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Aug 29, 2021 · But if Asner, who compiled more than 400 screen credits, were only remembered as Lou Grant, that would be plenty. The WJM news director was an immediate breakout in the "Moore" pilot episode.
Aug 29, 2021 · 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.
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Aug 29, 2021 · Although Lou Grant made Asner famous, few roles in comedy or drama were beyond his wide range. He won a 1977 Emmy for best single performance by a supporting actor, playing a slave ship captain in ...
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Aug 29, 2021 · Even TV Guide listed Lou Grant as a comedy at first. “People were expecting to turn on a show that was a continuation of the old comedic routine,” Asner told Sam Tweedle in a 2010 interview.
S1 E1 - Cophouse. September 19, 1977. 49min. ALL. After being fired as news director of a Minneapolis television station, Lou Grant heads to Los Angeles to find a new job. He looks up an old friend, Charlie Hume, managing editor of the Los Angeles Tribune, who suggests Grant take over the city desk on the newspaper.
Aug 29, 2021 · Ed Asner, the Emmy award-winning Jewish actor who trademarked a gruff, flawed, and loving persona as Lou Grant in “The Mary Tyler Moore Show” and co-starred in the Pixar fan favorite animated ...
Aug 29, 2021 · Gallery. Seven-time Emmy-winning actor Ed Asner, who starred as Lou Grant on both sitcom “ The Mary Tyler Moore Show ” and hourlong drama “Lou Grant” before a late-career rejuvenation ...
