How tall was Ed Asner

American actor best remembered for appearing on The Mary Tyler Moore Show and the spin-off show Lou Grant. In film he has voiced the lead role of Carl in UP, appeared in Fort Apache, The Bronx, Elf and They Call Me Mister Tibbs!. He joked in an interview in SavageHenryMagazine on playing FDR in a play, "I can't wait to see how you walk and stand when the arthritis gets to your knees. I started out at 5'9" and I'm 5'7" now"

I did the fourth season of 'The Bold Ones,' replacing John Saxon. I was Dr. Martin Cohen, David Hartman's friends. He's 6-foot-6½, I'm 5-foot-8. I asked the script lady, 'Who looks more uncomfortable walking down the hall?' -- The Philadelphia Inquirer, 10th June 1979