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Edward Asner is an American icon. Both a consumate actor and a tireless political activist, he was best known to a generation as Lou Grant in both a half-hour sitcom, The Mary Tyler Moore Show, and a one hour dramatic series, Lou Grant. To my daughter Ethne's generation, he is best known as Carl Fredricksen in Up and Santa Claus in Elf. He was the President of the Screen Actors Guild.  His Broadway appearances include Peachum in The Threepenny Opera and Harry Brock in Born Yesterday. My favorite performances of his are Axel Jordache in Rich Man, Poor Man and Jacob Ascher in Daniel. I had the great pleasure of directing Ed as Golden Hand Segal in my film Hard Four. He also played Jakov Rosenthal in my play The Alchemist of Cecil Street.

Edward Asner with Archie