Shane Rimmer
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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Shane Rimmer, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
Credits
- 2017 · Dick Spanner P.I.: The Case of the Screaming Dame as Dick Spanner (voice)
- 2016 · Darkwave: Edge of the Storm as Anderson
- 2016 · Thunderbirds: The Anniversary Episodes as Scott Tracy (voice)
- 2014 · This Is Supermarionation as Scott Tracy (voice)
- 2014 · Filmed in Supermarionation as Self
- 2012 · Dark Shadows as Board Member #1
- 2006 · Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut as Controller #2
- 2006 · Alien Autopsy as Colonel
- 2005 · Mee-Shee: The Water Giant as Bob Anderson
- 2005 · Batman Begins as Older Gotham Water Board Technician
- 2004 · Caught in the Act as Father
- 2003 · Seven Wonders of the Industrial World as
- 2002 · One of the Hollywood Ten as Parnell Thomas
- 2001 · Spy Game as Estate Agent
- 2000 · Inside 'Diamonds Are Forever' as Self
- 1999 · Dockers as US Longshoreman
- 1996 · Space Truckers as E. J. Saggs
- 1995 · A Kid in King Arthur's Court as Coach
- 1993 · Pretty Princess as Mr. Hughes
- 1993 · Lipstick on Your Collar as Lt. Colonel Trekker
- 1992 · Double Vision as Caroline & Lisa's Father
- 1991 · Company Business as Chairman, Maxine Gray Cosmetics
- 1991 · A Kiss Before Dying as Commissioner Malley
- 1990 · The Saint: The Software Murders as Bob Harrison
- 1989 · Red King, White Knight as
- 1988 · Crusoe as Mr. Mather
- 1988 · A Very British Coup as Secretary of State
- 1988 · The Bourne Identity as Gen. Conklin
- 1988 · The Fortunate Pilgrim as Reilly
- 1987 · Roman Holiday as Hogan
- 1987 · Breakthrough at Reykjavik as George Schulz
- 1987 · Dick Spanner as Dick Spanner
- 1987 · The Two Mrs. Grenvilles as Doorman
- 1987 · The Return of Sherlock Holmes as Lisander Stark
- 1986 · The Last Days of Patton as Dr. Col. Lawrence Ball
- 1986 · Of Pure Blood as The Colonel
- 1986 · Casualty as Ed Rhinehart
- 1986 · Whoops Apocalypse as Marvin Gelber (US Secretary of State)
- 1986 · Space Police as Lt. Chuck Brogan
- 1985 · Out of Africa as Belknap, farm manager
- 1985 · Mr. and Mrs. Edgehill as Brod Sarnton
- 1985 · White Nights as Ambassador Larry Smith
- 1985 · Dreamchild as Mr. Marl
- 1985 · The Holcroft Covenant as Lt. Miles
- 1985 · Reunion at Fairborough as Joe Szyluk
- 1985 · Morons from Outer Space as Redneck (Melvin)
- 1985 · Gulag as Jay
- 1984 · Mistral's Daughter as Harry Klein
- 1984 · Last Video and Testament as Dr. Hersh
- 1984 · Hammer House of Mystery and Suspense as Hersh
- 1984 · Lace as Press Agent
- 1984 · Nairobi Affair as
- 1983 · Agatha Christie's Partners in Crime as
- 1983 · The Lonely Lady as
- 1983 · Superman III as State Policeman
- 1983 · The Hunger as Arthur Jelinek
- 1983 · Philip Marlowe, Private Eye as Detective Murphy
- 1982 · Gandhi as Commentator
- 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 · Oppenheimer as Ed Condon
- 1980 · Thunderbirds to the Rescue as Scott Tracy / Radar Operator (voice)
- 1979 · Charlie Muffin as Braley
- 1979 · Arabian Adventure as Abu
- 1979 · Hanover Street as Col. Ronald Bart
- 1979 · A Man Called Intrepid as Willoughby
- 1979 · Tales of the Unexpected as Janet Murdoch
- 1979 · Tales of the Unexpected as Arthur Beauchamp
- 1978 · Superman as Naval Transport Commander (uncredited)
- 1978 · The One and Only Phyllis Dixey as US Colonel
- 1978 · Return of the Saint as Falco
- 1978 · The Billion Dollar Bubble as Fred Levin
- 1978 · Warlords of Atlantis as Captain Daniels
- 1977 · Professional Foul as Stone
- 1977 · Secret Army as Canadian Commandant
- 1977 · The Spy Who Loved Me as Cmdr. Carter
- 1977 · The People That Time Forgot as Hogan
- 1977 · Alternative 3 as Bob Grodin
- 1977 · Star Wars as InCom Engineer (uncredited)
- 1977 · Twilight's Last Gleaming as Col. Franklin
- 1977 · Nasty Habits as Officer I / C
- 1975 · The Human Factor as CIA Man
- 1975 · Space: 1999 as James Kelly
- 1975 · Space: 1999 as Eagle Pilot (voice)
- 1975 · Space: 1999 as Bannion (voice)
- 1975 · Space: 1999 as Maintenance Section Voice (voice) (uncredited)
- 1975 · Quiller as Harry Brent
- 1975 · Rollerball as Rusty, Team Executive
- 1974 · S*P*Y*S as Hessler
- 1974 · Playhouse as Ambassador Bingham
- 1973 · Orson Welles' Great Mysteries as Police Sergeant Warren
- 1973 · The Investigator as John (voice)
- 1973 · Scorpio as Cop in Hotel
- 1973 · Baffled! as Track Announcer
- 1972 · The Protectors as Vickers
- 1972 · The Protectors as Zeke
- 1972 · Van der Valk as Lovell J Wallace
- 1971 · Diamonds Are Forever as Tom (uncredited)
- 1971 · The Persuaders! as Harvey Lomax
- 1970 · The Chicago Conspiracy Trial as
- 1970 · UFO as Lt. Bill Johnson
- 1970 · UFO as CIA Agent
- 1968 · Joe 90 as
- 1968 · Thunderbird 6 as Scott Tracy (voice)
- 1967 · Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons as
- 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 · BBC Play of the Month as Marine Sergeant
- 1965 · The Bedford Incident as Seaman 1st Class - C.I.C.
- 1965 · Thunderbirds as
- 1965 · Thunderbirds as Reactor Control Assistant (voice)
- 1965 · Thunderbirds as Scott Tracy
- 1964 · Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb as Capt. 'Ace' Owens
- 1963 · Doctor Who as Seth Harper
- 1962 · The Saint as Major Smith
- 1962 · Compact as
- 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
- 1957 · Hawkeye and the Last of the Mohicans as Farber