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Ed Bishop

American actor (1932-2005) · United States · On the map · Actors · Died at 72

George Victor Bishop, known professionally as Ed Bishop or Edward Bishop, was an American actor, predominantly based in the UK.

Ed Bishop is read about 365 times a day, in 13 languages.

A typical day, 30 days to 9 November 2026

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2005Died8 June 2005HiroshimaFilm, 2005Stimson2001Waking the DeadSeries, Tyler1999The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Spring Break AdventureFilm, Sentry1994Funny ManFilm, Card Player19912Point4 ChildrenSeries, Chet1990The Serpent of DeathFilm, Grant1986The Fifth MissileFilm, Adm. Stewart Cullinane1984ThreadsFilm, US President (voice) (uncredited)1983Just Good FriendsSeries, Vernon1982NutcrackerFilm, Sam Dozier1980OppenheimerSeries, General Tom Farrell1978Brass TargetFilm, Col. Stewart1975The Day After Tomorrow: Into InfinityFilm, TV Announcer1973Orson Welles' Great MysteriesSeries, The MillionairePetsFilm, 1973Victor Stackman1972ColditzSeries, Lt. Col. Harrity1969ITV Saturday Night TheatreSeries, David BeestonDoppelgängerFilm, 1969David Poulson1967Battle Beneath the EarthFilm, Lt. Cmdr. Vance Cassidy (as Edward Bishop)1965Out of the UnknownSeries, Commandant Tom Decker1964Sherlock HolmesSeriesAutomania 2000Film, 1964Narrator1962LolitaFilm, Ambulance Attendant (uncredited)1951Hallmark Hall of FameSeries, Pinkerton1932Born11 June 1932

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  • 2001: A Space Odyssey 1968
  • Threads 1984
  • Lolita 1962
  • Hiroshima 2005
  • The Bedford Incident 1965

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Filmography 40

122 credits on file

Television 24

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Awards

Fulbright Scholarship

About this person

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.

Country
United States
Category
Actors
Type
Actor
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1932 to 2005 · aged 72

In the same film or series as Ed

Michael CrawfordAlso in The War Lover (1962)Jonathan RossAlso in Amin: The Rise and Fall (1981)Michael GothardAlso in The Serpent of Death (1990)Patrick McGoohanAlso in Brass Target (1978)Robert ConradAlso in The Fifth Missile (1986)John StockwellAlso in Born to Ride (1991)