Ed Bishop actor
- All known tv series 32
- Total known movies 65
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 Kubricks 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 Andersons Supermarionation puppet series, Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons (1967), and appeared in Andersons science-fiction film Doppelgänger (1969). Perhaps his most prominent screen role was that of Commander Ed Straker in Andersons science-fiction series UFO (1970–71). Bishops 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 Twilights 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 childrens television series Chockys 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 Doyles 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 Bishops last TV projects.
Aries-1B Lunar Shuttle Captain
Movie 1968
TV Announcer
Movie 1975
David Poulson
Movie 1969
Lewis Belvedere
Movie 1994
Geoffrey
Movie 1989
Dr. Baker
Movie 1983
Self
Movie 2001
Victor Stackman
Movie 1973
Dr. Deacon
Movie 1985
Prof. Goonmeyer
Movie 1978
Harding (uncredited)
Movie 1980
Klaus Hergersheimer (uncredited)
Movie 1971
Stainless Steel (voice)
Movie 1981
Self (archive footage)
Movie 2022
Carstairs
Movie 1999
Captain Blue
Movie 1980
Cmdr. Ed Straker
Movie 1971
Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Movie 1981
Captain Blue
Movie 1981
Com.te Ed Straker
Movie 1972
Comandante Edward Straker
Movie 1971
Movie 1974
Comandante Ed Straker
Movie 1971
Proddy
Movie 1987
Narrator (as Edward Bishop)
Movie 1963
Movie 1964
Alexander
Movie 1985
Comandante Edward Straker
Movie 1972
Movie 1983
Movie 1987
Narrator (voice)
Movie 1992
Brother Bethlehem
Movie 1979
Padre Jones
Movie 2001
Narrator
Movie 1964
Reporter
Movie 1985
Stanton Case
Movie 1996
Dr. Tate
Movie 1991
Carson
Movie 1975
US President (voice) (uncredited)
Movie 1984
Card Player
Movie 1994
Hawaii CapCom (uncredited)
Movie 1967
Grant
Movie 1990
American reporter
Movie 1981
Gerald
Movie 1987
Movie 1995
American Astronaut
Movie 1963
Captain Blue (voice)
Movie 2014
Lt. Cmdr. Vance Cassidy (as Edward Bishop)
Movie 1967
Gang Boss (voice)
Movie 1975
Movie 1985
Operations Officer
Movie 1972
Narrator / Captain Blue (voice)
Tv 1967
Tv 1965
Lt. Col. Harrity
Tv 1972
Asmodeus (voice) (uncredited)
Tv 1973
Jay Garrick
Tv 1982
Colonel John Hunter
Tv 1972
George Felson
Tv 1962
Self
Tv 1997
Tv 1977
Tv 1973
Tv 1967
Tv 1964
Frank Ilroy
Tv 1975
Wayne
Tv 1972
Tom Siegler
Tv 1983
Jack
Tv 1975
Tv 1979
Edward Banner
Tv 1992
Tony Allard
Tv 1962
Cy Imberline
Tv 1962
