Ed Bishop
Biografia
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.
Filmografia
Filmy i seriale od najnowszych
Target: Captain Black!
Film • 2026
jako Captain Blue (voice)
Spectrum is 20: The Death and Life of New Captain Scarlet
Film • 2026
jako Captain Blue (archive audio) / Himself (archive footage)
Gerry Anderson: A Life Uncharted
Film • 2022
jako Self (archive footage)
This Is Supermarionation
Film • 2014
jako Captain Blue (voice)
Hiroszima
Film • 2005
jako Stimson
Waking the Dead
Serial • 2001
jako Tyler
500!
Film • 2001
jako Padre Jones
2001: The Making of a Myth
Film • 2001
jako Self
Captain Scarlet and the Return of the Mysterons
Film • 1999
jako Captain Blue (voice)
Przygody młodego Indiany Jonesa 6: Wakacyjna przygoda
Film • 1999
jako Sentry
The Unexpected Mrs. Pollifax
Film • 1999
jako Carstairs
Space Cadets
Serial • 1997
jako Self
Broken Glass
Film • 1996
jako Stanton Case
The Demon Headmaster
Serial • 1996
jako TV Supremo
White Christmas
Film • 1995
Funny Man
Film • 1994
jako Card Player
Calliope
Film • 1994
jako Lewis Belvedere
Nieśmiertelny
Serial • 1992
jako Edward Banner
Nudism: The Inside Story
Film • 1992
jako Narrator (voice)
Performance
Serial • 1991
jako Stanton Case
2point4 Children
Serial • 1991
jako Chet
Born to Ride
Film • 1991
jako Dr. Tate
The Serpent of Death
Film • 1990
jako Grant
The Candy Show
Film • 1989
jako Geoffrey
Testimony
Film • 1988
jako American Commentator
Proces w Berlinie
Film • 1988
jako Dyson Wilde
Three Wishes for Jamie
Film • 1987
jako Proddy
Turnaround
Film • 1987
jako Gerald
The Two Mrs. Grenvilles
Serial • 1987
jako Strasser
Worlds Beyond
Serial • 1986
jako Mr Hitchcock
Whoops Apocalypse
Film • 1986
jako Wink Persiman (TV interviewer)
The Fifth Missile
Film • 1986
jako Adm. Stewart Cullinane
Restless Natives
Film • 1985
jako Reporter
Going for the Gold: The Bill Johnson Story
Film • 1985
Wynne and Penkovsky
Film • 1985
jako Alexander
Chocky's Children
Film • 1985
jako Dr. Deacon
Chocky's Children
Serial • 1985
jako Dr. Deacon
Threads
Film • 1984
jako US President (voice) (uncredited)
The Master of Ballantrae
Film • 1984
jako Pinkerton
The Lonely Lady
Film • 1983
jako Dr. Baker
Just Good Friends
Serial • 1983
jako Vernon
The Mad Death
Serial • 1983
jako Tom Siegler
Philip Marlowe, Private Eye
Serial • 1983
jako District Attorney
Nutcracker
Film • 1982
jako Sam Dozier
Whoops Apocalypse
Serial • 1982
jako Jay Garrick
The Kenny Everett Television Show
Serial • 1982
jako Various
American Playhouse
Serial • 1982
jako General Tom Farrell
London Is Drowning
Film • 1981
jako American reporter
Take a Letter, Mr Jones
Serial • 1981
jako Joe Bradley
Amin: The Rise and Fall
Film • 1981
jako Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Stainless Steel and the Star Spies
Film • 1981
jako Stainless Steel (voice)
Revenge of the Mysterons from Mars
Film • 1981
jako Captain Blue (voice)
Oppenheimer
Serial • 1980
jako General Tom Farrell
Silver Dream Racer
Film • 1980
jako Al Peterson
S.O.S. Titanic
Film • 1980
jako Henry Harris
Saturn 3
Film • 1980
jako Harding (uncredited)
Breakaway
Serial • 1980
jako Scott Douglas
Captain Scarlet vs. The Mysterons
Film • 1980
jako Captain Blue (voice)
Invasion: UFO
Film • 1980
jako Cmdr. Ed Straker
Kelly Monteith
Serial • 1979
Children of the Gods
Film • 1979
jako Brother Bethlehem
Butch Minds the Baby
Film • 1979
jako Damon Runyon (voice)
Zagubiony Transport
Film • 1978
jako Col. Stewart
Dylan: The Life and Death of a Poet
Film • 1978
jako Prof. Goonmeyer
Wilde Alliance
Serial • 1978
jako Wingman
The Professionals
Serial • 1977
jako Dr. Ernest Harbinger
1990
Serial • 1977
Madame Claude
Film • 1977
jako Smith
Twilight's Last Gleaming
Film • 1977
jako Maj. Fox
The Day After Tomorrow: Into Infinity
Film • 1975
jako TV Announcer
Death in Deep Water
Film • 1975
jako Gang Boss (voice)
Two's Company
Serial • 1975
jako Jack
Quiller
Serial • 1975
jako Frank Ilroy
Nurse Will Make It Better
Film • 1975
jako Carson
UFO Contatto radar... Stanno atterrando!
Film • 1974
Pets
Film • 1973
jako Victor Stackman
Star Trek: Animowana Seria
Serial • 1973
jako Asmodeus (voice) (uncredited)
Orson Welles' Great Mysteries
Serial • 1973
jako The Millionaire
Warship
Serial • 1973
Thriller
Serial • 1973
jako Carson
The Baron: Mystery Island
Film • 1972
jako Operations Officer
Colditz
Serial • 1972
jako Lt. Col. Harrity
The Protectors
Serial • 1972
jako Colonel John Hunter
The Adventurer
Serial • 1972
jako Wayne
UFO - Prendeteli Vivi
Film • 1972
jako Commander Ed Straker
UFO... Annientate SHADO... Uccidete Straker...Stop!
Film • 1972
jako Commander Ed Straker
Diamenty są wieczne
Film • 1971
jako Klaus Hergersheimer (uncredited)
UFO - Allarme rosso... Attacco alla Terra!
Film • 1971
jako Commander Ed Straker
UFO - Distruggete base Luna!
Film • 1971
jako Commander Ed Straker
UFO
Serial • 1970
jako Ed Straker
Strange Report
Serial • 1969
jako Moran
Po drugiej stronie słońca
Film • 1969
jako David Poulson
W. Somerset Maugham
Serial • 1969
jako Edward Barnard
The Desperados
Film • 1969
jako Army Captain (voice)
Beach Head
Film • 1969
jako Commandant Tom Decker
ITV Saturday Night Theatre
Serial • 1969
jako David Beeston
2001: Odyseja kosmiczna
Film • 1968
jako Aries-1B Lunar Shuttle Captain
The Portrait of a Lady
Serial • 1968
jako Caspar Goodwood
Battle Beneath the Earth
Film • 1967
jako Lt. Cmdr. Vance Cassidy (as Edward Bishop)
Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons
Serial • 1967
jako Narrator / Captain Blue (voice)
Man in a Suitcase
Serial • 1967
Żyje się tylko dwa razy
Film • 1967
jako Hawaii CapCom (uncredited)
The Bedford Incident
Film • 1965
jako Lieutenant Hacker U.S.N. - Communications
Out of the Unknown
Serial • 1965
jako Commandant Tom Decker
Automania 2000
Film • 1964
jako Narrator
Sherlock Holmes
Serial • 1964
Theatre 625
Serial • 1964
jako Padfield
Man in the Middle
Film • 1964
Paul Starr
Film • 1964
jako Paul Starr (voice)
The Mouse on the Moon
Film • 1963
jako American Astronaut (as Edward Bishop)
Big City
Film • 1963
jako Narrator (as Edward Bishop)
Wojenny kochanek
Film • 1962
jako Vogt
Święty
Serial • 1962
jako George Felson
Lolita
Film • 1962
jako Ambulance Attendant (uncredited)
Armchair Theatre
Serial • 1956
jako Karl
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Serial • 1951
jako Pinkerton