Michael Bishop nasceu o 5 de novembro de 1936 no Reino Unido. Era ator e foi conhecido pelo seu trabalho em Last of the Long-haired Boys (1968). Morreu o 4 de fevereiro de 2011 nos EUA.
Father of Des Bishop, who discussed Michael Bishop's career as a model and actor in his 2010 stage show and documentary, "My Dad Was Nearly James Bond." Des Bishop's reminiscences about his father were also published in a book of the same title in 2011.