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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...
Known for
American PlayhouseSeries • 1982
Highlander: The SeriesSeries • 1992
The SaintSeries • 1962
Waking the DeadSeries • 2001
2001: A Space OdysseyMovie • 1968
The ProfessionalsSeries • 1977
Theatre 625Series • 1964
Captain Scarlet and the MysteronsSeries • 1967
ITV Saturday Night TheatreSeries • 1969
You Only Live TwiceMovie • 1967
PerformanceSeries • 1991
UFOSeries • 1970
ThrillerSeries • 1973
The ProtectorsSeries • 1972
Orson Welles' Great MysteriesSeries • 1973
Out of the UnknownSeries • 1965
2Point4 ChildrenSeries • 1991
Star TrekSeries • 1973
Diamonds Are ForeverMovie • 1971
The AdventurerSeries • 1972
Man in a SuitcaseSeries • 1967
LolitaMovie • 1962
WarshipSeries • 1973
The Kenny Everett Television ShowSeries • 1982