The Errol Flynn Blog

I will always be forever grateful to Karl for posting that swimsuit photo of Julie Bishop in 1946!

Bishop actually first became a star under her real name Jacqueline Wells. She co-starred with W.C. Fields in “Tillie And Gus” (1933), and was the leading lady for Buster Crabbe in “Tarzan The Fearless” (1933). In 1935 Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy completed with Thelma Todd “The Bohemian Girl’ for Hal Roach/MGM. After Todd’s 1935 murder, producer Hal Roach re-shot the film with Jacqueline Wells before its 1936 release where she did wonderful work. She was outstanding playing opposite both Bela Lugosi and Boris Karloff in ‘The Black Cat” (1934) at Universal. Under contract to Columbia, Wells did a couple of ‘B’ films with Rita Hayworth before co-starring with Glenn Ford in “My Son Is Guilty” (1939). She starred opposite Roy Rogers and Gene Autry in a pair of popular Republic studio westerns. She later changed her name to Julie Bishop and finally moved up to ‘A’ films co-starring with Humphrey Bogart in “Action In The North Atlantic” (1943), John Wayne in “The sands Of Iwo Jima” (1949) and “The High And The Mighty” (1954), and Robert Taylor in “Westward The Women” (1951). She retired from films after co-starring with Alan Ladd in “The Big Land” (1957). Julie Bishop was later happily married to General Clarence Shoup for many years. Their daughter is gorgeous screen star Pamela Susan Shoop. Later photos of Julie Bishop prove that her physical beauty never faded. Ralph Schiller