Where to watch Ed Bishop in the UK
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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 …
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- Theatre 625 (1964) as Padfield
- The Saint (1962) as George Felson
- Highlander: The Series (1992) as Edward Banner
- Waking the Dead (2001) as Tyler
- The Professionals (1977) as Dr. Ernest Harbinger
- Performance (1991) as Stanton Case
- 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) as Aries-1B Lunar Shuttle Captain
- The Protectors (1972) as Colonel John Hunter
- Thriller (1973) as Carson
- Out of the Unknown (1965) as Commandant Tom Decker
- UFO (1970) as Ed Straker
- Man in a Suitcase (1967) Cast
- The Adventurer (1972) as Wayne
- Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons (1967) as Narrator / Captain Blue (voice)
- Star Trek (1973) as Asmodeus (voice) (uncredited)
- 2Point4 Children (1991) as Chet
- Warship (1973) Cast
- Lolita (1962) as Ambulance Attendant (uncredited)
- Colditz (1972) as Lt. Col. Harrity
- The Kenny Everett Television Show (1982) as Various
- You Only Live Twice (1967) as Hawaii CapCom (uncredited)
- Diamonds Are Forever (1971) as Klaus Hergersheimer (uncredited)
- Sherlock Holmes (1964) Cast
- 1990 (1977) Cast
- The Two Mrs. Grenvilles (1987) as Strasser
- The Demon Headmaster (1996) as TV Supremo
- Space Cadets (1997) as Self
- Philip Marlowe, Private Eye (1983) as District Attorney
- Threads (1985) as US President (voice) (uncredited)
- Just Good Friends (1983) as Vernon
- Strange Report (1969) as Moran
- Worlds Beyond (1986) as Mr Hitchcock
- Two's Company (1975) as Jack
- Quiller (1975) as Frank Ilroy
- Hallmark Hall of Fame (1951) as Pinkerton
- Wilde Alliance (1978) as Wingman
- Saturn 3 (1980) as Harding (uncredited)
- Whoops Apocalypse (1982) as Jay Garrick
- Breakaway (1980) as Scott Douglas
- Take a Letter, Mr Jones (1981) as Joe Bradley
- Man in the Middle (1964) Cast
- Madame Claude (1977) as Smith
- S.O.S. Titanic (1980) as Henry Harris
- Whoops Apocalypse (1986) as Wink Persiman (TV interviewer)
- Armchair Theatre (1956) as Karl
- The Bedford Incident (1965) as Lieutenant Hacker U.S.N. - Communications
- The Desperados (1969) as Army Captain (voice)
- Twilight's Last Gleaming (1977) as Maj. Fox
- Brass Target (1978) as Col. Stewart
- Doppelgänger (1969) as David Poulson
- The War Lover (1962) as Vogt
- Pets (1973) as Victor Stackman
- The Mad Death (1983) as Tom Siegler
- Hiroshima (2005) as Stimson
- Silver Dream Racer (1980) as Al Peterson
- The Master of Ballantrae (1984) as Pinkerton
- The Lonely Lady (1983) as Dr. Baker
- The Fifth Missile (1986) as Adm. Stewart Cullinane
- The Serpent of Death (1990) as Grant
- Judgment in Berlin (1988) as Dyson Wilde
- Born to Ride (1991) as Dr. Tate
- The Mouse on the Moon (1963) as American Astronaut (as Edward Bishop)
- Nutcracker (1982) as Sam Dozier
- Kelly Monteith (1979) Cast
- Funny Man (1994) as Card Player
- Rise and Fall of Idi Amin (1981) as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
- Testimony (1988) as American Commentator
- Restless Natives (1985) as Reporter
- Invasion: UFO (1980) as Cmdr. Ed Straker
- The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Spring Break Adventure (1999) as Sentry
- Battle Beneath the Earth (1967) as Lt. Cmdr. Vance Cassidy (as Edward Bishop)
- Three Wishes for Jamie (1987) as Proddy
- Broken Glass (1996) as Stanton Case
- Going for the Gold: The Bill Johnson Story (1985) Cast
- Turnaround (1987) as Gerald
- Stainless Steel and the Star Spies (1981) as Stainless Steel (voice)
- The Unexpected Mrs. Pollifax (1999) as Carstairs
- Calliope (1994) as Lewis Belvedere
- UFO: Red alert... Attack on Earth! (1971) as Comandante Ed Straker
- Death in Deep Water (1975) as Gang Boss (voice)
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Most-watched Ed Bishop films currently: 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968), Lolita (1962), You Only Live Twice (1967), Diamonds Are Forever (1971), Threads (1985).
What TV shows has Ed Bishop appeared in?
Selected TV credits: Theatre 625 (1964), The Saint (1962), Highlander: The Series (1992), Waking the Dead (2001), The Professionals (1977).
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