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Ed Bishop
Actor
Born June 11, 1932Died June 8, 2005 (72 years)
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.
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.
Filmography
| 2015 | The Lost Worlds of Gerry Anderson · as Narrator |
| 2014 | This Is Supermarionation · as Captain Blue (voice) |
| 2005 | Hiroshima · as Stimson |
| 2001 | 500! · as Padre Jones |
| 2000 | Waking the Dead (TV Series) · as Tyler |
| 1999 | |
| 1999 | The Unexpected Mrs. Pollifax · as Carstairs |
| 1998 | The American · as Gen. Packard |
| 1996 | Broken Glass · as Stanton Case |
| 1996 | The Demon Headmaster (TV Series) · as Tv Supremo |
| 1995 | |
| 1994 | Funny Man · as Card Player |
| 1994 | The Imaginatively-Titled Punt & Dennis Show (TV Series) · as Cast |
| 1992 | Highlander: The Series (TV Series) · as Edward Banner |
| 1992 | The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles (TV Series) · as Sentry |
| 1992 | Nudism: The Inside Story · as Narrator (voice) |
| 1991 | Performance (TV Series) · as Stanton Case |
| 1991 | 2 Point 4 Children (TV Series) · as Chet |
| 1991 | Born to Ride · as Dr. Tate |
| 1990 | Chancer (TV Series) · as Elmer |
| 1989 | Out of Time · as Grant |
| 1988 | Judgment in Berlin · as Dyson Wilde |
| 1987 | Testimony · as American Commentator |
| 1987 | Turnaround · as Gerald |
| 1987 | French & Saunders (TV Series) · as Head Of Light Entertainment |
| 1987 | Whoops Apocalypse · as Wink Persiman (tv Interviewer) |
| 1987 | The Two Mrs. Grenvilles (TV Series) · as Strasser |
| 1986 | Worlds Beyond (TV Series) · as Mr. Hitchcock |
| 1986 | The Fifth Missile · as Adm. Stewart Cullinane |
| 1985 | Restless Natives · as Reporter |
| 1985 | |
| 1985 | Wynne and Penkovsky (TV Series) · as Alexander |
| 1984 | Threads · as Us President (voice) (uncredited) |
| 1984 | The Lenny Henry Show (TV Series) · as Various Characters |
| 1984 | The First Olympics: Athens 1896 (TV Series) · as Mr. Bogardus |
| 1984 | Master of the game (TV Series) · as Dr. Mattson |
| 1984 | The Master of Ballantrae · as Pinkerton |
| 1983 | The Lonely Lady · as Dr. Baker |
| 1983 | Just Good Friends (TV Series) · as Vernon |
| 1983 | The Mad Death (TV Series) · as Tom Siegler |
| 1983 | Philip Marlowe, Private Eye (TV Series) · as District Attorney |
| 1983 | The Lords of Discipline · as Commerce St. Croix |
| 1982 | Nutcracker · as Sam Dozier |
| 1982 | Whoops Apocalypse (TV Series) · as Jay Garrick |
| 1981 | The Kenny Everett Television Show (TV Series) · as Various |
| 1981 | Take a Letter Mr Jones (TV Series) · as Joe Bradley |
| 1981 | Amin: The Rise and Fall · as Narrator (voice) (uncredited) |
| 1981 | Revenge of the Mysterons from Mars · as Captain Blue |
| 1981 | Stainless Steel and the Star Spies · as Stainless Steel (voice) |
| 1980 | Oppenheimer (1980) (TV Series) · as General Tom Farrell |
| 1980 | Silver Dream Racer · as Al Peterson |
| 1980 | |
| 1980 | Breakaway (1980) (TV Series) · as Scott Douglas |
| 1980 | Captain Scarlet vs. the Mysterons · as Captain Blue |
| 1979 | The Space Movie · as Narrator |
| 1979 | Kelly Monteith (TV Series) · as Cast |
| 1979 | S.O.S. Titanic · as Henry Harris |
| 1979 | Running Blind (1979) (TV Series) · as Commander Nordlinger |
| 1979 | Butch Minds the Baby · as Voice Of Damon Runyon |
| 1978 | Brass Target · as Col. Stewart |
| 1978 | Butterflies (TV Series) · as Tony |
| 1978 | The South Bank Show (TV Series) · as Slampacker |
| 1977 | The Professionals (TV Series) · as Braddock |
| 1977 | 1990 (TV Series) |
| 1977 | Madame Claude · as Smith |
| 1977 | Twilight's Last Gleaming · as Maj. Fox |
| 1976 | The Cedar Tree (TV Series) · as Earl Mulligan |
| 1975 | The Day After Tomorrow · as Tv Announcer |
| 1975 | Two's Company (TV Series) · as Jack |
| 1975 | Anne of Avonlea (TV Series) · as Judson Parker |
| 1974 | The Bunny Caper · as Stuart Beard |
| 1974 | Rogue's Rock (TV Series) · as Cyrus T. Triphammer |
| 1974 | Invasion: UFO · as Cmdr. Ed Straker |
| 1974 | It Ain't Half Hot Mum (TV Series) · as Colonel Sol Zimmerman |
| 1974 | UFO: Take Them Alive · as Comandante Edward Straker |
| 1974 | UFO: Annihilate S.H.A.D.O. Kill Straker... Stop · as Com.te Ed Straker |
| 1973 | Pets · as Victor Stackman |
| 1973 | Star Trek: The Animated Series (TV Series) · as Asmodeus (voice) (uncredited) |
| 1973 | Orson Welles' Great Mysteries (TV Series) · as The Millionaire |
| 1973 | Warship (1973) (TV Series) |
| 1973 | Thriller (1973) (TV Series) · as Carson |
| 1972 | Colditz (TV Series) · as Lt. Col. Harrity |
| 1972 | The Adventurer (TV Series) · as Wayne |
| 1972 | The Protectors (TV Series) · as Colonel John Hunter |
| 1971 | Diamonds Are Forever · as Klaus Hergersheimer (uncredited) |
| 1971 | UFO: Destroy Moonbase · as Comandante Edward Straker |
| 1971 | The Two Ronnies (TV Series) · as Cast |
| 1970 | Play for Today (TV Series) · as American Reporter |
| 1970 | UFO (TV Series) · as Cmdr. Ed Straker |
| 1970 | Children and Cars · as Narrator |
| 1969 | Strange Report (TV Series) · as Moran |
| 1969 | Journey to the Far Side of the Sun · as David Poulson |
| 1969 | The Desperados · as Army Captain (voice) |
| 1969 | ITV Saturday Night Theatre (TV Series) · as David Beeston |
| 1968 | 2001: A Space Odyssey · as Aries-1b Lunar Shuttle Captain |
| 1968 | The Portrait of a Lady (TV Series) · as Caspar Goodwood |
| 1967 | Battle Beneath the Earth · as Lt. Cmdr. Vance Cassidy (as Edward Bishop) |
| 1967 | Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons (TV Series) · as Narrator / Captain Blue (voice) |
| 1967 | Man in a Suitcase (TV Series) |
| 1967 | ITV Playhouse (TV Series) · as Brother Bethlehem |
| 1967 | You Only Live Twice · as Hawaii Capcom (uncredited) |
| 1966 | The Baron (TV Series) · as Naval Officer |
| 1965 | The Bedford Incident · as Lieutenant Hacker U.s.n. - Communications |
| 1965 | Out of the Unknown (TV Series) |
| 1965 | Court Martial (TV Series) · as Law Officer |
| 1965 | You Must Be Joking! · as U.s. Air Force Soldier At Checkpoint |
| 1965 | The Troubleshooters (TV Series) · as Mr. Kramer |
| 1964 | Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes (TV Series) |
| 1964 | Theatre 625 (TV Series) · as Padfield |
| 1964 | |
| 1963 | The Mouse on the Moon · as American Astronaut |
| 1963 | The Cool Mikado · as Man |
| 1963 | Big City · as Narrator |
| 1963 | Big City · as Narrator (as Edward Bishop) |
| 1963 | Automania 2000 · as Narrator |
| 1962 | The War Lover · as Vogt |
| 1962 | |
| 1962 | Lolita · as Ambulance Attendant |
| 1961 | |
| 1956 | Armchair Theatre (TV Series) · as Karl |
| 1951 | Hallmark Hall Of Fame (TV Series) · as Pinkerton |