Shane Rimmer
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- May 28, 1929
- Died
- March 29, 2019 (aged 89)
- Birthplace
- Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Biography
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 recognise 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, and has 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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Filmography
Thunderbirds 4K Double Bill - Atlantic Inferno / Attack of the Alligators!
Movie · as Scott Tracy (voice)
Thunderbirds 60th Anniversary Double Bill - Trapped in the Sky / Terror in New York City
Movie · as Scott Tracy (voice)
Century 21 Revisited
Movie · as Himself
Thunderbirds: The Anniversary Episodes
TV · as Scott Tracy (voice) · 3 eps
Dick Spanner P.I.: The Case of the Screaming Dame
Movie · as Dick Spanner (voice)
Darkwave: Edge of the Storm
Movie · as Anderson
UFO From Earth to the Moon
Movie · as Self
Thunderbirds 1965: Introducing Thunderbirds
Movie · as Scott Tracy (voice)
Thunderbirds 1965: The Abominable Snowman
Movie · as Scott Tracy (voice)
Thunderbirds 1965: The Stately Homes Robberies
Movie · as Scott Tracy (voice)
This Is Supermarionation
Movie · as Scott Tracy (voice)
Filmed in Supermarionation
Movie · as Self
Dark Shadows
Movie · as Board Member #1
The Amazing World of Gumball
TV · as Louie (voice) · 1 ep
All About 'Thunderbirds'
Movie
Alien Autopsy
Movie · as Colonel
Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut
Movie · as Controller #2
Mee-Shee: The Water Giant
Movie · as Bob Anderson
Batman Begins
Movie · as Older Gotham Water Board Technician
Hiroshima
Movie · as James F. Byrnes
Caught in the Act
Movie · as Father
Seven Wonders of the Industrial World
TV · as William Kingsley · 1 ep
One of the Hollywood Ten
Movie · as Parnell Thomas
Spy Game
Movie · as Estate Agent
Inside 'Diamonds Are Forever'
Movie · as Self
Dockers
Movie · as US Longshoreman
Only Love
Movie · as Warren Oliver
Space Truckers
Movie · as E. J. Saggs
A Kid in King Arthur's Court
Movie · as Coach
Pretty Princess
Movie · as Mr. Hughes
Lipstick on Your Collar
TV · as Lieutenant Colonel Trekker · 5 eps
Double Vision
Movie · as Caroline & Lisa's Father
Year of the Comet
Movie
Company Business
Movie · as Chairman, Maxine Gray Cosmetics
A Kiss Before Dying
Movie · as Commissioner Malley
Stanley and the Women
TV · as Morton Fendig · 1 ep
The Saint: The Software Murders
Movie · as Bob Harrison
Crusoe
Movie · as Mr. Mather
Red King, White Knight
Movie
The Fortunate Pilgrim
TV · as Reilly · 2 eps
A Very British Coup
TV · as Secretary of State · 3 eps
The Bourne Identity
TV · as General Conklin · 1 ep
Breakthrough at Reykjavik
Movie · as George Schulz
The Return of Sherlock Holmes
Movie · as Lisander Stark
Roman Holiday
Movie · as Hogan
Dick Spanner P.I.
Movie · as Dick Spanner (voice)
Dick Spanner, P.I.
TV · as Dick Spanner · 22 eps
The Two Mrs. Grenvilles
TV · as Doorman · 2 eps
Space Police
Movie · as Lt. Chuck Brogan
Of Pure Blood
Movie · as The Colonel
The Last Days of Patton
Movie · as Dr. Col. Lawrence Ball
Whoops Apocalypse
Movie · as Marvin Gelber (US Secretary of State)
Casualty
TV · as Ed Rhinehart · 1 ep
Out of Africa
Movie · as Belknap, farm manager
White Nights
Movie · as Ambassador Larry Smith
Reunion at Fairborough
Movie · as Joe Szyluk
Dreamchild
Movie · as Mr. Marl
Mr. and Mrs. Edgehill
Movie · as Brod Sarnton
Morons from Outer Space
Movie · as Redneck (Melvin)
Gulag
Movie · as Jay
The Holcroft Covenant
Movie · as Lt. Miles
Nairobi Affair
Movie
Last Video and Testament
Movie · as Dr. Hersh
Hammer House of Mystery and Suspense
TV · as Hersh · 1 ep
Mistral's Daughter
TV · as Harry Klein · 8 eps
Lace
TV · as Press Agent · 2 eps
The Hunger
Movie · as Arthur Jelinek
The Lonely Lady
Movie
Superman III
Movie · as State Policeman
Agatha Christie's Partners in Crime
TV · as Hank Ryder
Philip Marlowe, Private Eye
TV · as Detective Murphy · 1 ep
Gandhi
Movie · as Commentator
Countdown to Disaster
Movie · as Scott Tracy (voice)
American Playhouse
TV · as Ed Condon · 1 ep
Month of the Doctors
TV · as Dr. Wilbur Downs · 2 eps
Reds
Movie · as MacAlpine
Thunderbirds in Outer Space
Movie · as Scott Tracy (voice)
Priest of Love
Movie · as Chief Immigration Officer
The Rose Medallion
TV · as Sgt Ed Kusborski · 3 eps
Thunderbirds to the Rescue
Movie · as Scott Tracy / Radar Operator (voice)
Superman II
Movie · as Controller
Invasion: UFO
Movie · as Lt. Bill Johnson / Alien / CIA Agent
The Dogs of War
Movie · as Dr. Oaks
Oppenheimer
TV · as Ed Condon · 1 ep
Arabian Adventure
Movie · as Abu
Hanover Street
Movie · as Col. Ronald Bart
Charlie Muffin
Movie · as Braley
Tales of the Unexpected
TV · as Janet Murdoch, Arthur Beauchamp · 1 ep
A Man Called Intrepid
TV · as Willoughby · 3 eps
Warlords of Atlantis
Movie · as Captain Daniels
The One and Only Phyllis Dixey
Movie · as US Colonel
Superman
Movie · as Naval Transport Commander (uncredited)
The Billion Dollar Bubble
Movie · as Fred Levin
Return of the Saint
TV · as Falco · 1 ep
The Famous Five
TV · as Mr Henning · 1 ep
Star Wars
Movie · as InCom Engineer (uncredited)
The People That Time Forgot
Movie · as Hogan
Alternative 3
Movie · as Bob Grodin
Twilight's Last Gleaming
Movie · as Col. Franklin
The Spy Who Loved Me
Movie · as Cmdr. Carter
Professional Foul
Movie · as Stone
Nasty Habits
Movie · as Officer I / C
Secret Army
TV · as Canadian Commandant · 1 ep
Second Verdict
TV · as Harold Giles Hoffman · 1 ep
The Human Factor
Movie · as CIA Man
Rollerball
Movie · as Rusty, Team Executive
Space: 1999
TV · as James Kelly, Eagle Pilot (voice), Bannion (voice), Maintenance Section Voice (voice) (uncredited), Eagle Pilot (voice) (uncredited) · 1 ep
Quiller
TV · as Harry Brent · 1 ep
S*P*Y*S
Movie · as Hessler
I Know What I Meant
Movie · as Donald Ziegler
Playhouse
TV · as Ambassador Bingham · 1 ep
Baffled!
Movie · as Track Announcer
Scorpio
Movie · as Cop in Hotel
The Investigator
Movie · as John (voice)
Orson Welles' Great Mysteries
TV · as Police Sergeant Warren · 1 ep
The Protectors
TV · as Vickers, Zeke · 1 ep
Van der Valk
TV · as Lovell J Wallace · 1 ep
Diamonds Are Forever
Movie · as Tom (uncredited)
The Persuaders!
TV · as Harvey Lomax · 1 ep
The Chicago Conspiracy Trial
Movie · as Thomas Foran
UFO
TV · as Bill Johnson, CIA Agent · 2 eps
Thunderbird 6
Movie · as Scott Tracy (voice)
Joe 90
TV · as Kelly (voice) · 3 eps
You Only Live Twice
Movie · as Hawaii Radar Operator (uncredited)
Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons
TV · as Mason (voice), Pilot (voice), Sergeant (voice) · 1 ep
Thunderbirds Are GO
Movie · as Scott Tracy (voice)
Doctor Who: The Gunfighters
Movie · as Seth Harper
Thunderbirds: City of Fire
Movie · as Scott Tracy (voice)
Thunderbirds: Attack of the Alligators!
Movie · as Scott Tracy (voice)
Thunderbirds: Martian Invasion
Movie · as Scott Tracy / Director of Photography (voice)
Lee Oswald: Assassin
Movie · as Marine Sergeant
Thunderbirds: Move - And You're Dead
Movie · as Scott Tracy (voice)
Thunderbirds: Brink of Disaster
Movie · as Scott Tracy (voice)
Thunderbirds: Atlantic Inferno
Movie · as Scott Tracy (voice)
Thunderbirds: Path of Destruction
Movie · as Scott Tracy (voice)
Thunderbirds: The Man from MI.5
Movie · as Scott Tracy (voice)
Thunderbirds: The Duchess Assignment
Movie · as Scott Tracy (voice)
Thunderbirds: Cry Wolf
Movie · as Scott Tracy (voice)
Thunderbirds: The Imposters
Movie · as Scott Tracy (voice)
Thunderbirds: Danger at Ocean Deep
Movie · as Scott Tracy (voice)
Thunderbirds: The Cham-Cham
Movie · as Scott Tracy (voice)
Thunderbirds: Security Hazard
Movie · as Scott Tracy (voice)
Thunderbirds: Alias Mr. Hackenbacker
Movie · as Scott Tracy (voice)
Thunderbirds: Lord Parker's 'Oliday
Movie · as Scott Tracy (voice)
Thunderbirds: Ricochet
Movie · as Scott Tracy (voice)
Thunderbirds: Give or Take a Million
Movie · as Scott Tracy (voice)
The Bedford Incident
Movie · as Seaman 1st Class - C.I.C.
Thunderbirds: Trapped in the Sky
Movie · as Scott Tracy / TX 204 Co-pilot (voice)
Thunderbirds: Terror In New York City
Movie · as Scott Tracy / Scanners / Washington Control (voice)
Thunderbirds: Pit of Peril
Movie · as Scott Tracy / Johnny (voice)
Thunderbirds: Desperate Intruder
Movie · as Scott Tracy (voice)
Thunderbirds: Sun Probe
Movie · as Scott Tracy (voice)
Thunderbirds: The Uninvited
Movie · as Scott Tracy (voice)
Thunderbirds: Operation Crash-Dive
Movie · as Scott Tracy / Radar Operator (voice)
Thunderbirds: The Perils of Penelope
Movie · as Scott Tracy (voice)
Thunderbirds: The Mighty Atom
Movie · as Scott Tracy / Reactor Control Assistant (voice)
Thunderbirds: Vault of Death
Movie · as Scott Tracy / Carter (voice)
Thunderbirds: End of The Road
Movie · as Scott Tracy (voice)
Thunderbirds: Edge of Impact
Movie · as Scott Tracy (voice)
Thunderbirds: Day of Disaster
Movie · as Scott Tracy (voice)
Thunderbirds: 30 Minutes After Noon
Movie · as Scott Tracy (voice)
Thunderbirds
TV · as Reactor Control Assistant (voice), Scott Tracy (voice) · 6 eps
BBC Play of the Month
TV · as Marine Sergeant · 1 ep
Thirty-Minute Theatre
TV · as Bud Burdine · 1 ep
Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
Movie · as Capt. 'Ace' Owens
Theatre 625
TV · as Corporal Girtin · 1 ep
Doctor Who
TV · as Seth Harper · 2 eps
Compact
TV · 374 eps
The Saint
TV · as Major Smith · 1 ep
Flaming Frontier
Movie · as Running Bear
The Day the Sky Exploded
Movie · as John McLaren (uncredited) (voice)
A Dangerous Age
Movie · as Nancy's Father
Hawkeye and the Last of the Mohicans
TV · as Farber · 1 ep
Armchair Theatre
TV · as Paul · 1 ep