Personal Info
Known Credits
65
Gender
Male
Birthdate
1932-06-11 (93 Y.O)
Place Of Birth
Brooklyn - New York - USA
Also Known For
Edward Bishop George Victor Bishop
Ed 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 ...
Known For
Acting
2022 --
Gerry Anderson: A Life Uncharted
| Self (archive footage)
2014 --
This Is Supermarionation
| Captain Blue (voice)
2001 --
500!
| Padre Jones
2001 --
2001: The Making of a Myth
| Self
1999 --
Captain Scarlet and the Return of the Mysterons
| Captain Blue (voice)
1999 --
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Spring Break Adventure
| Sentry
1999 --
The Unexpected Mrs. Pollifax
| Carstairs
1996 --
Broken Glass
| Stanton Case
1995 --
White Christmas
|
1994 --
Funny Man
| Card Player
1994 --
Calliope
| Lewis Belvedere
1992 --
Nudism: The Inside Story
| Narrator (voice)
1991 --
Born to Ride
| Dr. Tate
1990 --
The Serpent of Death
| Grant
1989 --
The Candy Show
| Geoffrey
1988 --
Testimony
| American Commentator
1987 --
Three Wishes for Jamie
| Proddy
1987 --
Turnaround
| Gerald
1986 --
Whoops Apocalypse
| Wink Persiman (TV interviewer)
1986 --
The Fifth Missile
| Adm. Stewart Cullinane
1985 --
Restless Natives
| Reporter
1985 --
Going for the Gold: The Bill Johnson Story
|
1985 --
Wynne and Penkovsky
| Alexander
1985 --
Chocky's Children
| Dr. Deacon
1984 --
Threads
| US President (voice) (uncredited)
1984 --
The Master of Ballantrae
| Pinkerton
1983 --
The Lonely Lady
|
1983 --
The Lonely Lady
| Dr. Baker
1982 --
Nutcracker
| Sam Dozier
1981 --
London Is Drowning
| American reporter
1981 --
Rise and Fall of Idi Amin
| Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
1981 --
Revenge of the Mysterons from Mars
| Captain Blue (voice)
1981 --
Stainless Steel and the Star Spies
| Stainless Steel (voice)
1980 --
Silver Dream Racer
| Al Peterson
1980 --
S.O.S. Titanic
| Henry Harris
1980 --
Saturn 3
| Harding (uncredited)
1980 --
Captain Scarlet vs. The Mysterons
| Captain Blue (voice)
1979 --
Children of the Gods
| Brother Bethlehem
1978 --
Brass Target
| Col. Stewart
1978 --
Dylan: The Life and Death of a Poet
| Prof. Goonmeyer
1977 --
Madame Claude
| Smith
1977 --
Twilight's Last Gleaming
| Maj. Fox
1975 --
Into Infinity
| TV Announcer
1975 --
Death in Deep Water
| Gang Boss (voice)
1975 --
Nurse Will Make It Better
| Carson
1974 --
UFO Contatto radar... Stanno atterrando!
|
1973 --
Pets
| Victor Stackman
1972 --
The Baron: Mystery Island
| Operations Officer
1972 --
UFO - Prendeteli vivi
| Comandante Edward Straker
1972 --
UFO... annientare S.H.A.D.O. Stop. Uccidete Straker...
| Com.te Ed Straker
1971 --
Diamonds Are Forever
| Klaus Hergersheimer (uncredited)
1971 --
UFO - Allarme rosso... Attacco alla Terra!
| Comandante Ed Straker
1971 --
Invasion: UFO
| Cmdr. Ed Straker
1971 --
UFO - Distruggete base Luna!
| Comandante Edward Straker
1969 --
Doppelgänger
| David Poulson
1969 --
The Desperados
| Army Captain (voice)
1968 --
2001: A Space Odyssey
| Aries-1B Lunar Shuttle Captain
1967 --
Battle Beneath the Earth
| Lt. Cmdr. Vance Cassidy (as Edward Bishop)
1967 --
You Only Live Twice
| Hawaii CapCom (uncredited)
1965 --
The Bedford Incident
| Lieutenant Hacker U.S.N. - Communications
1964 --
Automania 2000
| Narrator
1964 --
Man in the Middle
|
1963 --
The Mouse on the Moon
| American Astronaut
1963 --
Big City
| Narrator (as Edward Bishop)
1962 --
The War Lover
| Vogt