Ed Bishop
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| Born |
George Victor Bishop 11 June 1932 Brooklyn, New York, U.S. |
| Died | 8 June 2005 (aged 72) Kingston upon Thames, Surrey, England |
| Resting place |
Napton, Warwickshire Coordinates: 52°14′52.92″N 1°19′23.12″W / 52.2480333°N 1.3230889°W |
| Citizenship | British |
| Alma mater |
Boston University London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art |
| Occupation | Actor, stage actor, radio actor |
| Years active | 1959–2005 |
| Television |
UFO Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons |
| Spouse(s) |
Jane Thwaites (m. 1955; div. 1955) Hilary Preen (m. 1962; div. 1996) Jane Skinner (m. 2001; his death 2005) |
| Children | 4 |
George Victor Bishop (11 June 1932 – 8 June 2005) — known professionally as Ed Bishop — was an American film, television, stage and radio actor based in the United Kingdom. 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.
George Victor Bishop was born on 11 June 1932, the son of a Manhattan banker, in Brooklyn, New York. He attended Peekskill High School before a brief spell at teacher training college. Bishop served in the United States Army as a disc jockey with the Armed Forces Radio at St. John's in Newfoundland where he was introduced to acting with the St. John's Players.
After leaving the army, Bishop enrolled at Boston University where he initially studied business administration but halfway through the course, transferred to drama, much against his parents wishes. After graduating in Theatre Arts, 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 stage name "Ed Bishop" at this time to distinguish himself from the established actor "George Bishop". His first Broadway appearance was as Villebosse in David Merrick's production of Jean Anouilh's The Rehearsal in 1963, though he returned to Britain in 1964.
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