Filmography
Ed Asner
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999 · Martin Schultz
The Simpsons
1989 · Editor (voice)
Modern Family
2009 · Herschel
The Kelly Clarkson Show
2019 · Self
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962 · Self
Family Guy
1999 · Steve Bellows (voice)
American Dad!
2005 · Narrator (voice), TV Guide Editor-in-Chief (voice)
Bones
2005 · Rufus Tucker
Saturday Night Live
1975 · Self - Host, Self (uncredited)
The Mike Douglas Show
1961 · Self, Self - Co-Host
Hawaii Five-0
2010 · August March
Teen Titans Go!
2013 · Sgt. Mike Cosgrove (voice)
The X-Files
1993 · Maurice
Match Game
1973 · Self
Regular Show
2010 · Santa Claus (voice)
King of the Hill
1997 · Stinky (voice)
ER
1994 · James McNulty
The Merv Griffin Show
1962 · Self
The Good Wife
2009 · Guy Redmayne
Hawaii Five-O
1969 · August March
Great Performances
1971 · Actor
The Middle
2009 · Ben
Animaniacs
1993 · Vern (voice)
Curb Your Enthusiasm
2000 · Mr. Weiner
CSI: NY
2004 · Abraham Klein
Mom
2013 · Jack
Ironside
1967 · Marlon Davis
Young Justice
2010 · Kent Nelson (voice), In Memory Of
Golden Globe Awards
1944 · Self - Nominee, Self
Cobra Kai
2018 · Sid Weinberg
Mission: Impossible
1966 · George Simpson
The Fugitive
1963 · Roy Malinek, Sheriff Mayhew
The Practice
1997 · Judge Matlin Pratt, Marcus Winnaker
Mad About You
1992 · Zigmund Klarik
Batman: The Animated Series
1992 · Roland Daggett (voice)
Hot in Cleveland
2010 · Jameson
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
1962 · Jack Stander
The Virginian
1962 · George Johnson
Spider-Man
1994 · J. Jonah Jameson (voice)
Touched by an Angel
1994 · Bud
American Playhouse
1982 · Robert Sloane
Studio One
1948 · Actor #3
MacGyver
2016 · Saul
Johnny Bravo
1997 · Actor
Intimate Portrait
1993 · Self
Naked City
1958 · Lt. Vincent Busti
Tony Awards
1956 · Self - Presenter
The Untouchables
1959 · Fedor Bartok, Frank
The Mary Tyler Moore Show
1970 · Lou Grant
Dr. Kildare
1961 · Dr. Frank Williams
The Wild Wild West
1965 · Furman Crotty
Dinosaurs
1991 · Evil Georgie (voice)
Doom Patrol
2019 · Hospital Patient
Grace and Frankie
2015 · Howard Jay
Superman: The Animated Series
1996 · Granny Goodness (voice)
The Cleveland Show
2009 · Actor, Carl Fredricksen (voice)
Route 66
1960 · Actor, Second Man
The Wild Thornberrys
1998 · Frank Hunter (voice)
Highway to Heaven
1984 · Actor
Dinah!
1974 · Self
The Boondocks
2005 · Ed Wuncler (voice)
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
1963 · Actor
The F.B.I.
1965 · John Carl Brock, Walter Gretzler
The Dead Zone
2002 · Marty Bracknell
Medical Center
1969 · Actor
Celebrity Family Feud
2015 · Self
Gargoyles
1994 · Hudson (voice)
Lou Grant
1977 · Lou Grant
Burke's Law
1963 · Pablo Vasquez
Hercules
1998 · Mentor (voice)
The Defenders
1961 · Tim Sellers, Harry Obermayer
Captain Planet and the Planeteers
1990 · Hoggish Greedly (voice)
Arli$$
1996 · Lenny Crowley
Justice League Unlimited
2004 · Hephaestus (voice), Granny Goodness (voice)
Duckman
1994 · Mort Sidelman (voice)
Rhoda
1974 · Actor
Run for Your Life
1965 · Carl Cappi
The Angry Beavers
1997 · Actor
Buzz Lightyear of Star Command
2000 · Fixer (voice)
Up
2009 · Carl Fredricksen (voice)
Gunsmoke
1955 · Sgt. Wilks, Redmond
Reading Rainbow
1983 · Self - Narrator (voice)
The Name of the Game
1968 · Cesare Marino, Vince Leonard
The Oscars
1953 · Carl Fredricksen (voice), Self
Dharma & Greg
1997 · Earl Tucker
Omnibus
1952 · Actor
The Invaders
1967 · Taugus, Harry Ferguson
The Outer Limits
1963 · Detective Sgt. Thomas Siroleo
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955 · Warden Bragan
The Spectacular Spider-Man
2008 · Ben Parker (voice)
The Magic School Bus
1994 · Gen. Aranius (voice)
The Sarah Silverman Program
2007 · Commandant Von Reichenstein
Felony Squad
1966 · Actor
The Mod Squad
1968 · Actor, Harry Loring
Dead to Me
2019 · Abe Rifkin, In Memory Of
Police Story
1973 · Actor
The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest
1996 · Von Romme (voice)
The Flip Wilson Show
1970 · Self
Elf
2003 · Santa
Freakazoid!
1995 · Sgt. Cosgrove (voice)
Central Park
2020 · Ambrose (voice)
The Rat Patrol
1966 · Captain Friedrich
Mr. Novak
1963 · Harmon Stern, Paul Berg
Chasing Life
2014 · April's grandfather
W.I.T.C.H.
2004 · Napoleone (voice)
The Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts
1973 · Self
Spider-Man: The New Animated Series
2003 · Officer Barr (voice)
The White Shadow
1978 · Edward Asner (uncredited)
Hearts Afire
1992 · George Lahti
Roots
1977 · Thomas Davies, Capt. Thomas Davies
Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip
2006 · Wilson White
Men at Work
2012 · Bob
Outlaws
1960 · Actor
Roseanne
1988 · Actor
The Crazy Ones
2013 · Mr. Finger
Stoney Burke
1962 · Kapp
The Huntress
2000 · Actor
Sam Benedict
1962 · Dr. Everett Colner
Cain's Hundred
1961 · Dave Keller
Max Steel
2000 · Chuck Marshak (voice)
Decoy
1957 · Sergeant
The Girl from U.N.C.L.E.
1966 · George Kramer
The Eleventh Hour
1962 · Actor
Please Don't Eat the Daisies
1965 · Actor
Rich Man, Poor Man
1976 · Axel Jordache
Bruno the Kid
1996 · The Engineer (voice)
Target: The Corruptors!
1961 · Actor
Tall Tales & Legends
1985 · Lucky Jake
The Lieutenant
1963 · Actor
Shatner's Raw Nerve
2008 · Self
JFK
1991 · Guy Bannister
Dumb and Dumber
1995 · General / St. Nick / Old Woman (voice)
CBS Playhouse
1966 · Nat Congdon
Dug Days
2021 · Carl (voice)
The Bronx Zoo
1987 · Actor
Slattery's People
1964 · Frank Radcliff
Profiles in Courage
1964 · Oliver E. Wells, President Ulysses S. Grant
The Emmy Awards
1949 · Self
Home Alone: The Holiday Heist
2012 · Mr. Carson
The Trials of Rosie O'Neill
1990 · Walter Kovacs
Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules
2022 · Grandpa (voice), In Memory Of
Center of the Universe
2004 · Art Barnett
Ballmastrz: 9009
2018 · Rupert T. Digzfield (voice)
The Premise
2021 · Mr. Holmes
Thunder Alley
1994 · Gil Jones
Politically Incorrect
1993 · Actor
Carl's Date
2023 · Carl (voice)
Superman/Batman: Apocalypse
2010 · Granny Goodness (voice)
The Animal
2001 · Chief Wilson
Maggie Winters
1998 · Actor
Hard Rain
1998 · Uncle Charlie
Fish Police
1992 · Chief Abalone (voice)
Muppets Haunted Mansion
2021 · Ghost of Claude, In Memory Of
More Tales of the City
1998 · Jack Lederer
The Holiday Movies That Made Us
2020 · Self
E! True Hollywood Story
1996 · Actor
Michael: Tuesdays and Thursdays
2011 · Dr. Wasserman
El Dorado
1966 · Bart Jason
Too Big to Fail
2011 · Warren Buffett
Andy Barker, P.I.
2007 · Mickey Doyle
Working Class
2011 · Hank Greziak
Off the Rack
1985 · Sam Waltman
Koyaanisqatsi
1983 · Self (archive footage)
Tender Is the Night
1985 · Devereux Warren
The RKO Story: Tales From Hollywood
1987 · Self - Presenter
The Closer
1998 · Actor
All Star Superman
2011 · Perry White (voice)
The Bachelor
1999 · Gluckman
Christmas Vacation 2: Cousin Eddie's Island Adventure
2003 · Uncle Nick
Dug's Special Mission
2009 · Carl Fredricksen (voice) (uncredited)
They Call Me Mister Tibbs!
1970 · Woody Garfield
Cruel Doubt
1992 · Bill Osteen
Happily Ever After
1989 · Scowl the Owl (voice)
And the Winner Isn't
2017 · Self
Fort Apache, the Bronx
1981 · Connolly
Super Sex
2016 · George
Christmas Cottage
2008 · Sidney
I Know That Voice
2014 · Self
Switched at Birth
1991 · Ted Marx
Foodfight!
2012 · Mr. Leonard (voice)
The Girl Most Likely To...
1973 · Det. Ralph Varone
Olive, the Other Reindeer
1999 · Santa Claus (voice)
Pinocchio and the Emperor of the Night
1987 · Scalawag (voice)
A Christmas Carol
1997 · Marley (voice)
Elf: Buddy's Musical Christmas
2014 · Santa (voice)
Love Finds You in Valentine
2016 · Gabriel Morgan
The Gettysburg Address
2025 · Edward Everett (voice)
M.O.M. Mothers of Monsters
2020 · Dr. Howard Arden
Night of 100 Stars III
1990 · Self
Casting By
2012 · Self
All of My Heart: Inn Love
2017 · Vern
CarGo: The City on 4 Wheels!
2017 · Arthur (voice)
Gargoyles the Movie: The Heroes Awaken
1995 · Hudson (voice)
Being Mary Tyler Moore
2023 · Self (voice)
Yes Virginia, There Is a Santa Claus
1991 · Edward P. Mitchell
Daredevil vs. Spider-Man
2003 · J. Jonah Jameson (voice)
Gus
1976 · Hank Cooper
Moon Over Parador
1988 · Self
Christmas Is Here Again
2007 · Krad (voice)
The Satan Bug
1965 · Henchman Veretti
The Christmas Card
2006 · Luke Spelman
The Slender Thread
1965 · Det. Judd Ridley
House on Greenapple Road
1970 · Sheriff Muntz
Christmas on the Bayou
2013 · Papa Noel
Beyond JFK: The Question of Conspiracy
1993 · Self
Night of 100 Stars
1982 · Self
Axel: The Biggest Little Hero
2013 · Bonta / Narrator (voice)
Kid Galahad
1962 · Assistant District Attorney Frank Gerson (uncredited)
The Games Maker
2014 · Nicholas Drago
Let Go
2011 · Artie, Executive Producer
Gone in the Night
1996 · Det. John Waters
Night of 100 Stars II
1985 · Self
All of My Heart: The Wedding
2018 · Vern
The Doomsday Flight
1966 · Feldman
Spider-Man: The Venom Saga
2005 · J. Jonah Jameson (voice)
The Long Way Home
1997 · George Patton / Immigrant to USA / David Ben-Gurion / Holocaust Survivor (voice)
Spider-Man: The Ultimate Villain Showdown
2002 · J. Jonah Jameson (voice)
Mickey's 50
1978 · Self
Gigantic
2008 · Kirby Weathersby
Faith, Hope & Love
2019 · Harry Karetas
The Christmas Star
1986 · Horace McNickle
O'Hara's Wife
1982 · Bob O'Hara
Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood
1987 · Self
Daniel
1983 · Jacob Ascher
Daughter of the Mind
1969 · Saul Wiener
John XXIII: The Pope of Peace
2002 · Angelo Roncalli
Spider-Man: The Return of the Green Goblin
2002 · J. Jonah Jameson (voice)
The Defender (Studio One)
1957 · Juror (uncredited)
Santa Stole Our Dog: A Merry Doggone Christmas!
2017 · Santa
Donald Duck's 50th Birthday
1984 · Self
Our Friend, Martin
1999 · Mr. Harris (voice)
Walt Disney World Very Merry Christmas Parade
1996 · Self
Gypsy
1994 · Charles Thompson
Generation A: Portraits of Autism and the Arts
2015 · Self
The Marva Collins Story
1981 · Narrator (voice)
The Venetian Affair
1966 · Frank Rosenfeld
Yamasong: March of the Hollows
2017 · Elder Pyreez (voice)
Spider-Man vs. Doc Ock
2004 · J Jonah Jameson (voice)
Mitzi & 100 Guys
1975 · Self
All of My Heart
2015 · Vern
Good Cops, Bad Cops
1990 · Actor
Out of the Woods
2005 · Jack Green
Up: Upisodes
2009 · Carl Fredricksen (voice)
The Desert of Forbidden Art
2011 · Voice
The Nutcracker Sweet
2015 · Owl (voice)
The Man Who Saved Christmas
2002 · Charles Gilbert
The Parting Glass
2018 · Tommy
Waiting in the Wings: Still Waiting
2018 · Jefferson
The Story of Santa Claus
1996 · Santa Claus (voice)
Happy Birthday Oscar Wilde
2004 · Self
Gahan Wilson's The Kid
2001 · Dead Cat
Change of Habit
1969 · Lt. Moretti
An SNL Thanksgiving
2024 · (archive footage)
Skin Game
1971 · Plunkett
Pope John XXIII
2002 · Angelo Roncalli
The Old Man Who Cried Wolf
1970 · Dr. Morheim
The Sissy Duckling
1999 · Father Duck (voice)
Earth and the American Dream
1992 · Reader (voice)
Remembering Roots
2002 · Self
Fanfare for a Death Scene
1964 · Pike
The Garden Left Behind
2020 · Dr. Cleary
A Friendship in Vienna
1988 · Opah Oskar Reikman
Above Suspicion
2000 · Thomas O'Claire
O' Christmas Tree
1999 · Nutcracker (voice)
Framed: The Adventures of Zion Man
2017 · Adult Walter (voice)
Commitment to Life
2023 · Self (archive footage)
Second Chances
2013 · Chief Buddy
Gunn
1967 · Lt. Jacoby
Saturday Night Live: Thanksgiving
2013 · Mr Wilson
The Last Child
1971 · Barstow
Joe's War
2017 · Harry
Halls of Anger
1970 · Ernie McKay
Death Scream
1975 · Peter Singleton
Senior Entourage
2021 · Ed
Dog's Best Friend
1997 · Jeep, the Sheep Dog (voice)
The Todd Killings
1971 · Fred Reardon
They Call It Murder
1971 · Chief Otto Larkin
The Trial of Adolf Eichmann
1997 · Dr. Robert Servatius (voice)
Haunts of the Very Rich
1972 · Al Hunsicker
Frozen in Time
2014 · Grandpa (voice)
Payback
1997 · Jack Patkanis, Executive Producer
Scarlett
2021 · Lou
The Best Democracy Money Can Buy
2016 · Self
A StoryBots Christmas
2017 · Santa
The Commission
2003 · Capt. J.W. 'Will' Fritz
Elf: How they Made the North Pole
2004 · Self
Twigs
1975 · Phil
Anatomy of an Illness
1984 · Norman Cousins
Back Home Again
2021 · Peter Lionsbridge (voice), In Memory Of
Common Ground
2000 · Ira
Hard Four
2007 · Golden Hands Segal
Perfect Game
2000 · Billy Hicks
NBC Salutes the 25th Anniversary of the Wonderful World of Disney
1978 · Self
Going, Going, Almost Gone! Animals in Danger
1995 · Actor
Joshua and the Battle of Jericho
1986 · Joshua (voice)
A Fargo Christmas Story
2023 · Popcorn Bud
The Golden Girls: Lifetime Intimate Portrait Series
2003 · Self
Goldilocks and the Three Bears
1995 · Bruno
Betty White's 90th Birthday: A Tribute to America's Golden Girl
2012 · Self
Love and Action in Chicago
1999 · Taylor
Ciao Ciao Bang Bang
TBA · NY times reporter
The Tulsa Lynching of 1921: A Hidden Story
2000 · Actor
Absolute Killers
2011 · Actor
In Vino
2019 · Charles
Vital Signs
1986 · Matthew St James
Class Dismissed: How TV Frames the Working Class
2005 · Narrator
Missing Brendan
2004 · George Calden
The Night America Trembled
1957 · 3rd Actor (as Edward Asner)
American Renegade: Confessions of a Radical Humanist
2009 · Self
SEVEN
2020 · Actor
The Gathering
1977 · Adam
Generation Gap
2008 · Bart Cahill
The King and Queen of Moonlight Bay
2003 · Augie Sinclair
Ed Asner's Oral History
2018 · Self - Interviewee
Sir! No Sir!
2005 · Col. Heinl
Altered Reality
2024 · Mike Wilson
Saving Christmas
2017 · Rick
Mary Tyler Moore: The 20th Anniversary Show
1991 · Himself
Not Another B Movie
2011 · Angry Investor
Should've Been Romeo
2012 · Charlie
I Thought I Told You To Shut Up!!
2015 · Himself
Unplugged
TBA · Dr. Eaton (voice)
Kate's Secret
1986 · Dr. Resnick
Island Prey
2001 · Jay Roth
Rain Beau's End
2020 · Gunny
A Merry Murdoch Christmas
2015 · Kris Kringle
Mary Tyler Moore: A Celebration
2015 · Self / Lou Grant (archive footage)
The Wrestler
1974 · Frank Bass
Hopelessly in June
2011 · Rabbi
A Case of Libel
1983 · Robert Sloane
Not a Penny More, Not a Penny Less
1990 · Harvey Metcalfe
Elf: That's a Wrap
2004 · Self
Bury Me in Armor
2020 · Dimitry George
Plan Colombia: Cashing In on the Drug War Failure
2003 · Narrator (voice)
Identical
2011 · Yaakov Washington
The Oil Factor: Behind the War on Terror
2005 · Himself
Liberator
2012 · President Whitlock
Honor Amongst Men
2018 · Pop Halmo
The Life and Assassination of the Kingfish
1977 · Huey P. Long
LA DA Story
2018 · Self (archive footage)
Silent Motive
1991 · Sam
The Fumbleheads
1997 · Charlie Atwater
Elf: Tag Along with Will Ferrell
2004 · Self
Sam Cade
1972 · Actor
The Family Man
1979 · Eddie Madden
Elf: Film School for Kids
2004 · Self
Full Blossom: The Life of Poet/Actor Roberts Blossom
2000 · Self
The Real Story of Happy Birthday To You
1991 · Charlie (voice)
Getting Ed Laid
2016 · Ed Randall
Christmas Dreams
2009 · Jerry
Audrey
2014 · Walt
Heads
1994 · Ab Abbot
The Mary Tyler Moore Reunion
2002 · Self
Darlin' Clementine
1986 · Lucky Jake
Titanic: Sinking the Myths
2016 · Wilhelm Müller
Hey, I'm Alive
1975 · Ralph Flores
The Impersonation Murder Case
1975 · Dt. Ed Ames
Down on the Waterfront
1994 · Actor
Untitled SAG-AFTRA Documentary
TBA · Self (archive footage)
Captain Daddy
2021 · Grampa (voice)
A Different Approach
1978 · Actor
Electile Dysfunction: Inside the Business of American Campaigns
2008 · Self
Eva: A-7063
2018 · Narrator (voice)
Cracked Up
1987 · Rev. Vincent Owens
Mary Jane: A Musical Potumentary
2016 · Corporate Manager
Bring Him Home
2000 · Geza
A Man and His Prostate
2021 · Actor
The New Girl
1960 · Kurt Harden
From Wharf Rats to Lords of the Docks
2007 · Actor
The True Story of the Amityville Murders: From Homicide to Horror
2011 · Narrator
Channels
2008 · Ed Packard
The Impostor
1975 · Barney West
Angels on Tap
2018 · Swifty
The Gliksmans
2017 · Moshe
The Murder Men
1961 · Dave Keller
The Good War and Those Who Refused to Fight It
2002 · Narrator
Crab Orchard
2005 · Actor
Olympia
2018 · Self
Becoming Dick
2000 · Davis Aldrich
Love Meet Hope
2016 · Mr. James
Elephant Sighs
2012 · Leo
American Road
2013 · Walt Whitman
Blood
2021 · The Prophet
Hanged on a Twisted Cross
1996 · Narrator
Snowden's Christmas
1999 · Big Daddy (voice)
J-24
1960 · Actor
Autism and Cake
2012 · Fred
A Small Killing
1981 · Simon Shaber
Academy Boyz
1997 · Actor
Sleeping Dogs Lie
2005 · Sheriff Delaney
The Triumph of William Henry Harrison
2010 · Actor
In Search of Peace
2001 · David Ben Gurion (voice)
Balancing Acts: A Jewish Theatre in The Soviet Union
2008 · Narrator (Voice)
The Rich Have Their Own Photographers
2007 · Actor
Good Men
2011 · Morty
Architects & Engineers: Solving the Mystery of WTC 7
2011 · Himself
Americas in Transition
1982 · Narrator
The Good Doctor
1978 · Various Roles
Tiger Within
2020 · Samuel
Behind the Fear
2016 · Narrator (voice)