Edward Grant Shaud III was born in Evanston, Illinois, the son of Anna Barbara (née Dougherty) and Edward Shaud Jr.[1] His family is
Irish Catholic.[2] He attended
Conestoga High School in Berwyn, Pennsylvania, and graduated in 1979. In 1983, he graduated with a journalism degree from the University of Richmond, where he was a member of
Sigma Alpha Epsilon.
Career
In 1984, Shaud moved to New York City to begin working in theater. His first acting role in television was as a guest character named Jack on Kate & Allie, who was a college student and director on a local cable channel. In 1988, he began as Miles Silverberg on Murphy Brown. He lived with co-star
Jane Leeves before and during her guest stint on the show, in which she concurrently played his girlfriend. He left in 1996 to pursue other projects, with his producer role on the show taken by
Lily Tomlin.[3] On February 26, 2018, it was announced that Shaud would return to a revival series of Murphy Brown with former co-stars
Candice Bergen,
Faith Ford and
Joe Regalbuto.[4]
The Good Wife (in episode "Waiting for the Knock" as Judge Etts), October 28, 2012
Younger (in episodes "A Kiss Is Just a Kiss", "The Incident at Pound Ridge", "A Novel Marriage", "#LizaToo", and "A Christmas Miracle" as Bob Katz), 2016–2018