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.
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    Acting
    Place of birth
    Brooklyn - New York - USA
    Birthday
    6/11/1932
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Into Infinity
3.7
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2001: The Making of a Myth
6.5
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Pets
5.46
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Invasion: UFO
6.079
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UFO - Contatto radar... stanno atterrando!
6
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UFO... annientare S.H.A.D.O. Stop. Uccidete Straker...
5
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UFO - Distruggete base Luna!
6.5
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6.8
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Children and Cars
0
The Candy Show
0
Stainless Steel and the Star Spies
0
UFO: Allarme rosso... Attacco alla Terra!
UFO: Allarme rosso... Attacco alla Terra!
6
Revenge of the Mysterons from Mars
Revenge of the Mysterons from Mars
1
White Christmas
White Christmas
6
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The Unexpected Mrs. Pollifax
6.429
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Nurse Will Make It Better
7
Captain Scarlet vs. The Mysterons
Captain Scarlet vs. The Mysterons
0
Dylan: The Life and Death of a Poet
Dylan: The Life and Death of a Poet
0
Broken Glass
Broken Glass
0
Turnaround
Turnaround
0
Gerry Anderson: A Life Uncharted
Gerry Anderson: A Life Uncharted
6
This Is Supermarionation
This Is Supermarionation
8
Three Wishes for Jamie
Three Wishes for Jamie
0
Chocky's Children
Chocky's Children
6
Saturn 3
Saturn 3
5.282
The Master of Ballantrae
The Master of Ballantrae
4
500!
500!
4.2
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Wynne and Penkovsky
0
Calliope
0
Journey to the Far Side of the Sun
Journey to the Far Side of the Sun
6.2
Death in Deep Water
Death in Deep Water
0
S.O.S. Titanic
S.O.S. Titanic
6
Silver Dream Racer
Silver Dream Racer
5.7
Funny Man
Funny Man
5
Brass Target
Brass Target
6
Battle Beneath the Earth
Battle Beneath the Earth
4.5
The Fifth Missile
The Fifth Missile
6
2001: A Space Odyssey
2001: A Space Odyssey
8.08
The Bedford Incident
The Bedford Incident
6.91
The Serpent of Death
The Serpent of Death
2.5
Nutcracker
Nutcracker
2
Turnaround
Turnaround
0
Madame Claude
Madame Claude
5.167
Born to Ride
Born to Ride
5.591
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Spring Break Adventure
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Spring Break Adventure
5.921
The Lonely Lady
The Lonely Lady
5.231
The War Lover
The War Lover
6.1
Restless Natives
Restless Natives
6.685
The Desperados
The Desperados
4.179
Testimony
Testimony
5.5
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London Is Drowning
0
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Rise and Fall of Idi Amin
7.7
You Only Live Twice
You Only Live Twice
6.565
Diamonds Are Forever
Diamonds Are Forever
6.393
The Mouse on the Moon
The Mouse on the Moon
5.729
Whoops Apocalypse
Whoops Apocalypse
5.615
Threads
Threads
7.594
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