Ed Bishop

Actor Jun 11 (died age 72) Brooklyn - New York - USA 1951–2022 (71 year career)

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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 i…

Known For

Film

2001: A Space Odyssey

Aries-1B Lunar Shuttle Captain

Film

Lolita

Ambulance Attendant (uncredited)

Film

You Only Live Twice

Hawaii CapCom (uncredited)

Film

Diamonds Are Forever

Klaus Hergersheimer (uncredited)

Film

Threads

US President (voice) (uncredited)

Film

The Bedford Incident

Lieutenant Hacker U.S.N. - Communications

Film

UFO

Ed Straker

Film

Doppelgänger

David Poulson

Filmography

Acting (109)

Movies (70)

Gerry Anderson: A Life Uncharted

2022

as Self (archive footage)

6.0

This Is Supermarionation

2014

as Captain Blue (voice)

Hiroshima

as Stimson

500!

as Padre Jones

2001: The Making of a Myth

2001

as Self

6.6

Captain Scarlet and the Return of the Mysterons

1999

as Captain Blue (voice)

The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Spring Break Adventure

1999

as Sentry

5.9

The Unexpected Mrs. Pollifax

1999

as Carstairs

6.6

Broken Glass

1996

as Stanton Case

White Christmas

Calliope

as Lewis Belvedere

Funny Man

as Card Player

Nudism: The Inside Story

1992

as Narrator (voice)

Born to Ride

as Dr. Tate

The Serpent of Death

as Grant

The Candy Show

as Geoffrey

Testimony

1988

as American Commentator

Judgment in Berlin

as Dyson Wilde

Turnaround

as Gerald

Three Wishes for Jamie

1987

as Proddy

6.0

Whoops Apocalypse

1986

as Wink Persiman (TV interviewer)

5.6

The Fifth Missile

1986

as Adm. Stewart Cullinane

5.5

Threads

1985

as US President (voice) (uncredited)

7.6

Wynne and Penkovsky

1985

as Alexander

Restless Natives

as Reporter

Chocky's Children

as Dr. Deacon

Going for the Gold: The Bill Johnson Story

1985

4.0

The Master of Ballantrae

as Pinkerton

The Lonely Lady

as Dr. Baker

Nutcracker

as Sam Dozier

London Is Drowning

as American reporter

Rise and Fall of Idi Amin

1981

as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

7.2

Revenge of the Mysterons from Mars

1981

as Captain Blue (voice)

1.0

Stainless Steel and the Star Spies

1981

as Stainless Steel (voice)

S.O.S. Titanic

as Henry Harris

Saturn 3

as Harding (uncredited)

Invasion: UFO

as Cmdr. Ed Straker

Silver Dream Racer

as Al Peterson

Captain Scarlet vs. The Mysterons

1980

as Captain Blue (voice)

Children of the Gods

1979

as Brother Bethlehem

Butch Minds the Baby

1979

as Damon Runyon (voice)

6.0

Brass Target

1978

as Col. Stewart

5.4

Dylan: The Life and Death of a Poet

1978

as Prof. Goonmeyer

6.0

Twilight's Last Gleaming

as Maj. Fox

Madame Claude

as Smith

Into Infinity

as TV Announcer

Death in Deep Water

as Gang Boss (voice)

Nurse Will Make It Better

1975

as Carson

7.0

UFO: Radar contact... They're landing!

Pets

as Victor Stackman

UFO: Take them Alive

as Comandante Edward Straker

UFO: Annihilate S.H.A.D.O. Kill Straker...Stop

1972

as Com.te Ed Straker

5.0

The Baron: Mystery Island

1972

as Operations Officer

7.0

Diamonds Are Forever

1971

as Klaus Hergersheimer (uncredited)

6.4

UFO: Destroy Luna Base!

1971

as Comandante Edward Straker

6.5

UFO: Red alert... Attack on Earth!

1971

as Comandante Ed Straker

Doppelgänger

as David Poulson

The Desperados

as Army Captain (voice)

3.9

Beach Head

1969

as Commandant Tom Decker

2001: A Space Odyssey

1968

as Aries-1B Lunar Shuttle Captain

8.0

You Only Live Twice

1967

as Hawaii CapCom (uncredited)

6.6

Battle Beneath the Earth

1967

as Lt. Cmdr. Vance Cassidy (as Edward Bishop)

4.6

The Bedford Incident

1965

as Lieutenant Hacker U.S.N. - Communications

Man in the Middle

Automania 2000

as Narrator

Paul Starr

as Paul Starr (voice)

The Mouse on the Moon

1963

as American Astronaut

6.1

Big City

1963

as Narrator (as Edward Bishop)

7.0

Lolita

1962

as Ambulance Attendant (uncredited)

7.3

The War Lover

1962

as Vogt

6.0

Television (39)

Waking the Dead

as Tyler

Space Cadets

as Self

The Demon Headmaster

as TV Supremo

Highlander: The Series

as Edward Banner

2Point4 Children

as Chet

Performance

as Stanton Case

The Two Mrs. Grenvilles

as Strasser

Worlds Beyond

as Mr Hitchcock

Just Good Friends

as Vernon

Philip Marlowe, Private Eye

as District Attorney

The Mad Death

as Tom Siegler

The Kenny Everett Television Show

as Guest

Whoops Apocalypse

as Jay Garrick

Take a Letter, Mr Jones

1981

as Joe Bradley

4.0

Breakaway

1980

as Scott Douglas

Kelly Monteith

Wilde Alliance

as Wingman

The Professionals

as Dr. Ernest Harbinger

1990

Quiller

as Frank Ilroy

Two's Company

as Jack

Thriller

as Carson

Star Trek

as Asmodeus (voice) (uncredited)

Warship

The Protectors

as Colonel John Hunter

Colditz

as Lt. Col. Harrity

The Adventurer

as Wayne

UFO

as Ed Straker

ITV Saturday Night Theatre

as David Beeston

Strange Report

as Moran

W. Somerset Maugham

as Edward Barnard

Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons

1967

as Narrator / Captain Blue (voice)

Man in a Suitcase

Out of the Unknown

as Commandant Tom Decker

Theatre 625

as Padfield

Sherlock Holmes

The Saint

as Cy Imberline

Armchair Theatre

as Karl

Hallmark Hall of Fame

1951

as Pinkerton

8.6