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name: "Ed Bishop"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/ed-bishop"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "11 June 1932"
died: "8 June 2005"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 92
updated: "2026-09-16T21:13:34.168164+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# Ed Bishop

Actor. Born 11 June 1932 in Brooklyn - New York - USA. Died 8 June 2005.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 11 June 1932, Brooklyn - New York - USA
- **Died:** 8 June 2005
- **Active:** 1968–1984
- **Also known as:** Edward Bishop , George Victor Bishop

## Biography

Ed Bishop (1932–2005) was an American actor, predominantly based in the United Kingdom. Born George Victor Bishop in Brooklyn, New York, he was known professionally as Ed Bishop or Edward Bishop. He trained at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art after earlier studies at Boston University.

Bishop's film roles included an ambulance attendant in *Lolita* (1962) and the Aries-1B Lunar Shuttle Captain in *2001: A Space Odyssey* (1968). He appeared uncredited in the James Bond films *You Only Live Twice* (1967) and *Diamonds Are Forever* (1971). On television he played Commander Ed Straker in the series *UFO* (1970–71) and provided the voice of Captain Blue, as well as narration, in *Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons* (1967). He also voiced Philip Marlowe in BBC Radio adaptations of the Raymond Chandler novels.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, themoviedb.org.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Threads* (1984), Fi1m 92, as US President (voice) (uncredited) — [page](https://film.one/film/threads.md)
- *2001: A Space Odyssey* (1968), Fi1m 92, as Aries-1B Lunar Shuttle Captain — [page](https://film.one/film/2001-a-space-odyssey.md)

## Also known for

- *You Only Live Twice* (1967), Hawaii CapCom (uncredited)
- *Diamonds Are Forever* (1971), Klaus Hergersheimer (uncredited)
- *Lolita* (1962), Ambulance Attendant (uncredited)
- *Highlander: The Series* (1992), Edward Banner
- *Saturn 3* (1980), Harding (uncredited)
- *Star Trek* (1973), Asmodeus (voice) (uncredited)
- *The Saint* (1962), George Felson, Tony Allard, Cy Imberline
- *Doppelgänger* (1969), David Poulson

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