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He spent the last few years of his life living in West Molesey. His life and work were honoured at the British Academy Television Awards in May 2006. He was survived by his widow and by three daughters from his second marriage (Georgina, Jessica and Serina).
Jun 4, 2022 · Ed Bishop passed away on June 2 nd 2005 after contracting a chest infection whilst in hospital undergoing treatment for leukemia, just three days before his 73 rd birthday and 5 days after the death of his UFO co-star Michael Billington.
Ed Bishop. Actor: 2001: A Space Odyssey. Born as George Victor Bishop in 1932. He changed his name to Edward when he became a professional actor, as there was already an actor named George Bishop. Raised in Peekskill, New York through high school.
- June 11, 1932
- June 8, 2005
Ed Bishop made a career as an American actor working in England. He was best known for his lead role as Commander Ed Straker in Gerry Anderson's live action television series UFO (1970-71) and...
They lived in Napton on the Hill, a little village in Warwickshire, where he bought a large old house in 1980. Here he founded Napton Open Air Theatre and Napton Little Theatre, which staged high quality village productions. He later lived with his third wife, Jane Skinner, at East Molesey. Ed became a grandfather in 1994.
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- Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
- January 1, 1
- Kingston upon Thames, London, England, UK
Personal Life. A political liberal, Bishop was also politically active. He showed his disapproval of the military-industrial complex in 1993 in a notable act of political theater: he gatecrashed an arms-trade fair held in Aldershot, Hampshire while dressed to resemble Augusto Pinochet.
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As well as starring as Straker in UFO, Ed was going to be reading a story in the children's popular TV show 'Jackanory' (for those who don't know what that was, it featured a huge armchair in a living room in which the actor would sit to read from the book.
