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Ed Bishop

Acting
Known For

72 Years Old

George Victor Bishop (11 June 1932 – 8 June 2005), known professionally as Ed Bishop or sometimes Edward Bishop, was an American actor. He was known for playing Commander Ed Straker in UFO, Captain Blue in Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons and for voicing Philip Marlowe in a series of BBC Radio adaptations of the Marlowe novels by Raymond Chandler. Bishop made his film acting debut as an ambulance driver in Stanley Kubrick's 1962 movie Lolita. He played an American astronaut going to the Moon in the film The Mouse on the Moon (1963) and also appeared in The Bedford Incident (1965) and Battle Beneath the Earth (1967). He had small speaking roles in the James Bond films You Only Live Twice (1967) and Diamonds Are Forever (1971), but was not included in the film credits for either. He appeared in a second Kubrick film, 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968), in which he played the Captain of the Aries 1B Moon shuttle. The role initially featured dialogue but this was later cut from his scenes. Bishop appeared in various film and television projects created by producer Gerry Anderson. He provided narration, in addition to the voice of Captain Blue, for Anderson's Supermarionation puppet series, Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons (1967), and appeared in Anderson's science-fiction film Doppelgänger (1969). Perhaps his most prominent screen role was that of Commander Ed Straker in Anderson's science-fiction series UFO (1970–71). Bishop's dark hair was initially dyed blond for the role, though he eventually wore a blond wig instead. In later years, he appeared in films such as Twilight's Last Gleaming, Saturn 3, Silver Dream Racer, and The Lords of Discipline. He provided vocal work for the 1974 animated TV series of Star Trek, and appeared as Lieutenant Colonel Harrity in the final episode of the British World War II prisoner-of-war drama Colditz. In the 1980s, he made several appearances on The Kenny Everett Television Show, Whoops Apocalypse (he also appeared in the subsequent film), and had a role in the children's television series Chocky's Children. He continued to act on film, TV and radio, usually in British and European productions, and was a frequent guest at science fiction conventions. He and fellow Anderson actor Shane Rimmer (a Canadian actor who often worked in the UK) joked about how frequently their professional paths crossed and termed themselves "Rent-a-yank". They appeared together as NASA operatives in the opening of You Only Live Twice and as United States Navy sailors in The Bedford Incident, as well as the 1983 film of the Harold Robbins novel The Lonely Lady. In 1989, Bishop was reunited with Rimmer and another Anderson actor, Matt Zimmerman, in the BBC Radio 4 adaptation of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's A Study in Scarlet. He and Rimmer also toured together in theatre shows, including Death of a Salesman in the 1990s, and they both appeared in the BBC drama-documentary Hiroshima (2005), one of Bishop's last TV projects.

Born

Brooklyn - New York - USA on 11th June 1932

Died

8th June 2005

All Credits

The Kenny Everett Television Show Image
The Kenny Everett Television Show
Various
The Saint Image
The Saint
Cy Imberline
The Saint Image
The Saint
Tony Allard
The Saint Image
The Saint
George Felson
The Protectors Image
The Protectors
Colonel John Hunter
Waking the Dead Image
Waking the Dead
Tyler
UFO Image
UFO
Cmdr. Ed Straker
UFO Image
UFO
Cmdr. Ed Straker
The Professionals Image
The Professionals
Braddock
The Professionals Image
The Professionals
Dr. Ernest Harbinger
Highlander: The Series Image
Highlander: The Series
Edward Banner
The Adventurer Image
The Adventurer
Wayne
Hallmark Hall of Fame Image
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Pinkerton
Warship Image
Warship
Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons Image
Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons
Narrator / Captain Blue (voice)
Out of the Unknown Image
Out of the Unknown
Star Trek Image
Star Trek
Asmodeus (voice) (uncredited)
Performance Image
Performance
Stanton Case
Thriller Image
Thriller
Carson
Man in a Suitcase Image
Man in a Suitcase
2Point4 Children Image
2Point4 Children
Chet
No Image
Space Cadets
Self
Two's Company Image
Two's Company
Jack
Sherlock Holmes Image
Sherlock Holmes
2001: A Space Odyssey Image
2001: A Space Odyssey
Aries-1B Lunar Shuttle Captain
Just Good Friends Image
Just Good Friends
Vernon
Wilde Alliance Image
Wilde Alliance
Wingman
The Demon Headmaster Image
The Demon Headmaster
TV Supremo
Strange Report Image
Strange Report
Moran
The Mad Death Image
The Mad Death
Tom Siegler
Colditz Image
Colditz
Lt. Col. Harrity
Whoops Apocalypse Image
Whoops Apocalypse
Jay Garrick
Diamonds Are Forever Image
Diamonds Are Forever
Klaus Hergersheimer (uncredited)
You Only Live Twice Image
You Only Live Twice
Hawaii CapCom (uncredited)
Philip Marlowe, Private Eye Image
Philip Marlowe, Private Eye
District Attorney
Threads Image
Threads
US President (voice) (uncredited)
1990 Image
1990
Testimony Image
Testimony
American Commentator
No Image
Kelly Monteith
The Two Mrs. Grenvilles Image
The Two Mrs. Grenvilles
Strasser
Quiller Image
Quiller
Frank Ilroy
Saturn 3 Image
Saturn 3
Harding (uncredited)
The Bedford Incident Image
The Bedford Incident
Lieutenant Hacker U.S.N. - Communications
Madame Claude Image
Madame Claude
Smith
S.O.S. Titanic Image
S.O.S. Titanic
Henry Harris
Pets Image
Pets
Victor Stackman
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Spring Break Adventure Image
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Spring Break Adventure
Sentry
Doppelgänger Image
Doppelgänger
David Poulson
The Mouse on the Moon Image
The Mouse on the Moon
American Astronaut
The War Lover Image
The War Lover
Vogt
Brass Target Image
Brass Target
Col. Stewart
Twilight's Last Gleaming Image
Twilight's Last Gleaming
Maj. Fox
The Lonely Lady Image
The Lonely Lady
The Lonely Lady Image
The Lonely Lady
Dr. Baker
Born to Ride Image
Born to Ride
Dr. Tate
Whoops Apocalypse Image
Whoops Apocalypse
Wink Persiman (TV interviewer)
Gerry Anderson: A Life Uncharted Image
Gerry Anderson: A Life Uncharted
Self (archive footage)
Restless Natives Image
Restless Natives
Reporter
The Desperados Image
The Desperados
Army Captain (voice)
Silver Dream Racer Image
Silver Dream Racer
Al Peterson
Funny Man Image
Funny Man
Card Player
The Fifth Missile Image
The Fifth Missile
Adm. Stewart Cullinane
Nutcracker Image
Nutcracker
Sam Dozier
2001: The Making of a Myth Image
2001: The Making of a Myth
Self
Man in the Middle Image
Man in the Middle
Battle Beneath the Earth Image
Battle Beneath the Earth
Lt. Cmdr. Vance Cassidy (as Edward Bishop)
The Unexpected Mrs. Pollifax Image
The Unexpected Mrs. Pollifax
Carstairs
Rise and Fall of Idi Amin Image
Rise and Fall of Idi Amin
Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
The Serpent of Death Image
The Serpent of Death
Grant
UFO - Allarme rosso... Attacco alla Terra! Image
UFO - Allarme rosso... Attacco alla Terra!
Comandante Ed Straker
Into Infinity Image
Into Infinity
TV Announcer
Chocky's Children Image
Chocky's Children
Dr. Deacon
The Master of Ballantrae Image
The Master of Ballantrae
Pinkerton
Stainless Steel and the Star Spies Image
Stainless Steel and the Star Spies
Stainless Steel (voice)
White Christmas Image
White Christmas
Invasion: UFO Image
Invasion: UFO
Cmdr. Ed Straker
Dylan: The Life and Death of a Poet Image
Dylan: The Life and Death of a Poet
Prof. Goonmeyer
Revenge of the Mysterons from Mars Image
Revenge of the Mysterons from Mars
Captain Blue (voice)
Calliope Image
Calliope
Lewis Belvedere
Captain Scarlet vs. The Mysterons Image
Captain Scarlet vs. The Mysterons
Captain Blue (voice)
500! Image
500!
Padre Jones
Broken Glass Image
Broken Glass
Stanton Case
No Image
Children of the Gods
Brother Bethlehem
UFO Contatto radar... Stanno atterrando! Image
UFO Contatto radar... Stanno atterrando!
Three Wishes for Jamie Image
Three Wishes for Jamie
Proddy
This Is Supermarionation Image
This Is Supermarionation
Captain Blue (voice)
Turnaround Image
Turnaround
Gerald
Going for the Gold: The Bill Johnson Story Image
Going for the Gold: The Bill Johnson Story
London Is Drowning Image
London Is Drowning
American reporter
Death in Deep Water Image
Death in Deep Water
Gang Boss (voice)
Wynne and Penkovsky Image
Wynne and Penkovsky
Alexander
UFO... annientare S.H.A.D.O. Stop. Uccidete Straker... Image
UFO... annientare S.H.A.D.O. Stop. Uccidete Straker...
Com.te Ed Straker
No Image
The Candy Show
Geoffrey
No Image
Butch Minds the Baby
Damon Runyon (voice)
Big City Image
Big City
Narrator (as Edward Bishop)
No Image
Automania 2000
Narrator
Nurse Will Make It Better Image
Nurse Will Make It Better
Carson
No Image
The Baron: Mystery Island
Operations Officer
Captain Scarlet and the Return of the Mysterons Image
Captain Scarlet and the Return of the Mysterons
Captain Blue (voice)
UFO - Distruggete base Luna! Image
UFO - Distruggete base Luna!
Comandante Edward Straker
UFO - Prendeteli vivi Image
UFO - Prendeteli vivi
Comandante Edward Straker
No Image
Nudism: The Inside Story
Narrator (voice)