Ed Bishop

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...

Known For

2001: A Space Odyssey

as Aries-1B Lunar Shuttle Captain

You Only Live Twice

as Hawaii CapCom (uncredited)

Diamonds Are Forever

as Klaus Hergersheimer (uncredited)

Cast Credits

This Is Supermarionation

as Captain Blue (voice)

500!

as Padre Jones

Broken Glass

as Stanton Case

Funny Man

as Card Player

Calliope

as Lewis Belvedere

Born to Ride

as Dr. Tate

The Candy Show

as Geoffrey

Testimony

as American Commentator

Judgment in Berlin

as Dyson Wilde

Turnaround

as Gerald

Whoops Apocalypse

as Wink Persiman (TV interviewer)

The Fifth Missile

as Adm. Stewart Cullinane

Threads

as US President (voice) (uncredited)

Restless Natives

as Reporter

Chocky's Children

as Dr. Deacon

The Lonely Lady

as Dr. Baker

Nutcracker

as Sam Dozier

London Is Drowning

as American reporter

Rise and Fall of Idi Amin

as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

Stainless Steel and the Star Spies

as Stainless Steel (voice)

Revenge of the Mysterons from Mars

as Captain Blue (voice)