Ed Bishop (1932-2005), as he appeared in the movie 2001: A Space Odyssey (where he played the Captain of the Aries 1B space-station-to-moon shuttle, in a role which first featured dialogue: the dialogue was later cut from his scenes).

Ed Bishop (born George Victor Bishop on 11 June 1932 in Brooklyn, New York and died on 8 June 2005 in Kingston-upon-Thames, Surrey), was an American film, television, stage and radio actor based in Britain. Image File history File links E_Bishop. ... Image File history File links E_Bishop. ... June 11 is the 162nd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (163rd in leap years), with 203 days remaining. ... 1932 (MCMXXXII) is a leap year starting on Friday. ... Main article: New York City A map of New York City, highlighting Brooklyn. ... Official language(s) None, English de facto Capital Albany Largest city New York City Area  - Total  - Width  - Length  - % water  - Latitude  - Longitude Ranked 27th 141,205 km² 455 km 530 km 13. ... June 8 is the 159th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (160th in leap years), with 206 days remaining. ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Kingston upon Thames is the principal settlement of the Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames. ... Surrey is a county in southern England, part of the South East England region and one of the Home Counties. ...

Bishop is best known for his television roles working for producer Gerry Anderson, most notably his performance as Commander Ed Straker in the science fiction series, UFO, which was produced in 1969 and broadcast during 1970-1971. Bishop also provided the voice of Captain Blue for Anderson's Supermarionation puppet series, Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons. Both series have become cult favorites. In UFO, he dyed his dark hair blond for the role of Straker, though he eventually started wearing a blond wig instead. Bishop kept one of the wigs he wore in UFO as a souvenir and was also given the Certina wristwatch he wore on the show, and before his death, said that he planned to pass it on to his eldest grandson. [1] Bishop was the only cast member of UFO to appear in every episode of that series. Gerry Anderson and Sylvia Anderson are most famous as the production team for several futuristic childrens television shows involving specially modified marionettes, a process called supermarionation. Their most famous production is Thunderbirds, which was produced by their production company, originally known as AP Films and later renamed Century 21... Science fiction is a form of speculative fiction principally dealing with the impact of imagined science and technology, or both, upon society and persons as individuals. ... UFO was a British television science fiction series created by Gerry Anderson and produced by Andersons and Lew Grades Century 21 Productions for Grades ITC Entertainment company. ... 1969 (MCMLXIX) was a common year starting on Wednesday For other uses, see Number 1969. ... 1970 (MCMLXX in Roman) was a common year starting on Thursday. ... 1971 (MCMLXXI) is a common year starting on Friday (click for link to calendar). ... Supermarionation (standing for super marionette animation) is a puppetry technique devised by the British production company AP Films and used extensively in its numerous childrens action-adventure series, the most famous of which is undoubtedly Thunderbirds. ... Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons, often referred to in shorthand as simply Captain Scarlet, is a science fiction television series produced by the Century 21 Television company of Sylvia and Gerry Anderson and first shown in Britain between September 1967 and April 1968. ... Cult television, like cult figures, cult film and cult radio, attracts a band of aficionados, known as a cult following, devoted to a specific television program or unreal universe. ...

After graduating in Theatre Arts from Boston University, he won a Fulbright Scholarship to study for two years at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art, from which he graduated in 1959 and almost immediately found work in the British theatre and film industries. He adopted the first name "Edward" at this time for professional reasons. His first Broadway stage performance was in David Merrick's production of The Rehearsal in 1962, though he returned to Britain in 1964. Boston University is a private university located in Boston, Massachusetts. ... The Fulbright Program is program of educational grants (Fulbright Fellowships) sponsored by the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs of the United States Department of State. ... The London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art (LAMDA), founded 1861, is a leading British drama school in west London. ... 1959 (MCMLIX) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Broadway theatre is often considered the highest professional form of theatre in the United States. ... 1962 (MCMLXII) was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... For the Nintendo 64 emulator, see 1964 (Emulator). ...

Bishop made his film acting debut in a small role in Stanley Kubrick's 1962 adaptation of Lolita (as an ambulance driver), and he had small roles in the James Bond films You Only Live Twice and Diamonds Are Forever. Some of his other better known films include Saturn 3, Twilight's Last Gleaming, Whoops Apocalypse (he also appeared in the TV series version), and 2001: A Space Odyssey (where he played the Captain of the Aries 1B space-station-to-moon shuttle, in a role which first featured dialogue: the dialogue was later cut from his scenes). In 1963 he played an American astronaut going to the moon in the movie The Mouse on the Moon (see: Grand Fenwick). Bishop also provided vocal work for the animated version of Star Trek and for Full Fathom Five, a Doctor Who audio drama produced by Big Finish Productions. Stanley Kubrick (July 26, 1928 – March 7, 1999) was a Jewish American film director and producer who is widely considered to have been one of the most innovative, talented, and influential filmmakers of the late 20th century. ... // Events Dr. No launches the James Bond film series, the longest-running motion picture franchise of all time, running more than 40 years. ... Lolita Lolita is a novel by Vladimir Nabokov, first published in 1955. ... The James Bond 007 gun logo James Bond, also known as 007 (pronounced double-oh seven), is a fictional British spy created by writer Ian Fleming in 1953. ... 2003 Penguin Books paperback edition You Only Live Twice is the twelfth novel by Ian Fleming featuring James Bond, secret agent 007; it was published in 1964, around the time Fleming died. ... A 2002 Penguin Books paperback edition Diamonds Are Forever, published in 1956, is the fourth James Bond novel written by Ian Fleming. ... It has been suggested that Saturn 3 (film) be merged into this article or section. ... Twilights Last Gleaming is the story of Lawrence Dell, a renegade USAF general, who escapes from a military prison and takes over an ICBM silo near Montana and threatens to launch the misslies and start World War III unless the President revels the real reason why America fought in... Whoops Apocalypse was originally a six-part 1982 sitcom by Andrew Marshall and David Renwick, made by London Weekend Television for ITV. Marshall and Renwick later reworked the concept as a 1986 movie with almost completely different characters and plot, although one or two of the original actors returned in... The Duchy of Grand Fenwick is an imaginary country created by Leonard Wibberley in a series of comic novels, most popularly The Mouse That Roared (1955). ... A bishop is an ordained member of the Christian clergy who, in certain Christian churches, holds a position of authority. ... Star Trek: The Animated Series is an animated science fiction television series set in the Star Trek universe. ... Full Fathom Five is a Big Finish Productions audio drama based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. ... Doctor Who is a long-running British science fiction television programme produced by the BBC about a mysterious time-travelling adventurer known only as The Doctor. It is also the title of a 1996 television movie featuring the same character. ... Big Finish Productions is a British company that produces audio plays released straight to compact disc, based on British cult science fiction properties. ...

Bishop continued to act on film, TV and radio, usually in British and European productions, and was a frequent guest at science fiction conventions. He was also politically active, participating in the March 2004 British protest against the Iraq war. For other uses, see Europe (disambiguation). ... Science fiction conventions are gatherings of the community of fans (called science fiction fandom) of various forms of science fiction and fantasy. ... This article deals with the post-invasion period in Iraq and its occupation. ...

Ed Bishop was married three times:

1. Jane Thwaites, 1955; (marriage dissolved)
2. Hillary Preen 1962; (three daughters; and one son deceased); (marriage dissolved 1996)
3. Jane Skinner, 2001

Bishop died five days after the death of one of his UFO co-stars, Michael Billington. The cause of death was a chest infection contracted while undergoing tests for an undisclosed blood disorder.[2] 1955 (MCMLV in Roman) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1962 (MCMLXII) was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1996 (MCMXCVI) is a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. ... 2001: A Space Odyssey. ... Michael Billington (born on December 24, 1941 in Blackburn, Lancashire, England; died on June 3, 2005 in the UK) was a popular British film and television actor. ...

External links

• Ed Bishop at the Internet Movie Database
• Fanderson.com obituary and tribute
• Fan discussion group (registration required)