Ed Bishop
Acting
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Acting Credits
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
Filmography
Target: Captain Black!
2026
as Captain Blue (voice)
Spectrum is 20: The Death and Life of New Captain Scarlet
2026
as Captain Blue (archive audio) / Himself (archive footage)
Gerry Anderson: A Life Uncharted
2022
as Self (archive footage)
This Is Supermarionation
2014
as Captain Blue (voice)
Hiroshima
2005
as Stimson
2001: The Making of a Myth
2001
as Self
500!
2001
as Padre Jones
Waking the Dead
2001
as Tyler
The Unexpected Mrs. Pollifax
1999
as Carstairs
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Spring Break Adventure
1999
as Sentry
Captain Scarlet and the Return of the Mysterons
1999
as Captain Blue (voice)
Space Cadets
1997
as Self
Broken Glass
1996
as Stanton Case
The Demon Headmaster
1996
as TV Supremo
White Christmas
1995
Calliope
1994
as Lewis Belvedere
Funny Man
1994
as Card Player
Nudism: The Inside Story
1992
as Narrator (voice)
Highlander: The Series
1992
as Edward Banner
Born to Ride
1991
as Dr. Tate
2Point4 Children
1991
as Chet
Performance
1991
as Stanton Case
The Serpent of Death
1990
as Grant
The Candy Show
1989
as Geoffrey
Testimony
1988
as American Commentator
Judgment in Berlin
1988
as Dyson Wilde
Three Wishes for Jamie
1987
as Proddy
Turnaround
1987
as Gerald
The Two Mrs. Grenvilles
1987
as Strasser
The Fifth Missile
1986
as Adm. Stewart Cullinane
Whoops Apocalypse
1986
as Wink Persiman (TV interviewer)
Worlds Beyond
1986
as Mr Hitchcock
Chocky's Children
1985
as Dr. Deacon
Wynne and Penkovsky
1985
as Alexander
Restless Natives
1985
as Reporter
Going for the Gold: The Bill Johnson Story
1985
Chocky's Children
1985
as Dr. Deacon
The Master of Ballantrae
1984
as Pinkerton
Threads
1984
as US President (voice) (uncredited)
The Lonely Lady
1983
as Dr. Baker
The Lonely Lady
1983
Philip Marlowe, Private Eye
1983
as District Attorney
Just Good Friends
1983
as Vernon
The Mad Death
1983
as Tom Siegler
Nutcracker
1982
as Sam Dozier
Whoops Apocalypse
1982
as Jay Garrick
The Kenny Everett Television Show
1982
as Various
American Playhouse
1982
as General Tom Farrell
Stainless Steel and the Star Spies
1981
as Stainless Steel (voice)
Rise and Fall of Idi Amin
1981
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Revenge of the Mysterons from Mars
1981
as Captain Blue (voice)
London Is Drowning
1981
as American reporter
Take a Letter, Mr Jones
1981
as Joe Bradley
Saturn 3
1980
as Harding (uncredited)
Captain Scarlet vs. The Mysterons
1980
as Captain Blue (voice)
Invasion: UFO
1980
as Cmdr. Ed Straker
S.O.S. Titanic
1980
as Henry Harris
Silver Dream Racer
1980
as Al Peterson
Breakaway
1980
as Scott Douglas
Oppenheimer
1980
as General Tom Farrell
Children of the Gods
1979
as Brother Bethlehem
Butch Minds the Baby
1979
as Damon Runyon (voice)
Kelly Monteith
1979
Dylan: The Life and Death of a Poet
1978
as Prof. Goonmeyer
Brass Target
1978
as Col. Stewart
Wilde Alliance
1978
as Wingman
Life at Stake
1978
as Jim Lovell
Madame Claude
1977
as Smith
Twilight's Last Gleaming
1977
as Maj. Fox
1990
1977
The Professionals
1977
as Dr. Ernest Harbinger
The Professionals
1977
as Braddock
The Day After Tomorrow: Into Infinity
1975
as TV Announcer
Nurse Will Make It Better
1975
as Carson
Death in Deep Water
1975
as Gang Boss (voice)
Quiller
1975
as Frank Ilroy
Two's Company
1975
as Jack
UFO: Radar contact... They're landing!
1974
Pets
1973
as Victor Stackman
Star Trek
1973
as Asmodeus (voice) (uncredited)
Warship
1973
Thriller
1973
as Carson
Thriller
1973
as Gang Boss (voice)
Orson Welles' Great Mysteries
1973
as The Millionaire
UFO: Annihilate SHADO... Kill Straker...
1972
as Commander Ed Straker
UFO: Take Them Alive
1972
as Commander Ed Straker
The Baron: Mystery Island
1972
as Operations Officer
Colditz
1972
as Lt. Col. Harrity
The Protectors
1972
as Colonel John Hunter
The Adventurer
1972
as Wayne
Diamonds Are Forever
1971
as Klaus Hergersheimer (uncredited)
UFO: Destroy Luna Base!
1971
as Commander Ed Straker
UFO: Red alert... Attack on Earth!
1971
as Commander Ed Straker
UFO
1970
as Ed Straker
Doppelgänger
1969
as David Poulson
The Desperados
1969
as Army Captain (voice)
Beach Head
1969
as Commandant Tom Decker
Strange Report
1969
as Moran
ITV Saturday Night Theatre
1969
as David Beeston
W. Somerset Maugham
1969
as Edward Barnard
2001: A Space Odyssey
1968
as Aries-1B Lunar Shuttle Captain
The Portrait of a Lady
1968
as Caspar Goodwood
You Only Live Twice
1967
as Hawaii CapCom (uncredited)
Battle Beneath the Earth
1967
as Lt. Cmdr. Vance Cassidy (as Edward Bishop)
Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons
1967
as Narrator / Captain Blue (voice)
Man in a Suitcase
1967
The Bedford Incident
1965
as Lieutenant Hacker U.S.N. - Communications
Out of the Unknown
1965
as Commandant Tom Decker
Man in the Middle
1964
Automania 2000
1964
as Narrator
Paul Starr
1964
as Paul Starr (voice)
Sherlock Holmes
1964
Theatre 625
1964
as Padfield
Big City
1963
as Narrator (as Edward Bishop)
The Mouse on the Moon
1963
as American Astronaut (as Edward Bishop)
The War Lover
1962
as Vogt
Lolita
1962
as Ambulance Attendant (uncredited)
The Saint
1962
as George Felson
The Saint
1962
as Tony Allard
The Saint
1962
as Cy Imberline
Armchair Theatre
1956
as Karl
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
as Pinkerton