Cast: Ed Asner
Top movies, series, and documentaries starring Ed Asner. Uncover the most acclaimed works, loved by fans and praised by critics.
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El Dorado
1966 · Movie · 126 min. · United States
Direction Howard Hawks
Cast John Wayne · Robert Mitchum · James Caan · Charlene Holt
Synopsis In El Dorado (1966), a drunken sheriff and a skilled but wounded gunslinger team up to defend a rancher and his family from a ruthless land baron. Set in the Old West, the story follows their struggle to uphold justice...
7.8
13K votes
7.8
13K votes
Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip (TV Series)
2006 · Series · 60 min. · United States
Direction Aaron Sorkin · Thomas Schlamme · Timothy Busfield · John Fortenberry
Cast Matthew Perry · Amanda Peet · Steven Weber · Bradley Whitford
Synopsis TV Series. 1 Season. 22 episodes. In the drama series, Aaron Sorkin lays bare the backstage politics, romances and delicate balance between creative talent, on-air personalities and network executives in an instant text-messaging world. Prominent are Jordan McDeere (Amanda Peet),...
7.6
2K votes
7.6
2K votes
J.F.K. (JFK)
1991 · Movie · 190 min. · United States
Direction Oliver Stone
Cast Kevin Costner · Tommy Lee Jones · Gary Oldman · Joe Pesci
Synopsis J.F.K. (JFK) (1991) follows New Orleans District Attorney Jim Garrison as he investigates the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. Dissatisfied with the official Warren Commission report, Garrison uncovers inconsistencies and potential conspiracies surrounding the tragic event. As he delves...
7.5
27K votes
7.5
27K votes
Cobra Kai (TV Series)
2018 · Series · 30 min. · United States
Direction Josh Heald · Jon Hurwitz · Hayden Schlossberg · Jennifer Celotta
Cast William Zabka · Ralph Macchio · Courtney Henggeler · Xolo Maridueña
Synopsis Cobra Kai (TV Series) (2018) continues the rivalry from *The Karate Kid*, set decades later. Johnny Lawrence, now struggling, reopens the infamous Cobra Kai dojo to regain purpose, unintentionally reigniting his feud with Daniel LaRusso, who has thrived but still...
7.4
9K votes
7.4
9K votes
Roots (TV Miniseries)
1977 · Series · 573 min. · United States
Direction Marvin J. Chomsky · John Erman · David Greene · Gilbert Moses
Cast Todd Bridges · Robert Reed · John Amos · Madge Sinclair
Synopsis From the moment the young Kunta Kinte (LeVar Burton) is stolen from his life and ancestral home in 18th-century Africa and brought under inhumane conditions to be auctioned as a slave in America, a line is begun that leads from...
7.3
3K votes
7.3
3K votes
Being Mary Tyler Moore
2023 · Documentary · 119 min. · United States
Direction James Adolphus
Cast Mary Tyler Moore · James L. Brooks · Rob Reiner · Treva Silverman
Synopsis Mary's vanguard career, who, as an actor, performer, and advocate, revolutionized the portrayal of women in media, redefined their roles in show business, and inspired generations to dream big and make it on their own.
7.0
27 votes
7.0
27 votes
The Fugitive (TV Series)
1963 · Series · 60 min. · United States
Direction Roy Huggins · Jerry Hopper · Walter Grauman · Alexander Singer
Cast David Janssen · Barry Morse · William Conrad · Paul Birch
Synopsis TV Series (1963-1967). 4 Seasons. 120 Episodes. Dr. Richard Kimble, an Indiana pediatrician, is accused, arrested, tried and convicted of the murder of his wife. Kimble claims he was on his way home from a drive when the murder occurred,...
7.0
1K votes
7.0
1K votes
The Outer Limits (TV Series)
1963 · Series · 60 min. · United States
Direction Leslie Stevens · Joseph Stefano · Gerd Oswald · Byron Haskin
Cast Robert Duvall · Robert Culp · Dabney Coleman · Martin Landau
Synopsis TV Series (1963-1965). 49 episodes. Information from wikipedia.org: There is nothing wrong with your television set. Do not attempt to adjust the picture. We are controlling transmission. If we wish to make it louder, we will bring up the volume....
6.8
704 votes
6.8
704 votes
Daniel
1983 · Movie · 130 min. · United Kingdom
Direction Sidney Lumet
Cast Timothy Hutton · Mandy Patinkin · Lindsay Crouse · Ed Asner
Synopsis The fictionalized story of Daniel, the son of Paul and Rochelle Isaacson, who were executed as Soviet spies in the 1950s. As a graduate student in New York in the 1960s, Daniel is involved in the antiwar protest movement and...
6.7
180 votes
6.7
180 votes
Too Big to Fail (TV)
2011 · Movie · 95 min. · United States
Direction Curtis Hanson
Cast William Hurt · Ed Asner · Billy Crudup · Paul Giamatti
Synopsis Chronicles the financial meltdown of 2008 and centers on Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson.
6.7
2K votes
6.7
2K votes
Rich Man, Poor Man (TV Miniseries)
1976 · Series · 720 min. · United States
Direction David Greene · Boris Sagal
Cast Peter Strauss · Nick Nolte · Susan Blakely · Ed Asner
Synopsis Adapted from the mammoth novel by Irwin Shaw, the miniseries covers the years from WWII to the 1960s, detailing the vacillating fortunes of the immigrant Jordache brothers. "Rich Man" Rudy Jordache (Peter Strauss) is determined to use his hard-earned education...
6.7
2K votes
6.7
2K votes
Lou Grant (TV Series)
1977 · Series · 60 min. · United States
Direction James L. Brooks · Allan Burns · Gene Reynolds · Alexander Singer
Cast Ed Asner · Robert Walden · Linda Kelsey · Mason Adams
Synopsis TV Series (1977-1982). 5 Seasons. 114 Episodes. After everyone on the "Mary Tyler Moore Show" got fired, Lou Grant went to Los Angeles and became city editor of the L.A. Tribune, owned by Mrs. Pynchon, with whom Lou often has...
6.6
2K votes
6.6
2K votes
Fort Apache, the Bronx
1981 · Movie · 105 min. · United States
Direction Daniel Petrie
Cast Paul Newman · Ed Asner · Ken Wahl · Danny Aiello
Synopsis From the sight of a police officer this movie depicts the life in New York's infamous South Bronx. In the center is "Fort Apache", as the officers call their police station, which really seems like an outpost in enemy's country....
6.5
3K votes
6.5
3K votes
Dead to Me (TV Series)
2019 · Series · 30 min. · United States
Direction Liz Feldman · Geeta Patel · Kat Coiro · Abe Sylvia
Cast Christina Applegate · Linda Cardellini · James Marsden · Ed Asner
Synopsis TV Series (2019-Present Day). 2 Seasons. A powerful friendship blossoms between a tightly wound widow and a free spirit with a shocking secret in this darkly comic series. Season 2 premieres May 8 on Netflix.
6.4
2K votes
6.4
2K votes
The Slender Thread
1965 · Movie · 98 min. · United States
Direction Sydney Pollack
Cast Sidney Poitier · Anne Bancroft · Telly Savalas · Steven Hill
Synopsis Alan is a Seattle college student volunteering at a crisis center. One night when at the clinic alone, a woman calls up the number and tells Alan that she needs to talk to someone. She informs Alan she took a...
6.4
105 votes
6.4
105 votes
Route 66 (TV Series)
1960 · Series · 60 min. · United States
Direction David Lowell Rich · Arthur Hiller · Tom Gries · George Sherman
Cast Martin Milner · George Maharis · Glenn Corbett · Elizabeth MacRae
Synopsis Route 66 is an American TV series in which two young men traveled across America in a Corvette sports car. The show ran weekly on CBS from 1960 to 1964. It starred Martin Milner as Tod Stiles and, for the...
6.3
25 votes
6.3
25 votes
The Girl Most Likely to... (TV)
1973 · Movie · 73 min. · United States
Direction Lee Philips
Cast Stockard Channing · Ed Asner · Jim Backus · Joe Flynn
Synopsis An ugly girl undergoes plastic surgery and becomes beautiful. She then takes revenge on all the people who mistreated her when she was ugly.
6.3
23 votes
6.3
23 votes
Pope John XXIII (TV)
2002 · Movie · 180 min. · Italy
Direction Giorgio Capitani
Cast Ed Asner · Massimo Ghini · Claude Rich · Michael Mendl
6.3
358 votes
6.3
358 votes
The Mod Squad (TV Series)
1968 · Series · 60 min. · United States
Direction Buddy Ruskin · Gene Nelson · Robert Michael Lewis · Earl Bellamy
Cast Michael Cole · Clarence Williams III · Peggy Lipton · Tige Andrews
Synopsis TV Series (1968-1973). 5 Seasons. 123 Episodes. Three young outsiders fight crime as undercover agents for the police.
6.2
21 votes
6.2
21 votes
Mary Tyler Moore (TV Series)
1970 · Series · 30 min. · United States
Direction James L. Brooks · Allan Burns · Jay Sandrich · Peter Baldwin
Cast Mary Tyler Moore · Ed Asner · Valerie Harper · Gavin MacLeod
Synopsis TV Series (1970-1977). 7 Seasons. 168 Episodes. Mary Richards moves to Minneapolis after a relationship goes bad. She finds work as an associate producer in a small television newsroom where the characters include Lou Grant, her gruff boss, Murray Slaughter...
6.1
410 votes
6.1
410 votes