This article is about the character. For the television program, see Lou Grant (TV series). For the cartoonist, see Lou Grant (cartoonist).
Fictional character from The Mary Tyler Moore Show
Fictional character
Lou Grant
Ed Asner as Lou Grant
First appearance
"Love Is All Around" September 19, 1970
Last appearance
"Charlie" September 13, 1982
Created by
James L. Brooks Allan Burns
Portrayed by
Ed Asner
In-universe information
Gender
Male
Occupation
City editor of The Los Angeles Tribune newspaper Former News producer at WJM-TV Station Former Reporter Former Copy boy
Family
John Simpson Grant (father) Ellen Hammersmith Grant (mother) Irene “Reenie” (cousin)
Spouse
Edie Grant (divorced)
Children
Ruth (daughter) Jane (daughter) Sara (daughter)
Relatives
Amy (granddaughter) Abby (granddaughter) Eric (grandson) Matthew (grandson)[1] Allen Stevens (nephew) Bill Phelps (son-in-law) (By 1979, he had begun referring to one of his daughters as "Ellen", and she had a young son named Nick.[2])
Lou Grant is a fictional character played by Ed Asner in two television series produced by MTM Enterprises for CBS. The first was The Mary Tyler Moore Show (1970–1977), a half-hour light-hearted situation comedy in which the character was the news director at fictional television station WJM-TV in Minneapolis. A spinoff series, entitled Lou Grant (1977–1982), was an hour-long serious dramatic series that frequently engaged in social commentary, featuring the same character as city editor of the fictional Los Angeles Tribune. Although spin-offs are common on American television, Lou Grant remains one of a very few characters played by the same actor to have a leading role on both a popular comedy and a popular dramatic series.
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LouGrant is a fictional character played by Ed Asner in two television series produced by MTM Enterprises for CBS. The first was The Mary Tyler Moore...
the television drama series LouGrant, a spin-off of the comedy series The Mary Tyler Moore Show. The Canonical LouGrant Episode Guide List of The Mary...
notable for portraying LouGrant during the 1970s and early 1980s, on both The Mary Tyler Moore Show and its spin-off series LouGrant, making him one of...
often acts as a foil for the personalities of her co-workers and friends. LouGrant (Edward Asner) is the producer (later executive producer) of the news...
was most famous for her television portrayals of Margaret Pynchon on LouGrant and Livia Soprano on The Sopranos. Marchand was born in Buffalo, New York...
Lindstrom, and Ed Asner as LouGrant spun off into their own three separate series playing the same characters, albeit with LouGrant being an hour-long drama...
local station WJM in Minneapolis. Ed Asner co-starred as Mary's boss LouGrant, alongside Gavin MacLeod, Ted Knight, Georgia Engel, Betty White, Valerie...
This is a list of episodes for the second season of LouGrant. The show ranked 33rd out of 114 shows airing during the 1978-79 season, with an average...
This is a list of episodes for the first season of LouGrant. The show ranked 41st out of 104 shows airing during the 1977-78 season, with an average...
and motion picture actor. He is best known for his role as Joe Rossi on LouGrant,: 625 which earned him three nominations for Primetime Emmy Awards for...
known for her role as Billie Newman on the CBS drama television series LouGrant (1977–1982), which earned her three Golden Globe Award nominations and...
appearances over decades (including The Mod Squad, Barney Miller, Kojak, LouGrant, Quincy M.E., Hill Street Blues, L.A. Law, Murder, She Wrote, Cagney &...
his many appearances in science fiction films and television programs (LouGrant, Star Trek, The X-Files). He also starred in the seventh season of 24...
television shows in the 1970s and 1980s, including Family, T.J. Hooker, LouGrant, Vega$ and James at 15. Nunn also appeared in the 1978 ensemble film Thank...
shows including Touched by an Angel, T. J. Hooker, Vega$, Matt Houston, LouGrant, CHiPs, Flamingo Road, The Sopranos, Diagnosis: Murder, Matlock, Walker...
Files, Happy Days and Hawaii Five-O (all 1977), played Chet Wilke in LouGrant (1979–1982), M* A* S* H and Hill Street Blues (1981), The Equalizer (1985)...
perhaps his best-known role, that of Managing Editor Charlie Hume on LouGrant. He also acted in numerous other television and movie roles, most prominently...
Extreme, as well as television appearances in M*A*S*H, Hill Street Blues, LouGrant and The Rockford Files. He also appeared in the movie The Vegas Strip...
and directed 24. During that same period, he produced 22 episodes of LouGrant, for which he wrote (or co-wrote) five episodes and directed 11. Reynolds...
supporting roles in episodes of popular 1980s television series, such as LouGrant, Family, Hart to Hart, and Fame. Dunne also had a recurring role on the...
Lost in Space, The Silent Force, The Wild Wild West, Barnaby Jones, LouGrant, and Knight Rider. On Magnum, P.I., he appeared as Thomas Magnum's father...
for Outstanding Supporting Actress for her guest role on an episode of LouGrant. Beginning in the 1960s, Foch began a concurrent career as an educator...
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