Actor Ed Asner built his legacy with his performance as Lou Grant in ‘The Mary Tyler Moore Show’. The performance netted him a spinoff show with the character he played, Lou Grant as the lead. Nowadays, Ed spends a considerable amount of his time with charitable organizations, typically those dealing with coping with Autism. Asner still takes on roles and hasn’t announced his retirement yet and over the years he earned over $10 million from acting. Asner married Cindy Gilmore in 1998. However, she filed for legal separation in 2007, and he then filed for divorce in 2015.