Ed Asner Filmography

Gigantic

Actors: Paul Dano, Zooey Deschanel, John Goodman, Ed Asner, Jane Alexander

Synopsis: There Will Be Blood's Paul Dano stars as Brian, an unhappy mattress salesman whose infatuation with Happy (Zooey Deschanel), one of his attractive customers, temporarily pushes aside his obsession with adopting a Chinese baby in this unconventional romantic comedy from director Matt Aselton. John Goodman Read More

The Rich Have Their Own Photographers

Synopsis: The optometrist and artist who was shunned by the media and society-at-large after being declared "The Top Red in Buffalo" back in 1957 stands as the subject of director Ezra Bookstein's inspirational documentary about the value of standing up for your rights in the face of social injustice. It Read More

Andy Barker, P.I.: The Lady Varnishes

Sir! No Sir!

Actors: Jane Fonda, Donald Duncan, Howard Levy, Keith Mather, Oliver Hirsch

Synopsis: The little-known protest of the Vietnam War staged from within the ranks of the military is explored in director David Zeiger's revealing documentary. Despite the well-documented media coverage of Vietnam War protests that took place on college campuses across the nation, few people but the most Read More

The Christmas Card

Actors: John Newton, Alice Evans, Ed Asner, Peter Jason

Synopsis: An American soldier fighting the War in Afghanistan falls in love with a woman who sent him an anonymous Christmas card in this patriotic Hallmark Channel movie starring Emmy Award-winner Ed Asner, Desperate Housewives' John Newton, 102 Dalmations' Alice Evans, and Deadwood's Peter Jason. ~ Jason Read More

Channels

Actors: Ed Asner, Kim Oja, Nat Christian, Taylor Negron, John Kassir

Synopsis: A high profile Hollywood film producer becomes transfixed with a beautiful soap opera character who inexplicably emerges from his television set and beckons him to take one final shot at living life on his own terms. Black Racklin has all the respect, money, and success that one could hope for in Read More

Oil Factor: Behind the War on Terror

Synopsis: Experts have estimated that at the current rate of production, the United States and Europe will exhaust their supplies of oil by the year 2010. Meanwhile, the nation of Iraq holds the world's second largest reserve of oil, representing nearly three-quarters of the Earth's current petroleum Read More

Out of the Woods

Actors: Ed Asner, Jason London, Missy Crider, Mel Harris

Synopsis: Young, self-absorbed attorney Matt Fleming (Jason London) is sent out of the city and into the woods by his mother, who is worried over the welfare of Matt's crusty, eccentric nature-loving grandfather Jack (Ed Asner). Not surprisingly, Matt is in for quite a culture shock. Not only does Jack do Read More

Justice League Unlimited: The Ties That Bind

Actors: Ioan Gruffudd, Farrah Forke, Ed Asner, Arte Johnson, Michael Dorn

Synopsis: Professional magician and escape artist Mr. Miracle calls upon the Flash to help him stage the greatest escape of all. Miracle hopes to travel to the far-off planet Apokalyps, there to rescue a very special captive. Highlighting this episode are the voice-over contributions of Arte Johnson, here Read More

Plan Colombia: Cashing in on the Drug War Failure

Actors: Ed Asner

Synopsis: Directed by Gerard Ungerman, Plan Colombia: Cashing in on the Drug War Failure documents what many believe to be dangerous hypocrisy on the part of the American government. The film gives particular attention to the reasons behind the drug trade (Colombia is the world's biggest cocaine exporter) Read More

Missing, Presumed Dead: The Search for America's POWs

Actors: Ed Asner, John Kerry, John McCain, Bob Dornan

Sleeping Dogs Lie

Actors: Brad Wilk, Ed Asner, Maynard James Keenan

Center of the Universe [TV Series]

Actors: John Goodman, Jean Smart, Diedrich Bader, Melinda McGraw, Spencer Breslin

From Wharf Rats to Lords of the Docks

Elf

Actors: Will Ferrell, Ed Asner, James Caan, Mary Steenburgen, Bob Newhart

Synopsis: For his sophomore stab at directing, actor/writer/director Jon Favreau (Swingers, Made), took on this holiday comedy starring Saturday Night Live-alum Will Ferrell. Ferrell stars as Buddy, a regular-sized man who was raised as an elf by Santa Claus (Edward Asner). When the news is finally broken Read More

Television: The First 50 Years

ER: A Little Help from My Friends

Synopsis: Kovacs' (Goran Visnjic) car accident and disastrous misdiagnosis has left a patient with profound brain damage. While Weaver (Laura Innes) suffers from the side effects of her "secret" pregnancy, Abby (Maura Tierney) covers for her at the ER. The heightened security measures at County General Read More

ER: A Saint in the City

Synopsis: Weaver (Laura Innes) begins spinning a self-entangling web of deception when she agrees to secretly treat a communicable disease picked up by "closeted" Alderman John Bright (Bruce Weitz). Kovac (Goran Visjnic) resorts to a subterfuge of Biblical proportions to convince a seriously injured patient Read More

ER: No Good Deed Goes Unpunished

Synopsis: After trying and failing to help an elderly doctor (Edward Asner) who runs a free clinic, Carter (Noah Wyle) is forced to make some difficult decisions regarding his own future. Elsewhere, Pratt (Mekhi Phifer) comes to the aid of his brain-damaged brother, Leon (Marcello Thedford), who has run Read More

Swift Water Rescue

Missing Brendan

Actors: Ed Asner, Robin Thomas

Synopsis: Missing Brendan stars Edward Asner as George Calden, a man whose son Brendan has been missing since Brendan served in the Vietnam War. Along with his other son, Bob (Robin Thomas), and Bob's son, Patrick (Adam Brody), George goes to Vietnam in order to see if he can discover what happened to his Read More

The King and Queen of Moonlight Bay

Actors: Tim Matheson, Sean Young, Kristen Bell, Ed Asner, Bug Hall

Synopsis: Filmed on location in Lake Havasu, AZ, this made-for-cable domestic drama stars Tim Matheson as Al Dodge, a burned-out intellectual working as a handyman and living in a rundown trailer in the middle of the Arizona desert. Some 15 years earlier, Al had abandoned his family and is now living the Read More

The Man Who Saved Christmas

Synopsis: Jason Alexander stars as fabled toy manufacturer, A.C. Gilbert in this Capraesque TV movie. An overachiever since his school days, Gilbert surprises his stern father (Ed Asner) by forsaking a career in medicine to pursue an entirely different business. Creating the now legendary Erector Set, A.C. Read More

The Animal

Actors: Rob Schneider, Colleen Haskell, John C. McGinley, Ed Asner, Michael Caton

Synopsis: Former Saturday Night Live cast member Rob Schneider stars in this comedy as Marvin Mage, a wimpy nebbish whose lifelong dreams of becoming a police officer are thwarted by his diminutive stature. But when Marvin is critically injured in an auto wreck, deranged scientist Dr. Wilder (Michael Caton) Read More

Family Guy: One if By Clam, Two if By Sea

Synopsis: Hurricane Norman hits Quahog, destroying much of the neighborhood. The Drunken Clam, which has been the hangout of Peter (voice of Seth MacFarlane) and his friends for years, is spared, but they're aghast to learn that it's been sold and turned into a British pub. Peter returns home to complain to Read More

Fair Play

In Search of Peace Part One: 1948-1967

Synopsis: The difficult birth of the nation of Israel is the subject of this documentary feature, the first in a projected three-part series that explores how the nation came to be formed in the wake of World War II, and the frequent skirmishes between Arab and Israeli forces, leading up to the Six-Day War Read More

Here's Looking at You, Kid!

Synopsis: The children's educational video Here's Looking at You Kid provides an up-close and personal look at all manner of animal life. Your host is the talking Airedale terrier Joe the Dog (voiced by Edward Asner), who visits the farm to meet Glenda the cow, Big Tom the horse, and Mo the Goat. He then Read More

King of the Hill: Yankee Hankee

The Kid

Actors: Ed Asner, Lolita Davidovich, Eugene Levy

Synopsis: Noted cartoonist and humorist Gahan Wilson helped create this animated made-for-cable feature about a ten-year-old boy on the cusp of adolescence who is still trying to fathom the ways of the adult world. The voice cast includes Eugene Levy, Edward Asner, and Lolita Davidovich. The Kid was Read More

Bring Him Home

Actors: Ed Asner, Sharon Gless

Synopsis: A troubled young man looking for his best friend is looking for help from the family he left behind in this drama for the family. Ricky Horvath (Jeffrey Licon) is a teenager who broke ties with his family and lives on the streets. Ricky's constant companion is his dog Buddy, and when his pet is Read More

Above Suspicion

Actors: Scott Bakula, Annabella Sciorra, George Dzundza, Ed Asner

Synopsis: One man lives two very different lives in this suspense thriller. Lisa (Annabella Sciorra) is a computer science instructor who is happily married to James Stockton (Scott Bakula), a businessman who has enjoyed considerable success as a land developer. Lisa and James are the proud parents of a Read More

Becoming Dick

Actors: Harland Williams, Robert Wagner, Elizabeth Berkley, Bob Saget, William B. Davis

Synopsis: In this made-for-TV movie, shown on the E! network, Richard Breggs (Harland Williams) is a super-swell guy. An aspiring actor, he drives a taxi so that he can afford to buy his girlfriend Maggie (Elizabeth Berkley) a set of window shades for their apartment. All is dandy until Richard's friend Read More

The Good War and Those Who Refused To Fight It

Synopsis: There have been conscientious objectors in all American wars, and World War II was no different. While many, like the Quakers and the Amish, had a long history of refusing to fight, this refusal proved more troublesome when the majority saw World War II as "the good war." Many conscientious Read More

Vision of Murder: The Story of Donielle

Crew: Executive Producer

Synopsis: "Inspired by actual events", this made-for-TV drama stars Melissa Gilbert ad Donielle, who since childhood has been blessed--or cursed--with a Sixth Sense. It all began at her best friend's funeral, when 8-year-old Donielle was seized with a vision which indicated that her friend had been murdered Read More

Common Ground

Actors: Ed Asner, Beau Bridges, Harvey Fierstein

Synopsis: Harvey Fierstein, Terrence McNally, and Paula Vogel each wrote episodes for this three-part made-for-cable drama which examines changing attitudes and issues facing the gay and lesbian community in the small town of Homer, Connecticut. Opening in the 1950s and leading up to the present day, Common Read More

Olive, the Other Reindeer

Actors: Drew Barrymore

Synopsis: Matt Groening helped produce this animated adaptation of the popular children's book written by J. Otto Seibold and Vivian Walsh. Olive (voice of Drew Barrymore) is a little dog who is very excited about the upcoming Christmas holidays, and wishes she could somehow help Santa Claus (voice of Read More

Perfect Game

Actors: Ed Asner, Patrick Duffy, Tracy Nelson, Cameron Finley

Synopsis: A group of youthful misfits learn the value of teamwork in this made-for-TV comedy-drama. Kanin (Cameron Finley) is a 11-year-old kid who loves baseball and wants to play on the local Little League team. But as much as he loves the game, Kanin isn't very good, and he figures he doesn't have much Read More

Touched by an Angel: Here I Am

Synopsis: Monica (Roma Downey), Tess (Della Reese) and Andrew (John Dye) are dispatched to separate assignments at a New York City art museum. The main plotline involves a dispirited artist named Antonio (Giancarlo Esposito), who must learn to truly appreciate his own work before he gets the chance to Read More

Swiss Jewry: An Island in the Twentieth Century

Actors: Ed Asner

The Bachelor

Actors: Chris O'Donnell, Renée Zellweger, Hal Holbrook, James Cromwell, Artie Lange

Synopsis: In this romantic comedy, Chris O'Donnell plays Jimmie, the grandson of an eccentric millionaire. At the reading of his grandfather's will, Jimmie learns that he stands to inherit $100 million on his 30th birthday. There's only one stipulation: Jimmie has to be married to get the money. And he is Read More

Fumbleheads

Actors: Ed Asner

Synopsis: Hell hath no fury like a football fan scorned in this sport-oriented comedy. The city of Quimby Falls is already going downhill when the owner of the local professional football team, the Buzzards, decides to bail out of the sinking ship and move the franchise elsewhere. But the team's most loyal Read More

Love and Action in Chicago

Actors: Courtney Vance, Regina King, Jason Alexander, Kathleen Turner, Ed Asner, Michael Gilio

Synopsis: Courtney B. Vance stars in this screwball romantic comedy as Eddie Jones, a devout Catholic who is committed celibacy. He is also a trained killer for the Eliminator Corp; a shadowy government organization dedicated to wasting society's undesirables. He reconciles his beliefs and his career by Read More

Hard Rain

Actors: Morgan Freeman, Christian Slater, Randy Quaid, Minnie Driver, Ed Asner

Synopsis: A natural disaster breeds man-made treachery in this suspense thriller. Severe flooding threatens an Indiana town after a massive rainstorm taxes dams to the breaking point. As part of an emergency evacuation effort, armored car driver Tom (Christian Slater) and his uncle Charlie (Edward Asner) Read More

The Closer

Actors: Tom Selleck, Ed Asner, Penelope Ann Miller, David Krumholtz, Hedy Burress

Synopsis: This TV sitcom series centers around Denver advertising man Jack McLaren (Tom Selleck), such a powerhouse that he's nicknamed "The Legend." In the opening episode, his agency's biggest client is the U.S. Army, but after Jack beats the President of the United States on the golf course, he's out of Read More

More Tales of the City

Actors: Laura Linney, Olympia Dukakis, Colin Ferguson, Bill Campbell, Thomas Gibson

Synopsis: Armistead Maupin calls the three-story wooden house at 28 Barbary Lane in San Francisco "my homestead, my Tara." He began his portrait of Barbary Lane life during the '70s in a daily newspaper serial, expanding the material into a series of six novels. PBS aired the original TV miniseries in 1994 Read More

The Last Stand: The Struggle for the Ballona Wetlands

Synopsis: Steven Spielberg's Dreamworks SKG once planned to build a vast studio complex as part of Playa Capital's "Playa Vista" development near the suburbanized Pacific coast, but backed away in the face of criticism. Hosted by actor Edward Asner, this documentary chronicles the controversial development Read More

The Prohibition Era, Vol. 2: The Roaring Twenties

Actors: Ed Asner

Synopsis: This three-part series examines the period leading up to the Prohibition era, the wild years of illegal bootlegging that began once the 18th Amendment was passed, before America's dawning awareness that this law had to be repealed to diminish organized crime. This volume looks at the period after Read More

The Prohibition Era, Vol. 3: The Road to Repeal

Actors: Ed Asner

Synopsis: This three-part series examines the period leading up to the Prohibition era, the wild years of illegal bootlegging that began once the 18th Amendment was passed, before America's dawning awareness that the law had to be repealed to diminish organized crime. This volume looks at the Chicago Read More

The Prohibition Era, Vol. 1: The Dry Crusade

Actors: Ed Asner

Synopsis: This three-part series examines the period leading up to the Prohibition era, the wild years of illegal bootlegging that began once the 18th Amendment was passed, before America's dawning awareness that this law had to be repealed to diminish organized crime. This volume looks at such teetotalers Read More

O' Christmas Tree

Synopsis: The animated holiday film O' Christmas Tree concerns a pine tree that wants nothing more than to one day be selected by a family to be that year's Christmas tree. With the help of best friends (a bear, a squirrel, and a nutcracker), the tree eventually gets his Christmas wish. This film features Read More

The Story of Santa Claus

Great Escapes of WWII, Vol. I: The Great Escape

Synopsis: This video is part of a series that tells of some amazing escapes from captivity during World War II. This episode is about the escape of Allied soldiers from Stalag Luft III. Using only eating utensils to dig a tunnel, 600 men worked for a year to make their great escape. Hollywood made a version Read More

Mad About You: The Handyman

Synopsis: Wealthy department-store heir Sanford Klarik (Billy Morrissette), the latest fiancée of Lisa Stemple (Anne Ramsay), agrees to finance the already over-the-budget documentary being filmed by Lisa's brother-in-law, Paul (Paul Reiser). At the same time, Paul and wife Jamie (Helen Hunt) agree to let Read More

Payback

Crew: Executive Producer, Producer

Actors: Mary Tyler Moore, Ed Asner, Fredric Lane

Synopsis: Mary Tyler Moore is reunited with her onetime sitcom costar Edward Asner in this anything-but-funny TV movie melodrama. While closing down her restaurant late one night, Kathryn Stanfill (Moore) notices a prowler hanging around outside. She quickly summons the police, only to stand by in horror as Read More

The Long Way Home

Actors: Morgan Freeman

Synopsis: The struggles of European Jews during WWII have been well documented, but this film (produced with the cooperation of the Simon Weisenthal Center) makes it clear that the ordeal of those who suffered during the Holocaust did not end with the liberation of Europe. The Long Way Home uses interviews Read More

A Christmas Carol

Actors: Tim Curry, Whoopi Goldberg, Michael York, Ed Asner

Synopsis: This animated retelling of the Charles Dickens classic makes for light holiday viewing. The familiar tale begins with the miserly Ebeneezer Scrooge (voice of Tim Curry), who would rather count his money than celebrate the season with his put-upon employee, Bob Cratchit (voice of Michael York). In Read More

Great Escapes of WWII, Vol. IV: Escape from the Oklahoma

Synopsis: This video is part of a series that tells the story of some of the most spectacular escapes by soldiers during World War II. This episode is about the men aboard the U.S.S. Oklahoma. The ship was torpedoed and sank in just a few breathtaking minutes. Re-enactments and the personal recollections of Read More

Great Escapes of WWII, Vol. III: Escape from Dunkirk

Synopsis: This video is part of a series that chronicles the greatest escapes of World War II. In the Battle at Dunkirk, the German army defeated the Allies, but the Allied forces made a successful retreat. This video considers historians' conflicting theories about why and how the British and French Read More

Great Escapes of WWII, Vol. II: Escape from Arizona

Synopsis: This video is part of a series that chronicles the most spectacular escapes of World War II. In this volume, members of the French resistance help Allied airmen escape. Then, on the other side of the war effort, German POWs stage an amazing escape from a U.S. prison camp. Archival photographs and Read More

The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest: Nuclear Netherworld

Actors: Quinton Flynn, Rob Paulsen, Jennifer Hale

Synopsis: Paying a visit to his grandfather's ranch, Jonny becomes curious about a nearby biodome. Investigating, Jonny and his friend Hadji uncover a scheme hatched by a crooked businessman to build weapons out of uranium. Inside joke: Jonny's granddad is named Doug Wildey -- the same name as the Read More

Gone in the Night

Synopsis: Were it not based on a true story, this two-part TV movie could well have been dismissed as a grotesque nightmare. The story begins in 1988, when the Chicago home of Cindi and David Dowaliby (Shannen Doherty, Kevin Dillon) is invaded by person or persons unknown, who kidnap and murder their Read More

Looking Into the Face of Evil

Freakazoid!: Season 02

Actors: Paul Rugg, David Kaufman, Joe Leahy, Ed Asner, Tracy Rowe

Synopsis: Unlike the first season of the animated superhero spoof Freakazoid!, in which most of the episodes contained three to four separate segments, eleven of the twelve Season Two episodes are comprised of a single, self-contained narrative--thereby providing even more time for computer-generated Read More

Politically Incorrect: Political Improvement

Synopsis: Ace award-winner Bill Maher hosts a 1993 and a 1995 episode of his provocative and irreverent Comedy Central roundtable talk show. The first episode guest stars Tim Allen, Tim Daley, Queen Latifah, and ex-Los Angeles district attorney Ira Reiner in a discussion of the O.J. trial and Hollywood's Read More

Mad About You: The Finale, Part 2

Synopsis: In the second installment of Mad About You's three-part fourth season finale, Paul and Jamie Buchman (Paul Reiser, Helen Hunt) have ruefully decided to separate. It is up to Paul's cousin Ira (John Pankow) and Jamie's sister Lisa (Anne Ramsay) to bring them back together. Originally broadcast as a Read More

Tell the Truth and Run: George Seldes and the American Press

Actors: Susan Sarandon

Synopsis: Tell the Truth and Run: George Seldes and the American Press, nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary in 1997, tells the story of the long and remarkable career of reporter and press critic George Seldes. Filmmaker Rick Goldsmith uses archival footage, still photos, and interviews with Read More

Mad About You: The Finale, Part 3

Synopsis: In the final installment of Mad About You's three-part fourth season finale, Paul and Jamie Buchman (Paul Reiser, Helen Hunt) have ruefully decided to separate. As Paul's cousin Ira (John Pankow) and Jamie's sister Lisa (Anne Ramsay) to bring them back together, Lisa finds herself stuck on the Read More

Roseanne: Call Waiting

Synopsis: In the first episode of the ninth and final season of Roseanne, the Conners are separated after the big fight the end of season eight. Roseanne just sits around watching TV at Jackie's house while, back at home, Dan spends his time fixing household items. ~ Andrea LeVasseur, All Movie Guide Read More

Freakazoid!: Season 01

Actors: Paul Rugg, David Kaufman, Joe Leahy, Ed Asner, Tracy Rowe

Synopsis: The only thing that anyone could be certain of in Season One of the animated superhero spoof Freakazoid! is that no one can be certain of anything. Most of the season's 12 episodes contained three to four short segments, interrelated only by the fact that the star of each one is Freakazoid!, a