Ed Bishop
Born in Brooklyn - New York - USA — Jun 11 1932• Died Jun 08 2005
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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…
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Ed Bishop's Credits
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The Professionals
Dr. Ernest Harbinger
Highlander: The Series
Edward Banner
The Saint
George Felson
Theatre 625
Padfield
Waking the Dead
Tyler
Performance
Stanton Case
UFO
Ed Straker
Thriller
Carson
The Protectors
Colonel John Hunter
Out of the Unknown
Commandant Tom Decker
Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons
Narrator / Captain Blue (voice)
2001: A Space Odyssey
Aries-1B Lunar Shuttle Captain
The Adventurer
Wayne
Warship
Colditz
Lt. Col. Harrity
2Point4 Children
Chet
Man in a Suitcase
The Kenny Everett Television Show
Various
Star Trek
Asmodeus (voice) (uncredited)
You Only Live Twice
Hawaii CapCom (uncredited)
1990
Quiller
Frank Ilroy
Lolita
Ambulance Attendant (uncredited)
Sherlock Holmes
Two's Company
Jack
Worlds Beyond
Mr Hitchcock
Strange Report
Moran
Diamonds Are Forever
Klaus Hergersheimer (uncredited)
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Pinkerton
Breakaway
Scott Douglas
Wilde Alliance
Wingman
Just Good Friends
Vernon
The Demon Headmaster
TV Supremo
Philip Marlowe, Private Eye
District Attorney
Threads
US President (voice) (uncredited)
Whoops Apocalypse
Jay Garrick
Space Cadets
Self
The Two Mrs. Grenvilles
Strasser
The Bedford Incident
Lieutenant Hacker U.S.N. - Communications
Pets
Victor Stackman
Armchair Theatre
Karl
Twilight's Last Gleaming
Maj. Fox
Hiroshima
Stimson
The Desperados
Army Captain (voice)
Saturn 3
Harding (uncredited)
Take a Letter, Mr Jones
Joe Bradley
S.O.S. Titanic
Henry Harris
The Mad Death
Tom Siegler
Kelly Monteith
Funny Man
Card Player
Brass Target
Col. Stewart
Doppelgänger
David Poulson
Whoops Apocalypse
Wink Persiman (TV interviewer)
The War Lover
Vogt
The Lonely Lady
Dr. Baker
Man in the Middle
Battle Beneath the Earth
Lt. Cmdr. Vance Cassidy (as Edward Bishop)
Born to Ride
Dr. Tate
Testimony
American Commentator
The Serpent of Death
Grant
Broken Glass
Stanton Case
Madame Claude
Smith
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Spring Break Adventure
Sentry
Invasion: UFO
Cmdr. Ed Straker
Restless Natives
Reporter
Nutcracker
Sam Dozier
The Mouse on the Moon
American Astronaut (as Edward Bishop)
Silver Dream Racer
Al Peterson
Turnaround
Gerald
UFO: Red alert... Attack on Earth!
Comandante Ed Straker
Judgment in Berlin
Dyson Wilde
The Unexpected Mrs. Pollifax
Carstairs
Death in Deep Water
Gang Boss (voice)
Revenge of the Mysterons from Mars
Captain Blue (voice)
Into Infinity
TV Announcer
The Candy Show
Geoffrey
Calliope
Lewis Belvedere
Going for the Gold: The Bill Johnson Story
Rise and Fall of Idi Amin
Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
The Fifth Missile
Adm. Stewart Cullinane
UFO: Destroy Luna Base!
Comandante Edward Straker
Stainless Steel and the Star Spies
Stainless Steel (voice)
Dylan: The Life and Death of a Poet
Prof. Goonmeyer
Gerry Anderson: A Life Uncharted
Self (archive footage)
Wynne and Penkovsky
Alexander
This Is Supermarionation
Captain Blue (voice)
UFO: Annihilate S.H.A.D.O. Kill Straker...Stop
Com.te Ed Straker
Beach Head
Commandant Tom Decker
Children of the Gods
Brother Bethlehem
The Master of Ballantrae
Pinkerton
Big City
Narrator (as Edward Bishop)
Three Wishes for Jamie
Proddy
White Christmas
Nurse Will Make It Better
Carson
500!
Padre Jones
2001: The Making of a Myth
Self
Paul Starr
Paul Starr (voice)
Automania 2000
Narrator
London Is Drowning
American reporter
Captain Scarlet vs. The Mysterons
Captain Blue (voice)
UFO: Radar contact... They're landing!
Chocky's Children
Dr. Deacon
UFO: Take them Alive
Comandante Edward Straker
The Baron: Mystery Island
Operations Officer
Captain Scarlet and the Return of the Mysterons
Captain Blue (voice)
Nudism: The Inside Story
Narrator (voice)
Butch Minds the Baby
Damon Runyon (voice)