Photo gallery: Ed Asner visits Oklahoma City elementary school
Emmy Award-winning actor Ed Asner talks to students at Oklahoma City’s Hillcrest Elementary School last Friday. (Photos by Paul B. Southerland/The Oklahoman)
Emmy Award-winning actor Ed Asner visited Oklahoma City’s Hillcrest Elementary School on Friday. Asner is best known for his role in “Mary Tyler Moore,” but most of the kids there probably knew him for his parts in the film “Elf” and as the voice of Carl in the Disney/Pixar film “Up.”
Asner was in town for a one-night performance in his one-man show “FDR.” While at the school, he took questions from the youngsters.
According to The Oklahoman’s Jesse Olivarez, Asner, 79, visited the school at Principal Betsy Davidson’s request. Davidson is the granddaughter of the late Edward Ellis, a former teacher and football coach at Wyandotte High School in Kansas City, Kan.
Asner is a former student of Ellis and described him as “one of the finest men in my life.”
Click here to read Jesse’s story about Asner’s visit. And check out these photos by The Oklahoman’s Paul B. Southerland.
“Up” comes out on DVD Tuesday; look for my review in the coming days.
Ed Asner takes a question from a student.
Hillcrest Elementary students ask questions of actor Ed Asner.
Asner listens to a student’s question.
-BAM
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