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George Victor Bishop, known professionally as Ed Bishop, was an American/British 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.
Birth Name
George Victor Bishop
Born
Saturday, 11 June 1932
Died
Wednesday, 08 June 2005
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Captain Scarlet: Spectrum Declassified | Self | 2023 |
| Gerry Anderson: A Life Uncharted | Self | 2022 |
| Hiroshima | Stimson | 2005 |
| 500! | Father Jones / Padre Jones | 2001 |
| 2001: The Making of a Myth | Self | 2001 |
| Waking the Dead | Tyler | 2000 |
| The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Spring Break Adventure | Sentry | 1999 |
| The Unexpected Mrs. Pollifax | Carstairs | 1999 |
| The American | Gen. Packard | 1998 |
| Space Cadets | Self | 1997 |
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Captain Scarlet: Spectrum Declassified | Self | 2023 |
| Gerry Anderson: A Life Uncharted | Self | 2022 |
| Hiroshima | Stimson | 2005 |
| 500! | Father Jones / Padre Jones | 2001 |
| 2001: The Making of a Myth | Self | 2001 |
| Waking the Dead | Tyler | 2000 |
| The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Spring Break Adventure | Sentry | 1999 |
| The Unexpected Mrs. Pollifax | Carstairs | 1999 |
| The American | Gen. Packard | 1998 |
| Space Cadets | Self | 1997 |
| Broken Glass | Stanton Case | 1996 |
| The Demon Headmaster | TV Supremo | 1996 |
| White Christmas | (voice) | 1995 |
| Funny Man | Card Player | 1994 |
| Highlander | Edward Banner | 1992 |
| The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles | Sentry | 1992 |
| 2point4 Children | Chet | 1991 |
| Born to Ride | Dr. Tate | 1991 |
| The Serpent of Death | Grant | 1990 |
| Chancer | Elmer | 1990 |
| Testimony | American Commentator | 1988 |
| Motormouth | Mr. Miller | 1988 |
| Judgment in Berlin | Dyson Wilde | 1988 |
| French and Saunders | Head of Light Entertainment | 1987 |
| The Two Mrs. Grenvilles | Strasser | 1987 |
| The Divided Union | Self - Narrator | 1987 |
| Whoops Apocalypse | Wink Persiman (TV interviewer) | 1986 |
| Worlds Beyond | Mr. Hitchcock | 1986 |
| The Fifth Missile | Adm. Stewart Cullinane | 1986 |
| Going for the Gold: The Bill Johnson Story | Sanders | 1985 |
| Restless Natives | Reporter / TV Reporter (American) | 1985 |
| Threads | US President | 1984 |
| The First Olympics: Athens 1896 | Mr. Bogardus | 1984 |
| The Master of Ballantrae | Pinkerton | 1984 |
| The Lonely Lady | Dr. Baker | 1983 |
| Just Good Friends | Vernon | 1983 |
| The Mad Death | Tom Siegler | 1983 |
| Philip Marlowe, Private Eye | District Attorney | 1983 |
| The Baker Street Boys | Marvin | 1983 |
| The Lords of Discipline | Commerce St. Croix | 1983 |
| Nutcracker | Sam Dozier | 1982 |
| Whoops Apocalypse | Jay Garrick / Newscaster Jay Garrick | 1982 |
| The Kenny Everett Television Show | Various | 1981 |
| Take a Letter Mr. Jones..... | Joe Bradley | 1981 |
| Amin: The Rise and Fall | Narrator | 1981 |
| Revenge of the Mysterons from Mars | Captain Blue | 1981 |
| The Space Movie | Narrator | 1980 |
| Oppenheimer | General Tom Farrell | 1980 |
| Silver Dream Racer | Al Peterson | 1980 |
| Saturn 3 | Harding | 1980 |
| S.O.S. Titanic | Henry Harris | 1979 |
| Running Blind | Commander Nordlinger | 1979 |
| Brass Target | Col. Stewart | 1978 |
| Butterflies | Tony | 1978 |
| Wilde Alliance | Wingman | 1978 |
| The South Bank Show | Slampacker | 1978 |
| The Professionals | Dr. Ernest Harbinger / Braddock | 1977 |
| 1990 | Ed Burbank | 1977 |
| Madame Claude | Smith | 1977 |
| Twilight's Last Gleaming | Maj. Fox | 1977 |
| The Cedar Tree | Earl Mulligan | 1976 |
| NBC Special Treat | Narrator | 1975 |
| Two's Company | Jack | 1975 |
| Quiller | Frank Ilroy | 1975 |
| Oil Strike North | Patterson | 1975 |
| Anne of Avonlea | Judson Parker | 1975 |
| The Bunny Caper | Stuart Beard | 1974 |
| Rogue's Rock | Cyrus T. Triphammer | 1974 |
| It Ain't Half Hot Mum | Colonel Sol Zimmerman | 1974 |
| Invasion: UFO | Cmdr. Ed Straker | 1974 |
| Pets | Vincent Stackman / Victor Stackman | 1973 |
| Star Trek: The Animated Series | Asmodeus | 1973 |
| Orson Welles' Great Mysteries | The Millionaire | 1973 |
| Warship | Sanders | 1973 |
| Thriller | Carson / Gang boss | 1973 |
| Colditz | Lt. Col. Harrity | 1972 |
| The Adventurer | Wayne | 1972 |
| The Protectors | Colonel John Hunter | 1972 |
| UFO... annientare S.H.A.D.O. stop. Uccidete Straker... | Cmdr. Ed Straker / Com.te Ed Straker | 1972 |
| Diamonds Are Forever | Klaus Hergersheimer | 1971 |
| UFO: Distruggete Base Luna | Cmdr. Ed Straker | 1971 |
| Play for Today | American reporter | 1970 |
| UFO | Cmdr. Ed Straker / Cmdr. Straker | 1970 |
| The Engelbert Humperdinck Show | Self - intro | 1969 |
| Strange Report | Moran | 1969 |
| Journey to the Far Side of the Sun | David Poulson | 1969 |
| The Desperados | Army Captain / Army Captain (voice) | 1969 |
| ITV Saturday Night Theatre | David Beeston | 1969 |
| 2001: A Space Odyssey | Aries-1B Lunar Shuttle Captain | 1968 |
| The Portrait of a Lady | Caspar Goodwood | 1968 |
| Battle Beneath the Earth | Lt. Cmdr. Vance Cassidy (as Edward Bishop) / Lt. Cmdr. Vance Cassidy | 1967 |
| Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons | Captain Blue / Narrator | 1967 |
| Man in a Suitcase | American Agent | 1967 |
| You Only Live Twice | Hawaii CapCom | 1967 |
| The Baron | Naval officer | 1966 |
| The Bedford Incident | Lieutenant Hacker U.S.N. - Communications | 1965 |
| Out of the Unknown | Commandant Tom Decker | 1965 |
| You Must Be Joking! | U.S. Air Force Soldier at Checkpoint | 1965 |
| Mogul | Mr. Kramer | 1965 |
| Sherlock Holmes | Joseph Stangerson | 1964 |
| Theatre 625 | Padfield | 1964 |
| The Winston Affair | Lieut. at Sikri | 1964 |
| The Cool Mikado | Man | 1963 |
| The Mouse on the Moon | American Astronaut | 1963 |
| Automania 2000 | Narrator | 1963 |
| The War Lover | Vogt | 1962 |
| The Saint | George Felson / Sherm Inkler / Tony Allard / Cy Imberline | 1962 |
| Lolita | Ambulance Attendant | 1962 |
| Drama 61-67 | First Reporter | 1961 |
| Gorgo | Radar Operator | 1961 |
| Armchair Theatre | Karl | 1956 |
