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Ed Bishop‌

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Ed Bishop

Brooklyn - New York - USA

Ed Bishop

Brooklyn - New York - USA

Gender

Male

Birthday

calendar1932-06-11

Popularity

star5.1

Biography

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.

Movie Credits

2001: A Space Odyssey

2001: A Space Odyssey‌
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calendar 1968

Into Infinity

Into Infinity‌
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calendar 1975

Doppelgänger

Doppelgänger‌
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calendar 1969

Calliope

Calliope‌
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calendar 1994

The Candy Show

The Candy Show‌
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calendar 1989

The Lonely Lady

The Lonely Lady‌
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calendar 1983

The Fifth Missile

The Fifth Missile‌
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calendar 1986

2001: The Making of a Myth

2001: The Making of a Myth‌
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calendar 2001

Pets

Pets‌
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calendar 1973

Chocky's Children

Chocky's Children‌
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calendar 1985

Dylan: The Life and Death of a Poet

Dylan: The Life and Death of a Poet‌
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calendar 1978

Saturn 3

Saturn 3‌
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calendar 1980

Nutcracker

Nutcracker‌
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calendar 1982

Diamonds Are Forever

Diamonds Are Forever‌
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calendar 1971

Stainless Steel and the Star Spies

Stainless Steel and the Star Spies‌
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calendar 1981

Gerry Anderson: A Life Uncharted

Gerry Anderson: A Life Uncharted‌
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calendar 2022

The Master of Ballantrae

The Master of Ballantrae‌
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calendar 1984

The Unexpected Mrs. Pollifax

The Unexpected Mrs. Pollifax‌
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calendar 1999

The Desperados

The Desperados‌
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calendar 1969

Testimony

Testimony‌
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calendar 1988

Captain Scarlet vs. The Mysterons

Captain Scarlet vs. The Mysterons‌
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calendar 1980

Invasion: UFO

Invasion: UFO‌
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calendar 1971

Rise and Fall of Idi Amin

Rise and Fall of Idi Amin‌
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calendar 1981

Madame Claude

Madame Claude‌
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calendar 1977

Revenge of the Mysterons from Mars

Revenge of the Mysterons from Mars‌
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calendar 1981

UFO... annientare S.H.A.D.O. Stop. Uccidete Straker...

UFO... annientare S.H.A.D.O. Stop. Uccidete Straker...‌
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calendar 1972

UFO - Contatto radar... stanno atterrando!

UFO - Contatto radar... stanno atterrando!‌
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calendar 1974

UFO - Distruggete base Luna!

UFO - Distruggete base Luna!‌
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calendar 1971

The Bedford Incident

The Bedford Incident‌
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calendar 1965

UFO - Allarme rosso... Attacco alla Terra!

UFO - Allarme rosso... Attacco alla Terra!‌
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calendar 1971

Three Wishes for Jamie

Three Wishes for Jamie‌
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calendar 1987

Big City

Big City‌
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calendar 1963

Twilight's Last Gleaming

Twilight's Last Gleaming‌
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calendar 1977

The War Lover

The War Lover‌
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calendar 1962

Man in the Middle

Man in the Middle‌
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calendar 1964

Wynne and Penkovsky

Wynne and Penkovsky‌
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calendar 1985

UFO - Prendeteli vivi

UFO - Prendeteli vivi‌
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calendar 1972

The Lonely Lady

The Lonely Lady‌
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calendar 1983

Turnaround

Turnaround‌
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calendar 1987

Nudism: The Inside Story

Nudism: The Inside Story‌
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calendar 1992

S.O.S. Titanic

S.O.S. Titanic‌
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calendar 1980

Children of the Gods

Children of the Gods‌
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calendar 1979

500!

500!‌
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calendar 2001

Automania 2000

Automania 2000‌
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calendar 1964

Restless Natives

Restless Natives‌
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calendar 1985

Silver Dream Racer

Silver Dream Racer‌
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calendar 1980

Broken Glass

Broken Glass‌
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calendar 1996

Born to Ride

Born to Ride‌
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calendar 1991

Nurse Will Make It Better

Nurse Will Make It Better‌
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calendar 1975

The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Spring Break Adventure

The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Spring Break Adventure‌
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calendar 1999

Threads

Threads‌
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calendar 1984

Funny Man

Funny Man‌
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calendar 1994

Brass Target

Brass Target‌
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calendar 1978

You Only Live Twice

You Only Live Twice‌
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calendar 1967

The Serpent of Death

The Serpent of Death‌
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calendar 1990

London Is Drowning

London Is Drowning‌
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calendar 1981

Turnaround

Turnaround‌
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calendar 1987

White Christmas

White Christmas‌
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calendar 1995

The Mouse on the Moon

The Mouse on the Moon‌
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calendar 1963

This Is Supermarionation

This Is Supermarionation‌
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calendar 2014

Battle Beneath the Earth

Battle Beneath the Earth‌
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calendar 1967

Death in Deep Water

Death in Deep Water‌
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calendar 1975

Whoops Apocalypse

Whoops Apocalypse‌
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calendar 1986

Going for the Gold: The Bill Johnson Story

Going for the Gold: The Bill Johnson Story‌
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calendar 1985

Tv Credits

Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons

Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons‌
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calendar 1967

Out of the Unknown

Out of the Unknown‌
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calendar 1965

Colditz

Colditz‌
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calendar 1972

Star Trek

Star Trek‌
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calendar 1973

Whoops Apocalypse

Whoops Apocalypse‌
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calendar 1982

The Protectors

The Protectors‌
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calendar 1972

UFO

UFO‌
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calendar 1970

The Saint

The Saint‌
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calendar 1962

Waking the Dead

Waking the Dead‌
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calendar 2001

Hallmark Hall of Fame

Hallmark Hall of Fame‌
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calendar 1951

Space Cadets

Space Cadets‌
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calendar 1997

1990

1990‌
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calendar 1977

Warship

Warship‌
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calendar 1973

Man in a Suitcase

Man in a Suitcase‌
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calendar 1967

Sherlock Holmes

Sherlock Holmes‌
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calendar 1964

Quiller

Quiller‌
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calendar 1975

The Kenny Everett Television Show

The Kenny Everett Television Show‌
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calendar 1982

Philip Marlowe, Private Eye

Philip Marlowe, Private Eye‌
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calendar 1983

Thriller

Thriller‌
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calendar 1973

The Adventurer

The Adventurer‌
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calendar 1972

The Two Mrs. Grenvilles

The Two Mrs. Grenvilles‌
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calendar 1987

The Kenny Everett Television Show

The Kenny Everett Television Show‌
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calendar 1982

2Point4 Children

2Point4 Children‌
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calendar 1991

The Mad Death

The Mad Death‌
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calendar 1983

Two's Company

Two's Company‌
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calendar 1975

Kelly Monteith

Kelly Monteith‌
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calendar 1979

Highlander: The Series

Highlander: The Series‌
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calendar 1992

The Saint

The Saint‌
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calendar 1962

The Saint

The Saint‌
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calendar 1962

UFO

UFO‌
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calendar 1970

The Professionals

The Professionals‌
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calendar 1977

The Professionals

The Professionals‌
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calendar 1977