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Terry Bishop
Director, Writer, Additional Credits
Born October 21, 1912Died October 30, 1981 (69 years)
Terry Bishop (21 October 1912 – 30 October 1981) was a British screenwriter, and television and film director.
In the 1940s Bishop directed a series of public information and documentary films, including Daybreak in Udi (1949) for the Crown Film Unit which in 1950 won the Oscar for Best Documentary and a BAFTA for Best Documentary Film.
From 1950–1962 he worked extensively in British TV, directing episodes of series including The Adventures of William Tell, The Adventures of Robin Hood, Sword of Freedom, Danger Man, and Sir Francis Drake.
Bishop also made several low budget British films during this period, including Cover Girl Killer (1959), featuring future Steptoe and Son star Harry H. Corbett as a serial murderer of glamour models.
In the 1940s Bishop directed a series of public information and documentary films, including Daybreak in Udi (1949) for the Crown Film Unit which in 1950 won the Oscar for Best Documentary and a BAFTA for Best Documentary Film.
From 1950–1962 he worked extensively in British TV, directing episodes of series including The Adventures of William Tell, The Adventures of Robin Hood, Sword of Freedom, Danger Man, and Sir Francis Drake.
Bishop also made several low budget British films during this period, including Cover Girl Killer (1959), featuring future Steptoe and Son star Harry H. Corbett as a serial murderer of glamour models.
Terry Bishop Filmography
| 1964 | NET Playhouse (TV Series) |
| 1963 | |
| 1962 | |
| 1961 | Sir Francis Drake (TV Series) |
| 1961 | |
| 1961 | Kraft Mystery Theatre (TV Series) |
| 1960 | Danger Man (TV Series) |
| 1960 | |
| 1959 | |
| 1959 | |
| 1959 | |
| 1958 | The Adventures of William Tell (TV Series) |
| 1956 | The Buccaneers (TV Series) |
| 1956 | The Adventures of Sir Lancelot (TV Series) |
| 1955 | The Adventures of Robin Hood (TV Series) |
| 1955 | |
| 1952 | |
| 1949 | |
| 1947 | |
| 1941 |
| 1961 | |
| 1959 | |
| 1959 | Model for Murder · as Screenplay |
| 1955 | |
| 1952 | |
| 1941 |
| 1954 | West of Zanzibar · as Second Unit Director |
| 1953 | The Titfield Thunderbolt · as Second Unit Director |
| 1951 | The Man in the White Suit · as Second Unit Director |
| 1941 | Queen Cotton · as Scenario |
| 1941 | Steel Goes to Sea · as Scenario |