Terry Bishop

Birthday: 1912-10-21
Deathday: 1981-10-30
Birthplace: Chiswick, London, England, UK
Gender: Male

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.

Credits

Year Title
1964-01-01 Hamile: The Tongo Hamlet
1961-12-01 Bomb in the High Street
1961-06-21 The Unstoppable Man
1960-03-31 Danger Tomorrow
1959-09-26 Cover Girl Killer
1959-02-01 Model for Murder
1959-01-30 Life in Danger
1957-08-01 Light Fingers
1955-01-01 Tim Driscoll's Donkey
1952-01-02 Journey to the Sea
1951-07-01 You're Only Young Twice
1949-08-15 Daybreak in Udi
1947-08-29 A Tale in a Teacup
1947-01-02 Five Towns
1943-01-25 The Royal Mile: Edinburgh
1942-04-21 Down Our Street
1941-02-20 The Western Isles