The following is the complete filmography of the American actor, voice artist, and former president of the SAG Ed Asner.
The following is the complete filmography of the American actor, voice artist, and former president of the SAG Ed Asner.
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1961 | The Murder Men | Dave Keller | Stock footage |
| 1962 | Kid Galahad | Assistant District Attorney Frank Gerson | Uncredited |
| 1965 | The Satan Bug | Veretti | |
| The Slender Thread | Detective Judd Ridley | ||
| 1966 | The Venetian Affair | Frank Rosenfeld | |
| 1967 | El Dorado | Bart Jason | |
| Gunn | Lieutenant Charles Jacoby | ||
| 1969 | Change of Habit | Lieutenant Moretti | |
| 1970 | Halls of Anger | Ernie McKay | |
| They Call Me Mister Tibbs! | Woody Garfield | ||
| 1971 | Skin Game | Plunkett | |
| The Todd Killings | Fred Reardon | ||
| 1974 | The Wrestler | Frank Bass | |
| 1976 | Gus | Hank Cooper | |
| 1981 | Fort Apache, The Bronx | Captain Dennis Connolly | |
| 1982 | O'Hara's Wife | Bob O'Hara | |
| 1983 | Daniel | Jacob Ascher | |
| 1984 | Anatomy of an Illness | Norman Cousins | |
| 1986 | The Christmas Star | Horace McNickle | |
| 1987 | Pinocchio and the Emperor of the Night | Sylvester J. Scalawag | Voice[1] |
| 1988 | Moon over Parador | Himself | |
| 1989 | Happily Ever After | Scowl | Voice[1] |
| 1991 | JFK | Guy Banister | |
| 1992 | The Real Story of Happy Birthday to You | Charlie | Voice, short film |
| 1995 | Gargoyles the Movie: The Heroes Awaken | Hudson | Voice, direct-to-video |
| Goldilocks and the Three Bears | Bruno | ||
| 1997 | The Fanatics | Charlie Atwater | |
| A Christmas Carol | Jacob Marley | Voice, direct-to-video | |
| 1998 | Hard Rain | Uncle Charlie | |
| 1999 | Love and Action in Chicago | Taylor | |
| The Bachelor | Sid Gluckman | ||
| Our Friend, Martin | Mr. Harris | Voice, direct-to-video[1] | |
| 2000 | Perfect Game | Coach Billy | |
| 2001 | The Animal | Chief Marion Wilson | |
| 2003 | Elf | Santa Claus | |
| 2005 | Out of the Woods | Jack Green | |
| Sheeba | Grandpa Cecil | ||
| 2006 | The Heart Specialist | Mr. Olson | |
| 2007 | Christmas Is Here Again | Krad | Voice[1] |
| 2008 | Channels | Ed Packard | |
| Gigantic | Kirby Weathersby | ||
| Christmas Cottage | Sidney | ||
| 2009 | Up | Carl Fredricksen | Voice |
| Dug's Special Mission | Voice, video short; uncredited | ||
| 2010 | The Triumph of William Henry Harrison | Narrator | Voice |
| Not Another B Movie | Angry Investor | ||
| Superman/Batman: Apocalypse | Granny Goodness | Voice, direct-to-video[1] | |
| 2011 | All-Star Superman | Perry White | |
| Witness Insecurity | Maxwell | ||
| Let Go | Artie Satz | ||
| Identical | Yaakov Washington | ||
| 2012 | Foodfight! | Mr. Leonard | Voice[1] |
| Should've Been Romeo | Charlie | ||
| Elephant Sighs | Leo | ||
| 2013 | Axel: The Biggest Little Hero | Bonta / Narrator | Voice |
| I Know That Voice | Himself | ||
| 2014 | Audrey | Walt | |
| The Games Maker | Nicholas Drago | ||
| 2015 | I Thought I Told You to Shut Up!! | Himself | Short film |
| The Nutcracker Sweet | Owl | Voice | |
| 2016 | Miracle in the Valley | Judge Mordecai Price | |
| 2017 | Joe's War | Harry | Direct-to-video |
| CarGo | Art | Voice[1] | |
| In Vino | Charles | ||
| The Flood | Mick | Short | |
| Yamasong: March of the Hollows | Elder Pyreez | ||
| Within Reach | Ed | Short | |
| The Gliksmans | Moshe | ||
| Saving Christmas | Rick | Direct-to-video | |
| Santa Stole Our Dog: A Merry Doggone Christmas! | Santa Claus | ||
| 2018 | Still Waiting in the Wings | Jefferson | |
| The Parting Glass | Tommy | ||
| When We Are Right | Michael | Voice, short | |
| Angels on Tap | Swifty | ||
| Barking Mad | Manfred Schiel | ||
| Honor Amongst Men | Pop Halmo | ||
| The Wedding | Vern | ||
| 2019 | The Garden Left Behind | Dr. Cleary | |
| Faith, Hope & Love | Harry Karetas | ||
| 2020 | M.O.M.: Mothers of Monsters | Dr. Harry Arden | |
| Rain Beau's End | Gunny | ||
| Tiger Within | Samuel | ||
| 2021 | Senior Entourage | Ed | |
| Back Home Again | Peter Lionsbridge | Voice, short film; posthumous release | |
| 2022 | Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules | Grandpa Heffley | Voice, posthumous release; dedicated in memory |
| 2023 | Confessions of a Union Buster: A Call to Action | Ed Asner | Short; posthumous release |
| Deadly Draw | Max Perlmutter | Posthumous release; filmed in 2021 | |
| Carl's Date | Carl Fredricksen | Voice, theatrical short; posthumous release (Final comeback role) | |
| A Fargo Christmas Story | Popcorn Bud | Posthumous release | |
| 2024 | Altered Reality | Mike Wilson | Posthumous release; filmed in 2020 |
| TBA | The Gettysburg Address | Edward Everett | Voice, post-production; posthumous release |
| Unplugged | Dr. Eaton |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1957 | Studio One | Juror / Third Actor | 3 episodes |
| 1958 | Decoy | Sergeant | Season 1 Episode 18: "An Eye for an Eye" |
| 1960–1962 | Route 66 | Various | 5 episodes |
| 1961 | Naked City | Lieutenant Vincent Busti | Season 2 Episode 13: "A Hole in the City" |
| Naked City | Lieutenant Vincent Busti | Season 2 Episode 23: "New York to L.A." | |
| Target: The Corruptors! | Tyler | Season 1 Episode 9: "The Golden Carpet" | |
| 1962 | Outlaws | Keef | Season 2 Episode 13: "The Dark Sunrise of Griff Kincaid" |
| Cain's Hundred | Dave Keller | Season 1 Episode 21: "Blues for a Junkman: Arthur Troy" | |
| Alfred Hitchcock Presents | Warden Bragan | Season 7 Episode 30: "What Frightened You, Fred?" | |
| Sam Benedict | Dr. Everett Colner | Season 1 Episode 4: "Nothing Equals Nothing" | |
| Alcoa Premiere | Daniel Stryker | Season 2 Episode 10: "The Contenders" | |
| Dr. Kildare | John Fossman | Season 2 Episode 11: "The Legacy" | |
| 1962–1963 | The Untouchables | Frank / Jimmy Canada / Fedor Bartok | 4 episodes |
| 1963 | The Eleventh Hour | Max Brenson | Season 1 Episode 15: "My Name is Judith, I'm Lost, You See" |
| The Alfred Hitchcock Hour | Jack Stander | Season 1 Episode 19: "To Catch a Butterfly" | |
| The Virginian | George Johnson | Season 1 Episode 26: "Echo of Another Day" | |
| Stoney Burke | Kapp | Season 1 Episode 30: "Tigress by the Tail" | |
| The Nurses | Phil Granger | Season 2 Episode 4: "The Gift" | |
| Ben Casey | Jerome Lynch | Season 3 Episode 7: "The Echo of a Silent Cheer: Part 2" | |
| The Lieutenant | Charles Perry | Season 1 Episode 10: "A Troubled Image" | |
| The Outer Limits | Detective Sergeant Thomas Siroleo | Season 1 Episode 11: "It Crawled Out of the Woodwork" | |
| The Richard Boone Show | Harry Forman | Season 1 Episode 13: "Where's the Million Dollars?" | |
| Dr. Kildare | Dr. Frank Williams | Season 2 Episode 28: "Tightrope Into Nowhere" | |
| The Defenders | Tim Sellers | Season 3 Episode 6: "The Cruel Hook" | |
| Mr. Novak | Harmon Stern | Season 1 Episode 1: "First Year, First Day" | |
| 1964 | Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre | Sergeant Slade | Season 1 Episode 22: "A Case of Armed Robbery" |
| The Defenders | Harry Obermayer | Season 4 Episode 3: "Hero of the People" | |
| Slattery's People | Frank Radcliff | 3 episodes | |
| The Reporter | Max Holte | Season 1 Episode 13: "Vote for Murder" | |
| The Farmer's Daughter | George Chase | Season 2 Episode 15: "Like Father, Like Son" | |
| Gunsmoke | Sergeant Wilks | Season 10 Episode 8: "Hung High" | |
| Profiles in Courage | Oliver E. Wells | Season 1 Episode 4: "Richard T. Ely" | |
| 1965 | Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea | Brynov | Season 1 Episode 27: "The Exile" |
| Burke's Law | Pablo Vasquez | Season 3 Episode 6: "Nightmare in the Sun" | |
| A Man Called Shenandoah | Sam Chance | Season 1 Episode 7: "The Verdict" | |
| Mr. Novak | Paul Berg | Season 2 Episode 15: "An Elephant is Like a Tree" | |
| Profiles in Courage | President Ulysses S. Grant | Season 1 Episode 17: "Hamilton Fish" | |
| 1965–1967 | The Fugitive | Joe Bantam / Roy Malinek / Sheriff Mayhew | 3 episodes |
| 1966 | Please Don't Eat the Daisies | Alvin | Season 1 Episode 20: "My Good Friend, Whatsisname" |
| The Rat Patrol | Captain Friedrich | Season 1 Episode 2: "The Life Against Death Raid" | |
| Run for Your Life | Cappi | Season 2 Episode 4: "The Committee for the 25th" | |
| Felony Squad | Bull Bradovich | Season 1 Episode 13: "The Killer Instinct" | |
| The Doomsday Flight | Feldman | Television film | |
| Gunsmoke | Jack Redmond | Season 12 Episode 8: "The Whispering Tree" | |
| 1966–1969 | The F.B.I. | Pete Zacharias / Walter Gretzler / John Carl Brock | 3 episodes |
| 1967 | The Girl from U.N.C.L.E. | George Kramer | Season 1 Episode 26: "The Double-O-Nothing Affair" |
| Iron Horse | Ned Morley | Season 2 Episode 16: "The Prisoners" | |
| The Invaders | Taugus | Season 1 Episode 16: "Wall of Crystal" | |
| Judd, for the Defense | Captain Paul Wyatt | Season 1 Episode 3: "The Other Face of the Law" | |
| Ironside | Marlon Davis / Warrant Officer Frank Simpson | Season 1 Episode 15: "The Fourteenth Runner" | |
| 1967–1977 | Insight | Friar Lawrence / Father Gannon / Norm / Mr. Watkins / Bernie / Henry / God | 7 episodes |
| 1968 | The Wild Wild West | Furman Crotty | Season 3 Episode 22: "The Night of the Amnesiac" |
| The Invaders | Harry Ferguson | Season 2 Episode 23: "The Miracle" | |
| 1969 | Mission: Impossible | George Simpson | Season 3 Episode 13: "The Mind of Stefan Miklos" |
| Judd, for the Defense | District Attorney Orloff | Season 2 Episode 17: "The Law and Order Blues: "Part 2" | |
| Ironside | Warrant Officer Frank Simpson | Season 2 Episode 26: "Not with a Whimper, But a Bang" | |
| Medical Center | Coach Trask | Season 1 Episode 1: "The Last Ten Yards" | |
| The Name of the Game | Cesare Marino | Season 1 Episode 17: "The Inquiry" | |
| The Name of the Game | Vince Leonard | Season 2 Episode 8: "The Perfect Image" | |
| Here Come the Brides | Matt Balter | ||
| CBS Playhouse | Nat Congdon | Season 3 Episode 2: Sadbird | |
| Daughter of the Mind | Saul Wiener | Television film | |
| 1970 | House on Greenapple Road | Sheriff Muntz | |
| The Old Man Who Cried Wolf | Dr. Morheim | ||
| 1970–1972 | The Mod Squad | Sergeant Ed Lassiter / Joe Walton / Harry Loring | 3 episodes |
| 1970–1977 | The Mary Tyler Moore Show | Lou Grant | 166 episodes |
| 1971 | They Call It Murder | Chief Otto Larkin | Television film |
| The Last Child | Barstow | ||
| 1972 | Cade's County | Nick Grainger | Season 1 Episode 23: "The Fake" |
| Haunts of the Very Rich | Al Hunsicker | Television film | |
| 1973 | The Girl Most Likely to... | Ralph Varone | |
| 1973–1976 | Police Story | Frank Moran / Arch Tatum / Lieutenant Dave Blodgett | 3 episodes |
| 1974 | Rhoda | Lou Grant | Season 1 Episode 8: "Rhoda's Wedding" |
| 1975 | The Wide World of Mystery | Detective Ed Ames | Episode: "The Impersonation Murder Case" |
| Death Scream | Peter Singleton | Television film | |
| Hey, I'm Alive | Ralph Flores | ||
| Hawaii Five-O | August March | Season 8 Episode 14: "Wooden Model of a Rat" | |
| 1976 | Rich Man, Poor Man | Axel Jordache | Season 1 Episode 1: "Part 1: Chapters 1 and 2" |
| Rich Man, Poor Man | Axel Jordache | Season 1 Episode 2: "Part 2: Chapters 3 and 4" | |
| 1977 | Roots | Captain Thomas Davies | Season 1 Episode 1: "Part 1" |
| Roots | Captain Thomas Davies | Season 1 Episode 3: "Part 3" | |
| The Gathering | Adam Thornton | Television film | |
| 1977–1982 | Lou Grant | Lou Grant | 114 episodes |
| 1978 | Great Performances | Various characters | Season 7 Episode 6: "The Good Doctor" |
| 1979 | The Family Man | Eddie Madden | Television film |
| 1981 | The Marva Collins Story | Narrator | Voice, television film |
| 1984 | Saturday Night Live | Himself (host) | Episode: "Ed Asner/The Kinks" |
| 1984–1985 | Off the Rack | Sam Waltman | 7 episodes |
| 1985 | Tender Is the Night | Devereux Warren | Miniseries |
| The Greatest Adventure: Stories from the Bible | Joshua | Voice, Season 1 Episode 5: "Joshua and the Battle of Jericho"[1] | |
| 1986 | Tall Tales & Legends | Lucky Jake | Season 1 Episode 4: "My Darlin' Clementine" |
| Highway to Heaven | Harold | Season 2 Episode 17: "The Last Assignment" | |
| Kate's Secret | Dr. Resnick | Television film | |
| The Christmas Star | Horace McNickle | ||
| 1987 | Cracked Up | Reverend Vincent Owens | |
| 1987–1988 | The Bronx Zoo | Principal Joe Danzig | 21 episodes |
| 1988 | A Friendship in Vienna | Opah Oskar Reikman | Television film |
| 1990 | Not a Penny More, Not a Penny Less | Harvey Metcalfe | |
| 1990–1996 | Captain Planet and the Planeteers | Hoggish Greedly | Voice, 33 episodes |
| 1991 | Switched at Birth | Ted Marx | Television film |
| Yes, Virginia, There Is a Santa Claus | Edward P. Mitchell | ||
| 1991–1992 | The Trials of Rosie O'Neill | Walter Kovacs | 17 episodes |
| 1992 | Cruel Doubt | Bill Osteen | Season 1 Episode 1 |
| Cruel Doubt | Bill Osteen | Season 1 Episode 2 | |
| Fish Police | Chief Abalone | Voice, 6 episodes | |
| 1992–1993 | Hearts Afire | George Lahti | 12 episodes |
| 1992–1994 | Batman: The Animated Series | Roland Daggett | Voice, 5 episodes[1] |
| 1993 | Animaniacs | Papa Bear | Voice, Season 1 Episode 12: "Garage Sale of the Century"[1] |
| Bonkers | Grumps | Voice, Season 1 Episode 58: "Seems Like Old Toons" | |
| Gypsy | Pop | Television film | |
| 1994 | Dinosaurs | Evil Georgie | Voice, Season 4 Episode 14: "Georgie Must Die!" |
| 1994–1995 | Thunder Alley | Gil Jones | 27 episodes |
| 1994–1996 | Gargoyles | Hudson, Jack Danforth, Burbank, Security Guard #2 | Voice, 46 episodes[1] |
| 1994–1998 | Spider-Man | J. Jonah Jameson | Voice, 35 episodes[1] |
| 1995 | Duckman | Mort Sidelman | Voice, Season 2 Episode 6: "The Germ Turns" |
| 1995–1997 | Freakazoid! | Sergeant Mike Cosgrove | Voice, 20 episodes[1] |
| 1996 | Gone in the Night | Detective John Waters | Television film |
| Bruno the Kid | Engineer | Voice | |
| Roseanne | Lou Grant | Season 9 Episode 1: "Call Waiting"; uncredited | |
| The Magic School Bus | General Araneus | Voice, Season 3 Episode 3: "Spins a Web"[1] | |
| The Story of Santa Claus | Santa Claus | Voice, television film[1] | |
| The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest | Von Romme / Sentry #4 | Voice, Season 2 Episode 11: "Nuclear Netherworld" | |
| 1996–1997 | Mad About You | Zigmund Klarik | 3 episodes |
| Gargoyles: The Goliath Chronicles | Hudson, Burbank, Street Person #2 | Voice, 10 episodes[1] | |
| 1997 | Dog's Best Friend | Jeep | Television film |
| Adventures from the Book of Virtues | Daniel | Voice, Season 1 Episode 10: "Faith" | |
| Dead Man's Gun | Jebusi McKinney | Season 1 Episode 11: "Next of Kin" | |
| The Angry Beavers | Risk Keeper | Voice, Season 1 Episode 8: "I Dare You"[1] | |
| Life with Louie | Mr. Applegate | Voice, Season 3 Episode 9: "The Kiss Is the Thing" | |
| Jumanji | The Judge | Voice, Season 2 Episode 10: "The Trial" | |
| 1997–1998 | The New Adventures of Zorro | Additional voices | 26 episodes |
| 1997–2004 | The Practice | Judge Matlin Pratt / Judge Marcus Winnaker | 4 episodes |
| 1998 | Soul Man | Frank Weber | Season 2 Episode 10: "Yes Sir, That's My Baby" |
| Jumanji | The Judge | Voice, Season 3 Episode 9: "The Ultimate Weapon" | |
| Ask Harriet | Old Man Russell | 3 episodes | |
| The Closer | Carl Dobson | 10 episodes | |
| More Tales of the City | Jack Lederer | Miniseries; Season 1 Episode 5 | |
| Hercules | Mentor | Voice, Season 1 Episode 20: "Hercules and the Disappearing Heroes" | |
| Maggie Winters | Nathan Winters | Season 1 Episode 9: "Angstgiving Day" | |
| The X-Files | Maurice | Season 6 Episode 6: "How the Ghosts Stole Christmas" | |
| 1998–2000 | Superman: The Animated Series | Granny Goodness | Voice, 4 episodes[1] |
| 1999 | The Sissy Duckling | Elmer's father | Voice, television film |
| The Simpsons | Editor | Voice, Season 11 Episode 3: "Guess Who's Coming to Criticize Dinner?" | |
| Recess | Thaddeus T. Third V | Voice, Season 4 Episode 13: "The Biggest Trouble Ever" | |
| Olive, the Other Reindeer | Santa Claus | Television film | |
| 2000 | Common Ground | Ira | |
| Recess | Thaddeus T. Third V | Voice, Season 5 Episode 4: "The C-Note" | |
| Touched by an Angel | Bud | Season 6 Episode 17: "Here I Am" | |
| The Hoop Life | Coach | Season 1 Episode 22: "The Second Chance" | |
| Arliss | Lenny Crowley | Season 5 Episode 10: "Last Call" | |
| Becoming Dick | Davis Aldrich | Television film | |
| Buzz Lightyear of Star Command | Fixer | Voice, Season 1 Episode 11: "The Return of XL"[1] | |
| The Wild Thornberrys | Frank Hunter | Voice, Season 3 Episode 20: "The Anniversary"[1] | |
| Johnny Bravo | Uncle Lou | Voice, Season 3 Episode 2: "Virtual Johnny/Hunted/Hold That Schmoe"[1] | |
| 2001 | Johnny Bravo | Dr. Miller | Voice, Season 3 Episode 17: "The Hansel and Gretel Witch Project/I.Q. Johnny/Get Stinky"[1] |
| Max Steel | Chuck Marshak | Voice, 4 episodes | |
| The Huntress | Max Quinlin | Season 1 Episode 14: "Generations" | |
| Family Guy | Steve Bellows | Voice, Season 3 Episode 4: "One If by Clam, Two If by Sea" | |
| Dharma & Greg | Earl Tucker | Season 4 Episode 22: "How This Happened" | |
| Curb Your Enthusiasm | Mr. Weiner | Season 2 Episode 6: "The Acupuncturist" | |
| The Ellen Show | Santa Claus | Season 1 Episode 11: "Ellen's First Christmas" | |
| 3×3 Eyes | Grandpa Ayanokoji | Voice, English dub | |
| King of the Hill | Stinky | Voice, Season 5 Episode 10: "Yankee Hankee" | |
| 2002 | King of the Hill | Stinky | Voice, Season 6 Episode 11: "Unfortunate Son" |
| John XXIII: The Pope of Peace | Angelo Roncalli | Television film | |
| Teamo Supremo | Mr. Large | Voice, Season 2 Episode 5: "Thog the Caveman Returns/Mr. Large's Slippery Scheme" | |
| The Man Who Saved Christmas | Charles Gilbert | Television film | |
| 2003 | ER | Dr. James McNulty | 3 episodes |
| Grim & Evil | Mr. Voorhees | Voice, Season 1 Episode 9: "Grim for a Day/ChickenBall Z/Max Courage!" | |
| Spider-Man: The New Animated Series | Officer Barr | Voice, 4 episodes | |
| Duck Dodgers | Guard Captain | Voice, Season 1 Episode 5: "I'm Going to Get You Fat Sucker/Detained Duck"[1] | |
| National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation 2 | Uncle Nick | Television film | |
| 2004 | Justice League Unlimited | Hephaestus | Voice, Season 1 Episode 4: "Hawk and Dove"[1] |
| 2004–2005 | Center of the Universe | Art Barnett | 12 episodes |
| 2005 | Justice League Unlimited | Granny Goodness | Voice, Season 2 Episode 2: "The Ties That Bind"[1] |
| The Dead Zone | Marty Bracknell | Season 4 Episode 10: "Coming Home" | |
| 2005–2014 | The Boondocks | Ed Wuncler Sr. | Voice, 6 episodes |
| 2006 | The Christmas Card | Luke Spellman | Television film |
| W.I.T.C.H. | Napoleon | Voice, 3 episodes | |
| 2006–2007 | Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip | Wilson White | 6 episodes |
| 2007 | Andy Barker, P.I. | Mickey Doyle | Season 1 Episode 6: "The Lady Varnishes" |
| 2008 | The Spectacular Spider-Man | Uncle Ben Parker | Voice, Season 1 Episode 12: "Intervention"[1] |
| 2009 | Star-ving | Mr. Lipschitz | Season 1 Episode 10: "El Al-Qaeda" |
| The Line | Patrick | 7 episodes | |
| CSI: NY | Abraham Klein / Klaus Braun | Season 5 Episode 22: "Yahrzeit" | |
| WordGirl | Kid Potato | Voice, Season 2 Episode 16: "Meat My Dad" | |
| 2010 | The Sarah Silverman Program | Commandant Von Reichenstein | Season 3 Episode 10: "Wowschwitz" |
| 2010–2011 | The Cleveland Show | Editor / Old Man / Carl Fredricksen / Narrator / Walter | 5 episodes |
| 2010–2019 | American Dad! | Grandpa Smith / Mailbox #2 / TV Guide Editor-in-Chief / Narrator | 4 episodes |
| 2011 | Young Justice | Kent Nelson | Voice, Season 1 Episode 7: "Denial"[1] |
| Working Class | Hank Greziak | 6 episodes | |
| Too Big to Fail | Warren Buffett | Television film | |
| Royal Pains | Ted Roth | Season 3 Episode 4: "The Shaw/Hank Redemption" | |
| Royal Pains | Ted Roth | Season 3 Episode 5: "A Man Called Grandpa" | |
| 2011–2017 | Michael: Every Day | Dr. Wasserman | 7 episodes |
| 2012 | The Middle | Ben | Season 3 Episode 19: "The Paper Route" |
| Hot in Cleveland | Jameson Lyons | Season 3 Episode 15: "Rubber Ball" | |
| Hawaii Five-0 | August March | Season 2 Episode 19: "Kalele (Faith)" | |
| Hawaii Five-0 | August March | Season 3 Episode 2: "Kanalua (Doubt)" | |
| Home Alone: The Holiday Heist | Mr. Carson | Television film | |
| Regular Show | Santa Claus | Voice, Season 4 Episode 9: "The Christmas Special"[1] | |
| 2013 | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Coach Martin Schultz | Season 14 Episode 13: "Monster's Legacy" |
| Maron | Larry Maron | Unaired pilot | |
| The Glades | Dr. Ted Hardy | 3 episodes | |
| The Crazy Ones | Mr. Finger | Season 1 Episode 8: "The Stan Wood Account" | |
| Christmas on the Bayou | Papa Noel | Television film | |
| 2014 | Men at Work | Bob | Season 3 Episode 5: "Gigo-Milo" |
| Mom | Jack Bumgartner | Season 2 Episode 5: "Kimchi and a Monkey Playing Harmonica" | |
| Chasing Life | Artie Carver | Season 1 Episode 11: "Locks of Love" | |
| Chozen | Lil' Wheely | Episode: "Sell, Sell, Sell" (Unaired) | |
| Elf: Buddy's Musical Christmas | Santa Claus | Voice, television special[1] | |
| 2015 | The Good Wife | Guy Redmayne | Season 6 Episode 13: "Dark Money" |
| The Good Wife | Guy Redmayne | Season 6 Episode 17: "Undisclosed Recipients" | |
| Criminal Minds | Roy Brooks | Season 10 Episode 20: "A Place at the Table" | |
| Murdoch Mysteries | Kris Kringle | Season 9 Episode: "A Merry Murdoch Christmas" | |
| WordGirl | Kid Potato | Voice, Season 7 Episode 8: "My Dad, My Teacher, My Dad, My Teacher/Castle! Dungeon! Fortress! So?" | |
| All of My Heart | Vern | Television film | |
| 2015–2018 | Forgive Me | Bishop | 6 episodes |
| 2016 | SpongeBob SquarePants | Angry Old Timer | Voice, Season 10 Episode 1: "Whirly Brains" |
| 2017 | Bones | Rufus Tucker | Season 12 Episode 3: "The New Tricks in the Old Dogs" |
| A StoryBots Christmas | Santa | Television special | |
| All of My Heart: Inn Love | Vern | Television film | |
| Titanic: Sinking the Myths | Wilhelm Müller | Documentary | |
| 2018 | MacGyver | Saul | Season 2 Episode 20: "Skyscraper - Power" |
| All of My Heart: The Wedding | Vern | Television film | |
| 2018, 2021 | Cobra Kai | Sid Weinberg | 3 episodes |
| 2019 | Dead to Me | Abe Rifkin | 5 episodes |
| Doom Patrol | Hospital Patient | Season 1 Episode 13: "Flex Patrol" | |
| Grace and Frankie | Howard Jay | Season 5 Episode 9: "The Website" | |
| 2020 | Modern Family | Herschel Braverman | Season 11 Episode 12: "Dead on a Rival" |
| Ballmastrz: 9009 | Rupert T. Digzfield IV | Voice, Season 2 Episode 10: "Onward, True Blue Friends Win Eternal; Paladin of the Heavens, Start Today!" | |
| Blue Bloods | Chuck Kennedy | Season 10 Episode 15: "Vested Interests" | |
| Briarpatch | James Staghorne Sr. | 3 episodes | |
| Royalties | Papa / Hal | Season 1 Episode 2: "Break It In" | |
| Teen Titans Go! | Sergeant Mike Cosgrove | Voice, Season 6 Episode 33: "Huggbees"[1] | |
| 2020–2022 | Central Park | Ambrose Brandenham | Voice, 4 episodes; two episodes released posthumously |
| 2021 | Grace and Frankie | Howard Jay | Season 7 Episode 4: "The Circumcision" |
| Let's Be Real | Ed Asner | Episode: "Episode 101" | |
| Dug Days | Carl Fredricksen | Voice; Disney+ Original Short Series, posthumous release; dedicated in memory[1] | |
| The Premise | Mr. Holmes | Season 1 Episode 3: "The Ballad of Jesse Wheeler"; posthumous release | |
| Muppets Haunted Mansion | Claude | Television special, posthumous release; dedicated in memory | |
| Captain Daddy | Grandpa | Television film; posthumous release | |
| TBA | Scarlett | Lou |
| Year | Title | Voice role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | Buzz Lightyear of Star Command | Fixer | [1] |
| 2003 | Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic | Vrook Lamar | [1] |
| 2004 | Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic II: The Sith Lords | [1] | |
| X-Men Legends | Healer | [1] | |
| 2009 | Up | Carl Fredricksen | |
| 2012 | Rush: A Disney-Pixar Adventure |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | Rain of the Ghosts | Old Joe Charone | Audiobook |
| 2022 | The Last Saturday Night | Gerald | Podcast series; posthumous release |