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Ben Bishop(1910-1989)

  • Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
  • Production Manager
  • Camera and Electrical Department
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Ben Bishop was born on 8 August 1910 in Hartford, Connecticut, USA. He was an assistant director and production manager, known for The Marcus-Nelson Murders (1973), Airport 1975 (1974) and Juvenile Jungle (1958). He died on 18 January 1989 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
BornAugust 8, 1910
DiedJanuary 18, 1989(78)
BornAugust 8, 1910
DiedJanuary 18, 1989(78)
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  • Awards
    • 1 win total

Known for

Telly Savalas in The Marcus-Nelson Murders (1973)
The Marcus-Nelson Murders
7.7
TV Movie
  • Production Management
  • 1973
Charlton Heston, Linda Blair, Karen Black, George Kennedy, Myrna Loy, Sid Caesar, Susan Clark, Helen Reddy, Gloria Swanson, Roy Thinnes, and Efrem Zimbalist Jr. in Airport 1975 (1974)
Airport 1975
5.8
  • Production Management
  • 1974
Juvenile Jungle (1958)
Juvenile Jungle
6.0
  • Second Unit or Assistant Director
  • 1958
O'Hara, U.S. Treasury (1971)
O'Hara, U.S. Treasury
7.4
TV Series
  • Production Management

Credits

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Second Unit or Assistant Director

  • Charles Bronson in The Bull of the West (1972)
    The Bull of the West
    5.3
    TV Movie
    • assistant director
    • 1972
  • James Drury, Doug McClure, and John McIntire in The Virginian (1962)
    The Virginian
    7.6
    TV Series
    • assistant director
    • 1962–1965
  • Kraft Suspense Theatre (1963)
    Kraft Suspense Theatre
    7.7
    TV Series
    • assistant director
    • 1964
  • John McIntire in Wagon Train (1957)
    Wagon Train
    7.6
    TV Series
    • assistant director
    • 1958–1964
  • Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre (1963)
    Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
    7.4
    TV Series
    • assistant director
    • 1963–1964
  • Destry (1964)
    Destry
    7.3
    TV Series
    • assistant director
    • 1964
  • Alfred Hitchcock in The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (1962)
    The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
    8.5
    TV Series
    • assistant director
    • 1963–1964
  • Channing (1963)
    Channing
    6.9
    TV Series
    • assistant director
    • 1963
  • Ben Gazzara and Chuck Connors in Arrest and Trial (1963)
    Arrest and Trial
    7.7
    TV Series
    • assistant director
    • 1963
  • Laramie (1959)
    Laramie
    7.7
    TV Series
    • assistant director
    • 1959–1963
  • Wide Country (1962)
    Wide Country
    8.0
    TV Series
    • assistant director
    • 1962–1963
  • Ernest Borgnine, Tim Conway, and Joe Flynn in McHale's Navy (1962)
    McHale's Navy
    7.4
    TV Series
    • assistant director
    • 1962
  • Dale Robertson in Tales of Wells Fargo (1957)
    Tales of Wells Fargo
    7.9
    TV Series
    • assistant director
    • 1958–1962
  • John Derek, Richard Jaeckel, and Chill Wills in Frontier Circus (1961)
    Frontier Circus
    7.8
    TV Series
    • assistant director
    • 1961–1962
  • 87th Precinct (1961)
    87th Precinct
    8.0
    TV Series
    • assistant director
    • 1961–1962

Production Management

  • Masada (1981)
    Masada
    7.8
    TV Mini Series
    • unit production manager
    • 1981
  • The Death of Ocean View Park (1979)
    The Death of Ocean View Park
    5.4
    TV Movie
    • production manager
    • 1979
  • The Case of the Baltimore Girls (1978)
    The Case of the Baltimore Girls
    6.0
    TV Movie
    • unit manager
    • 1978
  • Henry Fonda, Patty Duke, Charles Durning, Richard Jordan, Vic Morrow, and Barbara Parkins in Captains and the Kings (1976)
    Captains and the Kings
    7.9
    TV Mini Series
    • unit manager
    • 1976
  • Nick Nolte, Peter Strauss, and Susan Blakely in Rich Man, Poor Man (1976)
    Rich Man, Poor Man
    8.2
    TV Mini Series
    • unit manager
    • 1976
  • Eddie Albert and Robert Wagner in Switch (1975)
    Switch
    7.1
    TV Series
    • unit manager
    • 1975
  • The Specialists (1975)
    The Specialists
    4.3
    TV Movie
    • unit manager
    • 1975
  • Charlton Heston, Linda Blair, Karen Black, George Kennedy, Myrna Loy, Sid Caesar, Susan Clark, Helen Reddy, Gloria Swanson, Roy Thinnes, and Efrem Zimbalist Jr. in Airport 1975 (1974)
    Airport 1975
    5.8
    • unit production manager
    • 1974
  • The California Kid (1974)
    The California Kid
    6.3
    TV Movie
    • unit manager
    • 1974
  • Lorne Greene and Ben Murphy in Griff (1973)
    Griff
    5.9
    TV Series
    • unit manager
    • 1973
  • Money to Burn (1973)
    Money to Burn
    7.1
    TV Movie
    • unit manager
    • 1973
  • Michael Cole and Mike Connors in Beg, Borrow ... or Steal (1973)
    Beg, Borrow ... or Steal
    6.5
    TV Movie
    • unit manager
    • 1973
  • Telly Savalas in The Marcus-Nelson Murders (1973)
    The Marcus-Nelson Murders
    7.7
    TV Movie
    • unit manager
    • 1973
  • Ladies of Crime
    TV Movie
    • unit manager
    • 1972
  • The Counterfeit Green
    TV Movie
    • unit manager
    • 1972

Camera and Electrical Department

  • Maureen O'Hara, John Wayne, Ward Bond, Barry Fitzgerald, and Victor McLaglen in The Quiet Man (1952)
    The Quiet Man
    7.7
    • first grip (uncredited)
    • 1952
  • Dorothy Patrick and Robert Rockwell in Lonely Heart Bandits (1950)
    Lonely Heart Bandits
    6.2
    • grip (uncredited)
    • 1950
  • Monte Hale in The Old Frontier (1950)
    The Old Frontier
    7.0
    • grip (uncredited)
    • 1950
  • Rex Allen and Koko in Hills of Oklahoma (1950)
    Hills of Oklahoma
    6.1
    • grip (uncredited)
    • 1950
  • Monte Hale in The Vanishing Westerner (1950)
    The Vanishing Westerner
    5.7
    • grip (uncredited)
    • 1950
  • Fred MacMurray and Claire Trevor in Borderline (1950)
    Borderline
    6.1
    • grip (uncredited)
    • 1950
  • Rod Cameron, George Montgomery, and Marie Windsor in Dakota Lil (1950)
    Dakota Lil
    5.8
    • grip (uncredited)
    • 1950
  • Roy Barcroft, Allan Lane, and Black Jack in Gunmen of Abilene (1950)
    Gunmen of Abilene
    6.2
    • grip (uncredited)
    • 1950
  • Unmasked (1950)
    Unmasked
    6.1
    • grip (uncredited)
    • 1950
  • Dorothy Patrick in The Blonde Bandit (1949)
    The Blonde Bandit
    6.5
    • grip (uncredited)
    • 1949
  • John Wayne, Oliver Hardy, Philip Dorn, and Vera Ralston in The Fighting Kentuckian (1949)
    The Fighting Kentuckian
    6.4
    • grip (uncredited)
    • 1949
  • Dan Duryea and Lizabeth Scott in Too Late for Tears (1949)
    Too Late for Tears
    7.3
    • grip (uncredited)
    • 1949
  • Jeff Donnell and Monte Hale in Outcasts of the Trail (1949)
    Outcasts of the Trail
    6.3
    • grip (uncredited)
    • 1949
  • Monte Hale in Law of the Golden West (1949)
    Law of the Golden West
    6.7
    • grip (uncredited)
    • 1949
  • Gail Davis, Allan Lane, and Black Jack in Frontier Investigator (1949)
    Frontier Investigator
    6.9
    • grip (uncredited)
    • 1949

Personal details

  • Born
    • August 8, 1910
    • Hartford, Connecticut, USA
  • Died
    • January 18, 1989
    • Los Angeles, California, USA

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