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Ed Conner is a fictional character portrayed by Ned Beatty in the TV series Roseanne.
In the first episode they appeared in, titled Father's Day (season 1), they were 51 years old.
They appear in 6 episodes out of a total of 230 aired

Ed Conner

by Ned Beatty

character

Episodes6

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    Father's Day
    episode S1.E14 february 1989
    Dan's father arrives for a visit, and old resentments and hostility are brought into the light. The first of Ned Beatty's appearances as Ed Conner.
  • 8
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    We Gather Together
    episode S2.E9 november 1989
    Thanksgiving at the Conners' brings the usual family strife and hilarity as Roseanne is determined to make her parents stay at a motel and Jackie continues to hide the fact she joined the police.
  • 7.3
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    The Courtship of Eddie, Dan's Father
    episode S3.E13 january 1991
    Part 1 of 2. Roseanne plans an impromptu Christmas dinner party in January for Dan's father Ed, who couldn't be there for Christmas. She decides to invite Donald, a customer she knows at Rodbell's Coffee Shop, and Crystal, with a ruse, as a surprise fix-up for the two. Just before dinner is served, however, Roseanne is served a huge surprise of her own, forcing her to rethink her plans. When Dan is let in on the secret, he becomes irate, and stubbornly refuses to accept reality.
  • 7.3
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    The Wedding
    episode S3.E14 january 1991
    Part 2 of 2. Roseanne throws Crystal a bridal shower and discovers yet another secret. Ed desperately tried to bond with Crystal's son Lonnie. Dan vehemently opposes this wedding, and is furious with Roseanne for participating in it against his wishes. Convinced that his father will ruin Crystal's life, Dan confronts the man in hopes of getting him to call the wedding off.
  • 7.3
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    Past Imperfect
    episode S6.E20 march 1994
    Audrey cries to Dan about his father owing her money, so he confronts Ed, hoping he will do the right thing. Jackie and Fred go out on a "get-to-know-you-better" date to try to build an honest, solid relationship, but Jackie's admission that she's had many more sexual partners than he has causes a big step backward in their fragile relationship. D.J. goes through a rebellious stage.
  • 7.9
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    Lies My Father Told Me
    episode S6.E21 march 1994
    Dan's mother Audrey is put into a mental institution and Dan blames her emotional problems on the years of neglect by his father. Determined to confront his dad, he shows up at Ed's second wife Crystal's house drunk and destructive. Tired of Dan blaming everything on her husband, Crystal tells Roseanne a secret about Audrey that had been kept from Dan his whole life. Dan is filled with mortified disbelief at the revelations. Meanwhile. the older Conner-Healy kids work overtime to make D.J. think he might be crazy too.