Ed Bishop

Ed Bishop

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
    Acting
    Place of birth
    Brooklyn - New York - USA
    Birthday
    6/11/1932
2001: A Space Odyssey
2001: A Space Odyssey
8.1
Into Infinity
Into Infinity
3.7
Doppelgänger
Doppelgänger
6.2
Calliope
7
The Candy Show
0
The Lonely Lady
The Lonely Lady
4.9
The Fifth Missile
The Fifth Missile
6
2001: The Making of a Myth
2001: The Making of a Myth
6.5
Pets
Pets
5.5
Chocky's Children
Chocky's Children
6
Dylan: The Life and Death of a Poet
Dylan: The Life and Death of a Poet
6
Saturn 3
Saturn 3
5.2
Nutcracker
Nutcracker
2
Diamonds Are Forever
Diamonds Are Forever
6.4
Stainless Steel and the Star Spies
0
Gerry Anderson: A Life Uncharted
Gerry Anderson: A Life Uncharted
6
The Master of Ballantrae
The Master of Ballantrae
6
The Unexpected Mrs. Pollifax
The Unexpected Mrs. Pollifax
6.4
The Desperados
The Desperados
4.1
Testimony
Testimony
5.7
Captain Scarlet vs. The Mysterons
Captain Scarlet vs. The Mysterons
0
Invasion: UFO
Invasion: UFO
5.8
Rise and Fall of Idi Amin
Rise and Fall of Idi Amin
7.2
Madame Claude
Madame Claude
4.9
Revenge of the Mysterons from Mars
Revenge of the Mysterons from Mars
1
UFO... annientare S.H.A.D.O. Stop. Uccidete Straker...
UFO... annientare S.H.A.D.O. Stop. Uccidete Straker...
5
UFO - Distruggete base Luna!
UFO - Distruggete base Luna!
6.5
UFO - Contatto radar... stanno atterrando!
UFO - Contatto radar... stanno atterrando!
6
The Bedford Incident
The Bedford Incident
6.9
UFO - Allarme rosso... Attacco alla Terra!
UFO - Allarme rosso... Attacco alla Terra!
6
Three Wishes for Jamie
Three Wishes for Jamie
6
Big City
Big City
7
Twilight's Last Gleaming
Twilight's Last Gleaming
6.4
The War Lover
The War Lover
6
Man in the Middle
Man in the Middle
6.4
Wynne and Penkovsky
Wynne and Penkovsky
0
UFO - Prendeteli vivi
UFO - Prendeteli vivi
0
The Lonely Lady
The Lonely Lady
4.9
Turnaround
Turnaround
0
Nudism: The Inside Story
0
S.O.S. Titanic
S.O.S. Titanic
5.9
Children of the Gods
0
500!
500!
4.2
Automania 2000
6.8
Restless Natives
Restless Natives
6.7
Silver Dream Racer
Silver Dream Racer
5.2
Broken Glass
Broken Glass
0
Born to Ride
Born to Ride
4.9
Nurse Will Make It Better
Nurse Will Make It Better
7
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Spring Break Adventure
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Spring Break Adventure
5.6
Threads
Threads
7.7
Funny Man
Funny Man
4.9
Brass Target
Brass Target
5.6
You Only Live Twice
You Only Live Twice
6.6
The Serpent of Death
The Serpent of Death
3
London Is Drowning
London Is Drowning
0
Turnaround
Turnaround
0
White Christmas
White Christmas
5.7
The Mouse on the Moon
The Mouse on the Moon
5.9
This Is Supermarionation
This Is Supermarionation
8
Battle Beneath the Earth
Battle Beneath the Earth
4.6
Death in Deep Water
Death in Deep Water
0
Whoops Apocalypse
Whoops Apocalypse
5.7
Going for the Gold: The Bill Johnson Story
Going for the Gold: The Bill Johnson Story
4
The Baron: Mystery Island
7
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