ED ASNER
B/w publicity still of Asner from Cracked Up 1987
Photograph inscribed and signed: "Chuck,/The Best/of Life/&/Thanks,/Ed Asner". B/w, 8x10 overall, image 7¼x8½ (one surface). Captioned at lower margin: "'CRACKED UP' - Edward Asner stars as Rev. Vincent Owens. From Warner Bros. Television Distribution." Warner Bros. logo to left of caption. Cracked Up, a made-for television movie, was first aired in 1987. That year, Asner was also starring on the TV series, The Bronx Zoo (1987-1988), and he voiced the character of Scalawag in the animated film, Pinocchio and the Emperor of the Night. Former President of the Screen Actor's Guild (twice) and the winner of seven Emmys, Ed Asner (born 1929) is perhaps best known as the TV news editor on The Mary Tyler Moore Show (1970-1977). When Moore ceased production in 1977, Asner took his Lou Grant character into an hour-long dramatic weekly about a Los Angeles newspaper. The show titled Lou Grant ran from 1977 to1982. Asner has literally hundreds of television credits (1961-2010) and voice credits for animation and video games that include The Simpsons, X-Men Legends, Max Steel, and Superman: The Animated Series. His more recent TV credits include: CIS: NY (2009), 6 episodes of Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip (2006-2007), 27 episodes of Thunder Alley (1994-1995), 5 episodes of Batman (1992-1994), and 16 episodes of Captain Planet and the Planeteers (1990-1992). Slightly creased at blank margins and corners, black mark at lower left corner. Minor surface creases and scratches (most not evident head on), light crease at forehead, horizontal scratch across facial image at bridge of nose. Overall, fine condition.