Shane Rimmer
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1929-05-28
Day of Death
2019-03-29 (89 years old)
Place of Birth
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Shane Rimmer
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
Shane Rimmer was a Canadian actor, voice actor and screenwriter, known for providing the voice of Scott Tracy in the British television series Thunderbirds.
He has mostly performed in supporting roles, frequently in films and television series filmed in the United Kingdom, having relocated to England in the late 1950s. His appearances include roles in such widely-known films as Dr. Strangelove (1964), Rollerball (1975), The Spy Who Loved Me (1977), Gandhi (1982), Out of Africa (1985) and Crusoe (1989). More recently he has appeared in Spy Game (2001), and Batman Begins (2005). In the earlier years of his career, there were several uncredited performances, among others for films such as You Only Live Twice (1967), Diamonds Are Forever (1971), Star Wars (1977) and Superman II (1980). With the exception of recurring featured cast members he has appeared in more James Bond films than any other actor.
Rimmer has a long association with Gerry Anderson. Thunderbirds fans may recognize him as the voice actor behind the character Scott Tracy. He drafted the plotline for the penultimate episode, "Ricochet", which was later turned into a script by Tony Barwick. He also wrote scripts and provided uncredited voices for Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons, Joe 90 and The Secret Service, has made appearances in episodes of Anderson's live-action UFO and The Protectors, has and provided voices for Space: 1999 and has guest-starred in the episode "Space Brain". In later years he starred in the unscreened pilot Space Police (later made into a series with other actors and titled Space Precinct) and provided the voice for Anderson's stop-motion gumshoe Dick Spanner, P.I..
Rimmer and fellow Anderson actor Ed Bishop often joked about how often their professional paths crossed and termed themselves "Rent-a-Yanks". They appeared together as NASA operatives in the opening of You Only Live Twice and as USN sailors in The Bedford Incident as well as touring together in live stage shows, including "Death of a Salesman" in the 1990s. He also appeared in Doctor Who in 1966, and in Coronation Street as two different characters: Joe Donnelli (1968–1970), who held Stan Ogden hostage in No. 5 before committing suicide, and Malcolm Reid (1988), father of Audrey Roberts' son Stephen.
He has made many guest appearances in British television series for ITV, including in Roald Dahl's Tales of the Unexpected, and ITC's The Persuaders!. In 1989 Rimmer was reunited with former Gerry Anderson actors Ed Bishop and Matt Zimmerman in the BBC Radio 4 adaptation of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's A Study In Scarlet. Rimmer and Bishop also appeared in the BBC drama-documentary Hiroshima completed not long after Bishop's death in 2005. Note: His official website and travel record on the Immigration & Travel section of Ancestry give his year of birth as 1929.
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Known For
Acting
(2017)
Dick Spanner P.I.: The Case of the Screaming Dame
as Dick Spanner (voice)
(2016)
UFO From Earth to the Moon
as Self
(2016)
Darkwave: Edge of the Storm
as Anderson
(2014)
Filmed in Supermarionation
as Self
(2014)
This Is Supermarionation
as Scott Tracy (voice)
(2012)
Dark Shadows
as Board Member #1
(2006)
Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut
as Controller #2
(2006)
Alien Autopsy
as Colonel
(2005)
Batman Begins
as Older Gotham Water Board Technician
(2005)
Mee-Shee: The Water Giant
as Bob Anderson
(2004)
Caught in the Act
as Father
(2002)
One of the Hollywood Ten
as Parnell Thomas
(2001)
Spy Game
as Estate Agent
(2000)
(1999)
Dockers
as US Longshoreman
(1998)
Only Love
as Warren Oliver
(1996)
Space Truckers
as E. J. Saggs
(1995)
A Kid in King Arthur's Court
as Coach
(1993)
Pretty Princess
as Mr. Hughes
(1992)
Double Vision
as Caroline & Lisa's Father
(1991)
A Kiss Before Dying
as Commissioner Malley
(1991)
Company Business
as Chairman, Maxine Gray Cosmetics
(1990)
The Saint: The Software Murders
as Bob Harrison
(1989)
(1988)
Crusoe
as Mr. Mather
(1987)
Roman Holiday
as Hogan
(1987)
The Return of Sherlock Holmes
as Lisander Stark
(1987)
Breakthrough at Reykjavik
as George Schulz
(1986)
The Last Days of Patton
as Dr. Col. Lawrence Ball
(1986)
Whoops Apocalypse
as Marvin Gelber (US Secretary of State)
(1986)
Of Pure Blood
as The Colonel
(1986)
Space Police
as Lt. Chuck Brogan
(1985)
Out of Africa
as Belknap, farm manager
(1985)
White Nights
as Ambassador Larry Smith
(1985)
The Holcroft Covenant
as Lt. Miles
(1985)
Dreamchild
as Mr. Marl
(1985)
Morons from Outer Space
as Redneck (Melvin)
(1985)
Gulag
as Jay
(1985)
Mr. and Mrs. Edgehill
as Brod Sarnton
(1985)
Reunion at Fairborough
as Joe Szyluk
(1984)
(1984)
Last Video and Testament
as Dr. Hersh
(1983)
Superman III
as State Policeman
(1983)
The Hunger
as Arthur Jelinek
(1983)
(1982)
Gandhi
as Commentator
(1982)
Countdown to Disaster
as Scott Tracy (voice)
(1981)
Reds
as MacAlpine
(1981)
Priest of Love
as Chief Immigration Officer
(1981)
Thunderbirds in Outer Space
as Scott Tracy (voice)
(1980)
Superman II
as Controller
(1980)
Thunderbirds to the Rescue
as Scott Tracy / Radar Operator (voice)
(1979)
Hanover Street
as Col. Ronald Bart
(1979)
Arabian Adventure
as Abu
(1979)
A Man Called Intrepid
as Willoughby
(1979)
Charlie Muffin
as Braley
(1978)
Superman
as Naval Transport Commander (uncredited)
(1978)
Warlords of Atlantis
as Captain Daniels
(1978)
The Billion Dollar Bubble
as Fred Levin
(1978)
The One and Only Phyllis Dixey
as US Colonel
(1977)
Star Wars
as InCom Engineer (uncredited)
(1977)
The Spy Who Loved Me
as Cmdr. Carter
(1977)
Twilight's Last Gleaming
as Col. Franklin
(1977)
The People That Time Forgot
as Hogan
(1977)
Nasty Habits
as Officer I / C
(1977)
Alternative 3
as Bob Grodin
(1977)
Professional Foul
as Stone
(1975)
Rollerball
as Rusty, Team Executive
(1975)
The Human Factor
as CIA Man
(1974)
S*P*Y*S
as Hessler
(1974)
I Know What I Meant
as Donald Ziegler
(1973)
Scorpio
as Cop in Hotel
(1973)
Baffled!
as Track Announcer
(1973)
The Investigator
as John (voice)
(1971)
Diamonds Are Forever
as Tom (uncredited)
(1970)
(1968)
Thunderbird 6
as Scott Tracy (voice)
(1967)
You Only Live Twice
as Hawaii Radar Operator (uncredited)
(1966)
Thunderbirds Are GO
as Scott Tracy (voice)
(1966)
Doctor Who: The Gunfighters
as Seth Harper
(1965)
The Bedford Incident
as Seaman 1st Class - C.I.C.
(1964)
Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
as Capt. 'Ace' Owens
(1958)
The Day the Sky Exploded
as John McLaren (uncredited) (voice)
(1958)
Flaming Frontier
as Running Bear
(1957)
A Dangerous Age
as Nancy's Father
Crew
(1981)
(1973)
The Investigator
Story