Ed Bishop
Acting
Born: June 11, 1932 · Brooklyn - New York - USA
Died: June 8, 2005 (aged 72)
Highest Rated
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.
Known for
2001: A Space Odyssey
1968
You Only Live Twice
1967
Diamonds Are Forever
1971
Lolita
1962
Highlander: The Series
1992
Threads
1985
Saturn 3
1980
Star Trek
1973
Doppelgänger
1969
The Saint
1962
The Bedford Incident
1965
Twilight's Last Gleaming
1977
Photos (1)
Movies (65)
2001: A Space Odyssey
Aries-1B Lunar Shuttle Captain
You Only Live Twice
Hawaii CapCom (uncredited)
Diamonds Are Forever
Klaus Hergersheimer (uncredited)
Lolita
Ambulance Attendant (uncredited)
Saturn 3
Harding (uncredited)
Threads
US President (voice) (uncredited)
Twilight's Last Gleaming
Maj. Fox
The Bedford Incident
Lieutenant Hacker U.S.N. - Communications
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Spring Break Adventure
Sentry
S.O.S. Titanic
Henry Harris
Turnaround
Gerald
The Mouse on the Moon
American Astronaut (as Edward Bishop)
Madame Claude
Smith
Brass Target
Col. Stewart
The War Lover
Vogt
Nutcracker
Sam Dozier
Hiroshima
Stimson
White Christmas
1995
Whoops Apocalypse
Wink Persiman (TV interviewer)
The Lonely Lady
Dr. Baker
The Lonely Lady
1983
Doppelgänger
David Poulson
Beach Head
Commandant Tom Decker
Silver Dream Racer
Al Peterson
Restless Natives
Reporter
Wynne and Penkovsky
Alexander
Rise and Fall of Idi Amin
Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Judgment in Berlin
Dyson Wilde
Man in the Middle
1964
The Desperados
Army Captain (voice)
Funny Man
Card Player
Big City
Narrator (as Edward Bishop)
Born to Ride
Dr. Tate
Stainless Steel and the Star Spies
Stainless Steel (voice)
UFO: Annihilate SHADO... Kill Straker...
Commander Ed Straker
Pets
Victor Stackman
UFO: Red alert... Attack on Earth!
Commander Ed Straker
Invasion: UFO
Cmdr. Ed Straker
The Day After Tomorrow: Into Infinity
TV Announcer
UFO: Take Them Alive
Commander Ed Straker
UFO: Destroy Luna Base!
Commander Ed Straker
Testimony
American Commentator
The Fifth Missile
Adm. Stewart Cullinane
The Serpent of Death
Grant
Broken Glass
Stanton Case
Going for the Gold: The Bill Johnson Story
1985
The Master of Ballantrae
Pinkerton
The Baron: Mystery Island
Operations Officer
Paul Starr
Paul Starr (voice)
500!
Padre Jones
Death in Deep Water
Gang Boss (voice)
Revenge of the Mysterons from Mars
Captain Blue (voice)
Three Wishes for Jamie
Proddy
The Unexpected Mrs. Pollifax
Carstairs
Battle Beneath the Earth
Lt. Cmdr. Vance Cassidy (as Edward Bishop)
Nurse Will Make It Better
Carson
Captain Scarlet and the Return of the Mysterons
Captain Blue (voice)
Captain Scarlet vs. The Mysterons
Captain Blue (voice)
Automania 2000
Narrator
UFO: Radar contact... They're landing!
1974
Chocky's Children
Dr. Deacon
Calliope
Lewis Belvedere
London Is Drowning
American reporter
Dylan: The Life and Death of a Poet
Prof. Goonmeyer
This Is Supermarionation
Captain Blue (voice)
TV Shows (44)
American Playhouse
General Tom Farrell · 1 eps
Highlander: The Series
Edward Banner · 1 eps
The Saint
George Felson · 3 eps
The Saint
Tony Allard · 1 eps
The Saint
Cy Imberline · 1 eps
Waking the Dead
Tyler · 2 eps
ITV Saturday Night Theatre
David Beeston · 1 eps
The Professionals
Dr. Ernest Harbinger · 1 eps
The Professionals
Braddock · 1 eps
Performance
Stanton Case · 1 eps
Theatre 625
Padfield · 1 eps
UFO
Ed Straker · 26 eps
Star Trek
Asmodeus (voice) (uncredited) · 1 eps
The Protectors
Colonel John Hunter · 1 eps
Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons
Narrator / Captain Blue (voice) · 32 eps
Thriller
Carson · 1 eps
Thriller
Gang Boss (voice) · 1 eps
Out of the Unknown
Commandant Tom Decker · 1 eps
Orson Welles' Great Mysteries
The Millionaire · 1 eps
Man in a Suitcase
1 eps
Warship
1 eps
Wilde Alliance
Wingman · 1 eps
2Point4 Children
Chet · 1 eps
Sherlock Holmes
1 eps
The Kenny Everett Television Show
Various · 3 eps
The Adventurer
Wayne · 1 eps
Strange Report
Moran · 1 eps
Colditz
Lt. Col. Harrity · 1 eps
Oppenheimer
General Tom Farrell · 1 eps
Just Good Friends
Vernon · 1 eps
1990
1 eps
Two's Company
Jack · 1 eps
Philip Marlowe, Private Eye
District Attorney · 1 eps
Whoops Apocalypse
Jay Garrick · 6 eps
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Pinkerton · 1 eps
Worlds Beyond
Mr Hitchcock · 1 eps
The Demon Headmaster
TV Supremo · 4 eps
Quiller
Frank Ilroy · 1 eps
The Two Mrs. Grenvilles
Strasser · 2 eps
The Portrait of a Lady
Caspar Goodwood · 4 eps
Take a Letter, Mr Jones
Joe Bradley · 1 eps
Armchair Theatre
Karl · 1 eps
The Mad Death
Tom Siegler · 1 eps
Chocky's Children
Dr. Deacon · 6 eps
