Ed Bishop
Birthday
1932/06/11
Day of death
2005/06/08 (73 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Brooklyn - New York - USA
Also know as
Edward Bishop , George Victor Bishop
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 i...Read more
Acting
(1968) 2001: A Space Odyssey
as Aries-1B Lunar Shuttle Captain
(1975) Into Infinity
as TV Announcer
(1969) Doppelgänger
as David Poulson
(1994) Calliope
as Lewis Belvedere
(1989) The Candy Show
as Geoffrey
(1983) The Lonely Lady
as Dr. Baker
(1986) The Fifth Missile
as Adm. Stewart Cullinane
(2001) 2001: The Making of a Myth
as Self
(1973) Pets
as Victor Stackman
(1985) Chocky's Children
as Dr. Deacon
(1978) Dylan: The Life and Death of a Poet
as Prof. Goonmeyer
(1980) Saturn 3
as Harding (uncredited)
(1982) Nutcracker
as Sam Dozier
(1971) Diamonds Are Forever
as Klaus Hergersheimer (uncredited)
(1981) Stainless Steel and the Star Spies
as Stainless Steel (voice)
(2022) Gerry Anderson: A Life Uncharted
as Self (archive footage)
(1984) The Master of Ballantrae
as Pinkerton
(1999) The Unexpected Mrs. Pollifax
as Carstairs
(1969) The Desperados
as Army Captain (voice)
(1988) Testimony
as American Commentator
(1980) Captain Scarlet vs. The Mysterons
as Captain Blue (voice)
(1971) Invasion: UFO
as Cmdr. Ed Straker
(1981) Rise and Fall of Idi Amin
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
(1977) Madame Claude
as Smith
(1981) Revenge of the Mysterons from Mars
as Captain Blue (voice)
(1972) UFO... annientare S.H.A.D.O. Stop. Uccidete Straker...
as Com.te Ed Straker
(1971) UFO - Distruggete base Luna!
as Comandante Edward Straker
(1974) UFO - Contatto radar... stanno atterrando!
as ---
(1965) The Bedford Incident
as Lieutenant Hacker U.S.N. - Communications
(1971) UFO - Allarme rosso... Attacco alla Terra!
as Comandante Ed Straker
(1987) Three Wishes for Jamie
as Proddy
(1963) Big City
as Narrator (as Edward Bishop)
(1977) Twilight's Last Gleaming
as Maj. Fox
(1962) The War Lover
as Vogt
(1964) Man in the Middle
as ---
(1985) Wynne and Penkovsky
as Alexander
(1972) UFO - Prendeteli vivi
as Comandante Edward Straker
(1983) The Lonely Lady
as ---
(1992) Nudism: The Inside Story
as Narrator (voice)
(1980) S.O.S. Titanic
as Henry Harris
(1979) Children of the Gods
as Brother Bethlehem
(2001) 500!
as Padre Jones
(1964) Automania 2000
as Narrator
(1985) Restless Natives
as Reporter
(1980) Silver Dream Racer
as Al Peterson
(1996) Broken Glass
as Stanton Case
(1991) Born to Ride
as Dr. Tate
(1975) Nurse Will Make It Better
as Carson
(2002) The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Spring Break Adventure
as Sentry
(1984) Threads
as US President (voice) (uncredited)
(1994) Funny Man
as Card Player
(1978) Brass Target
as Col. Stewart
(1967) You Only Live Twice
as Hawaii CapCom (uncredited)
(1990) The Serpent of Death
as Grant
(1981) London Is Drowning
as American reporter
(1987) Turnaround
as Gerald
(1995) White Christmas
as ---
(1963) The Mouse on the Moon
as American Astronaut
(2014) This Is Supermarionation
as Captain Blue (voice)
(1967) Battle Beneath the Earth
as Lt. Cmdr. Vance Cassidy (as Edward Bishop)
(1975) Death in Deep Water
as Gang Boss (voice)
(1986) Whoops Apocalypse
as Wink Persiman (TV interviewer)
(1985) Going for the Gold: The Bill Johnson Story
as ---
(1972) The Baron: Mystery Island
as Operations Officer
(1999) Captain Scarlet and the Return of the Mysterons
as Captain Blue (voice)
(1967) Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons
as Narrator / Captain Blue (voice)
(1965) Out of the Unknown
as ---
(1972) Colditz
as Lt. Col. Harrity
(1973) Star Trek
as Asmodeus (voice) (uncredited)
(1982) Whoops Apocalypse
as Jay Garrick
(1972) The Protectors
as Colonel John Hunter
(1970) UFO
as Comandante Ed Straker
(1962) The Saint
as George Felson
(2001) Waking the Dead
as Tyler
(1951) Hallmark Hall of Fame
as Pinkerton
(1997) Space Cadets
as Self
(1977) 1990
as ---
(1973) Warship
as ---
(1967) Man in a Suitcase
as ---
(1964) Sherlock Holmes
as ---
(1975) Quiller
as Frank Ilroy
(1982) The Kenny Everett Television Show
as Various
(1983) Philip Marlowe, Private Eye
as District Attorney
(1973) Thriller
as Carson
(1972) The Adventurer
as Wayne
(1987) The Two Mrs. Grenvilles
as Strasser
(1982) The Kenny Everett Television Show
as Guest
(1991) 2Point4 Children
as Chet
(1983) The Mad Death
as Tom Siegler
(1975) Two's Company
as Jack
(1979) Kelly Monteith
as ---
(1992) Highlander: The Series
as Edward Banner
(1962) The Saint
as Tony Allard
(1962) The Saint
as Cy Imberline
(1970) UFO
as Cmdr. Ed Straker
(1977) The Professionals
as Dr. Ernest Harbinger
(1977) The Professionals
as Braddock
(1969) Strange Report
as Moran