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…
Movies & TV Shows
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2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) — Aries-1B Lunar Shuttle Captain
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You Only Live Twice (1967) — Hawaii CapCom (uncredited)
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Diamonds Are Forever (1971) — Klaus Hergersheimer (uncredited)
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Lolita (1962) — Ambulance Attendant (uncredited)
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Highlander: The Series (1992) — Edward Banner
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Threads (1985) — US President (voice) (uncredited)
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Saturn 3 (1980) — Harding (uncredited)
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Star Trek (1973) — Asmodeus (voice) (uncredited)
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Doppelgänger (1969) — David Poulson
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The Saint (1962) — George Felson
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The Bedford Incident (1965) — Lieutenant Hacker U.S.N. - Communications
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Twilight's Last Gleaming (1977) — Maj. Fox
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Hiroshima (2005) — Stimson
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UFO (1970) — Ed Straker
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Funny Man (1994) — Card Player
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The Professionals (1977) — Dr. Ernest Harbinger
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Waking the Dead (2001) — Tyler
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S.O.S. Titanic (1980) — Henry Harris
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Brass Target (1978) — Col. Stewart
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Pets (1973) — Victor Stackman
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The War Lover (1962) — Vogt
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Restless Natives (1985) — Reporter
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The Mouse on the Moon (1963) — American Astronaut (as Edward Bishop)
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Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons (1967) — Narrator / Captain Blue (voice)
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Invasion: UFO (1980) — Cmdr. Ed Straker
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The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Spring Break Adventure (1999) — Sentry
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2001: The Making of a Myth (2001) — Self
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Man in the Middle (1964)
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Battle Beneath the Earth (1967) — Lt. Cmdr. Vance Cassidy (as Edward Bishop)
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The Desperados (1969) — Army Captain (voice)
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Madame Claude (1977) — Smith
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2Point4 Children (1991) — Chet
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The Lonely Lady (1983) — Dr. Baker
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Sherlock Holmes (1964)
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Born to Ride (1991) — Dr. Tate
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Whoops Apocalypse (1986) — Wink Persiman (TV interviewer)
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Just Good Friends (1983) — Vernon
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Silver Dream Racer (1980) — Al Peterson
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Judgment in Berlin (1988) — Dyson Wilde
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The Protectors (1972) — Colonel John Hunter