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