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Ed Bishop

Ed Bishop

Actor · Born 1932-06-11 · Brooklyn - New York - USA

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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

  1. 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) — Aries-1B Lunar Shuttle Captain
  2. You Only Live Twice (1967) — Hawaii CapCom (uncredited)
  3. Diamonds Are Forever (1971) — Klaus Hergersheimer (uncredited)
  4. Lolita (1962) — Ambulance Attendant (uncredited)
  5. Highlander: The Series (1992) — Edward Banner
  6. Threads (1985) — US President (voice) (uncredited)
  7. Saturn 3 (1980) — Harding (uncredited)
  8. Star Trek (1973) — Asmodeus (voice) (uncredited)
  9. Doppelgänger (1969) — David Poulson
  10. The Saint (1962) — George Felson
  11. The Bedford Incident (1965) — Lieutenant Hacker U.S.N. - Communications
  12. Twilight's Last Gleaming (1977) — Maj. Fox
  13. Hiroshima (2005) — Stimson
  14. UFO (1970) — Ed Straker
  15. Funny Man (1994) — Card Player
  16. The Professionals (1977) — Dr. Ernest Harbinger
  17. Waking the Dead (2001) — Tyler
  18. S.O.S. Titanic (1980) — Henry Harris
  19. Brass Target (1978) — Col. Stewart
  20. Pets (1973) — Victor Stackman
  21. The War Lover (1962) — Vogt
  22. Restless Natives (1985) — Reporter
  23. The Mouse on the Moon (1963) — American Astronaut (as Edward Bishop)
  24. Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons (1967) — Narrator / Captain Blue (voice)
  25. Invasion: UFO (1980) — Cmdr. Ed Straker
  26. The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Spring Break Adventure (1999) — Sentry
  27. 2001: The Making of a Myth (2001) — Self
  28. Man in the Middle (1964)
  29. Battle Beneath the Earth (1967) — Lt. Cmdr. Vance Cassidy (as Edward Bishop)
  30. The Desperados (1969) — Army Captain (voice)
  31. Madame Claude (1977) — Smith
  32. 2Point4 Children (1991) — Chet
  33. The Lonely Lady (1983) — Dr. Baker
  34. Sherlock Holmes (1964)
  35. Born to Ride (1991) — Dr. Tate
  36. Whoops Apocalypse (1986) — Wink Persiman (TV interviewer)
  37. Just Good Friends (1983) — Vernon
  38. Silver Dream Racer (1980) — Al Peterson
  39. Judgment in Berlin (1988) — Dyson Wilde
  40. The Protectors (1972) — Colonel John Hunter