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Ed Bishop (11 June 1932 – 8 June 2005; age 72) was an actor who voiced Asmodeus in the Star Trek: The Animated Series first season episode "The Magicks of Megas-Tu".
Based out of the UK for most of his career, Bishop is best known for his starring role as Commander Ed Straker on the British science fiction series UFO and providing the voice of Captain Blue in the puppet series Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons. He also appeared in the 1968 sci-fi classic 2001: A Space Odyssey, starring Star Trek: The Original Series guest star Gary Lockwood.
Bishop died of a virus in 2005, just five days after his UFO co-star Michael Billington.
External links[]
- Ed Bishop at Wikipedia
- Ed Bishop at the Internet Movie Database