Ed Bishop Autograph
George Victor Bishop (11 June 1932 – 8 June 2005), known professionally as Ed Bishop, was an American 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. More about Ed Bishop
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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; he 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 George Bishop, an established actor of the time.&
93; 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.
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 Beneath the Earth (1967). He also had small roles in the James Bond films You Only Live Twice and Diamonds Are Forever. He appeared in a second Kubrick film, 2001: A Space Odyssey, in which he played the Captain of the Aries 1B Moon shuttle. The role initially featured dialogue, though ...
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; he 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 George Bishop, an established actor of the time.&
93; 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.
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 Beneath the Earth (1967). He also had small roles in the James Bond films You Only Live Twice and Diamonds Are Forever. He appeared in a second Kubrick film, 2001: A Space Odyssey, in which he played the Captain of the Aries 1B Moon shuttle. The role initially featured dialogue, though ...
Traded items with a signature of Ed Bishop
In total, we tracked 0 items since 01/01/2008. The chart below shows the trade volume over time.
The most expensive item with a signature of Ed Bishop (UFO - Ed Bishop as Straker - PERSONALLY SIGNED AUTOGRAPH CARD - Cards Inc - 2004) was sold in June 2021 for $688.88 while the cheapest item (Ed Bishop, James Bond Diamonds Are Forever autographed/signed 8X10 W/CofA) found a new owner for $5.00 in July 2016. The month with the most items sold (1) was June 2009 with an average selling price of $8.49 for an autographed item of Ed Bishop. Sold items reached their highest average selling price in October 2014 with $59.99 and the month that saw the lowest prices with $8.49 was June 2009.
Most recently, these items with a signature of Ed Bishop were sold on eBay - click here for more items.
| Item Title | Price | Store | |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Ed Bishop Autographed 8" X 10" Photo | $8.49 | |
| Ed Bishop- UFO TV Series Autograph-Signed 8x10 Photo w COA (EBAU-832) | $59.99 | |