Ed Asner

This article is written from the Real World perspective

Ed Asner (born November 15, 1929 in Kansas City, Missouri - August 29, 2021 in Los Angeles, California) was a legend of television, playing the hard-nosed editor with a heart of gold, Lou Grant, on "The Mary Tyler Moore Show" and later on a spin-off series appropriately titled "Lou Grant." He had been a well-known actor of stage and screen for decades, and had more recently become a prolific voice actor as well. One of his most recognized voice roles was Carl Fredricksen, the lead character of Disney/Pixar's Up. He was also well known for providing the voice of J. Jonah Jameson in the 1994 animated series Spider-Man, as well as Hudson in Gargoyles.

In the DCAU, he was best known as the voice of Granny Goodness, a role he later reprised in the 2010 direct to video movie Superman/Batman: Apocalypse.