Ed Bishop

Ed Bishop

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.

Place of Birth: Not available

Birthday: June 11, 1932

Deathday: June 08, 2005

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Known For

2001: A Space Odyssey
2001: A Space Odyssey

1968-04-02

Into Infinity
Into Infinity

1975-12-09

Doppelgänger
Doppelgänger

1969-08-27

Calliope
Calliope

1994-02-06

The Candy Show
The Candy Show

1989-12-31

The Lonely Lady
The Lonely Lady

1983-10-02

The Fifth Missile
The Fifth Missile

1986-02-23

2001: The Making of a Myth
2001: The Making of a Myth

2001-01-13

Pets
Pets

1973-10-01

Chocky's Children
Chocky's Children

1985-01-07

Dylan: The Life and Death of a Poet
Dylan: The Life and Death of a Poet

1978-11-09

Saturn 3
Saturn 3

1980-02-15

Nutcracker
Nutcracker

1982-12-17

Diamonds Are Forever
Diamonds Are Forever

1971-12-14

Stainless Steel and the Star Spies
Stainless Steel and the Star Spies

1981-01-01

Gerry Anderson: A Life Uncharted
Gerry Anderson: A Life Uncharted

2022-04-15

The Master of Ballantrae
The Master of Ballantrae

1984-01-31

The Unexpected Mrs. Pollifax
The Unexpected Mrs. Pollifax

1999-05-20

The Desperados
The Desperados

1969-02-28

Testimony
Testimony

1988-11-01

Captain Scarlet vs. The Mysterons
Captain Scarlet vs. The Mysterons

1980-01-01

Invasion: UFO
Invasion: UFO

1971-09-06

Rise and Fall of Idi Amin
Rise and Fall of Idi Amin

1981-07-16

Madame Claude
Madame Claude

1977-05-11

Revenge of the Mysterons from Mars
Revenge of the Mysterons from Mars

1981-01-01

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

1972-05-23

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

1974-10-23

UFO - Distruggete base Luna!
UFO - Distruggete base Luna!

1971-06-18

The Bedford Incident
The Bedford Incident

1965-10-11

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

1971-09-06

Three Wishes for Jamie
Three Wishes for Jamie

1987-03-09

Big City
Big City

1963-04-08

Twilight's Last Gleaming
Twilight's Last Gleaming

1977-02-09

The War Lover
The War Lover

1962-10-25

Man in the Middle
Man in the Middle

1964-01-27

Wynne and Penkovsky
Wynne and Penkovsky

1985-02-01

UFO - Prendeteli vivi
UFO - Prendeteli vivi

1972-08-15

The Lonely Lady
The Lonely Lady

1983-10-02

Turnaround
Turnaround

1987-02-12

Nudism: The Inside Story
Nudism: The Inside Story

1992-01-01

S.O.S. Titanic
S.O.S. Titanic

1980-02-29

Children of the Gods
Children of the Gods

1979-01-06

500!
500!

2001-02-09

Automania 2000
Automania 2000

1964-06-12

Restless Natives
Restless Natives

1985-06-01

Silver Dream Racer
Silver Dream Racer

1980-06-13

Broken Glass
Broken Glass

1996-10-19

Born to Ride
Born to Ride

1991-05-03

Nurse Will Make It Better
Nurse Will Make It Better

1975-01-11

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

2002-02-17

Threads
Threads

1984-09-23

Funny Man
Funny Man

1994-06-10

Brass Target
Brass Target

1978-12-22

You Only Live Twice
You Only Live Twice

1967-06-13

The Serpent of Death
The Serpent of Death

1990-12-06

London Is Drowning
London Is Drowning

1981-10-27

Turnaround
Turnaround

1987-02-12

White Christmas
White Christmas

1995-12-01

The Mouse on the Moon
The Mouse on the Moon

1963-05-07

This Is Supermarionation
This Is Supermarionation

2014-10-12

Battle Beneath the Earth
Battle Beneath the Earth

1967-10-01

Death in Deep Water
Death in Deep Water

1975-11-04

Whoops Apocalypse
Whoops Apocalypse

1986-05-06

Going for the Gold: The Bill Johnson Story
Going for the Gold: The Bill Johnson Story

1985-05-08

The Baron: Mystery Island
The Baron: Mystery Island

1972-10-20