- Best remembered for his long-running role (1966-1980) in the daytime drama Days of Our Lives (1965) as the anguished Dr. Bill Horton.
- His son was adopted by Joyce Bulifant's next husband, William Asher.
- Father of John Asher with Joyce Bulifant.
- He directed several daytime serials and wrote, directed, and produced documentaries for The History Channel and A&E.
- Long married to actress Susanne Zenor, also of "Days of Our Lives". She played Margo Anderman Horton in 1977 and left the show in 1980, the same year as Ed.
- Served as a lieutenant in the U.S. Army during the Korean war.
- Prior to becoming an actor, he worked as a management trainee for a tyre company.
- Artist in Residence at Frostburg State University (2004)
- He was an accomplished musician, and sometimes played the piano in nightclub scenes during his stint on Days of Our Lives (1965).
- Taught and was artist-in-residence at Frostburg State University in Maryland.
- He came to the realization he wanted to be an actor while serving in the Army.
- He did scenes with Lee Remick in the film, Experiment in Terror (1962), but some would end up on the cutting room floor.
- He was a machine gun instructor in the Army.
- In 1960, he was assigned to do a pilot film for Screen Gems, subsidiary of Columbia Pictures. The Screen Actors Guild called a strike just before his option came up, and that ended his Columbia Pictures dead.
- He and his wife, Joyce Bulifant, welcomed their first child, Edward John, on January 13, 1971.
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