Remembering Ed Asner-- Part 2: To the Big Screen

BART JASON in "El Dorado"

Ed Asner made his big-screen debut in 1962's "Kid Galahad," one of two films he made with Elvis Presley.  Both were minor roles. 

But he made the "big league" as he called it, when he was cast in Howard Hawk's' 1966 John Wayne film "El Dorado" -- and it was, because the movie was also a critical success.  The movie featured John Wayne as a gunslinger, Robert Mitchum as a sheriff and Asmer as Wayne's rival, the wealthy landowner Bart Jason.

This established Asner for more and bigger roles.

Thanks John.  --CootNer