice, Season 1 Episode 5: "The Two Gils"
Voice, Season 1 Episode 6: "No Way to Treat a Fillet-dy"Batman: The Animated SeriesRoland DaggettVoice, Season 1 Episode 4: "Feat of Clay: Part I"
Voice, Season 1 Episode 5: "Feat of Clay: Part II"
Voice, Season 1 Episode 12: "Appointment in Crime Alley"