Terry Bishop
Age: N/A | From: Chiswick, London, England, UK
Person Details
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Aliases: No known aliases
Gender: Male
Place of birth: Chiswick, London, England, UK
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Movie Involvements: 26
TV Involvements: 6
Most Famous Work
Biography
Terry Bishop (21 October 1912 – 30 October 1981) was a British screenwriter, and television and film director. In the 1940s Bishop directed a series of public information and documentary films, including Daybreak in Udi (1949) for the Crown Film Unit which in 1950 won the Oscar for Best Documentary and a BAFTA for Best Documentary Film. From 1950–1962 he worked extensively in British TV, directing episodes of series including The Adventures of William Tell, The Adventures of Robin Hood, Sword of Freedom, Danger Man, and Sir Francis Drake. Bishop also made several low budget British films during this period, including Cover Girl Killer (1959), featuring future Steptoe and Son star Harry H. Corbett as a serial murderer of glamour models.
Most Famous Work
The Adventures of Robin Hood
(1955) Director
The Titfield Thunderbolt
(1953) Second Unit Director
Danger Man
(1960) Director
The Man in the White Suit
(1951) Second Unit Director
The Adventures of William Tell
(1958) Director
The Adventures of Sir Lancelot
(1956) Director
The Buccaneers
(1956) Director
Sir Francis Drake
(1961) DirectorActing
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Lighting
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| 1985 | Lighting Director | |
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Directing
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| 1954 | Second Unit Director | |
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Writing
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
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| 1961 | Writer | |
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| 1941 | Writer | |
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