Shane Rimmer

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.

Dick Spanner P.I.: The Case of the Screaming Dame
2017
Dick Spanner (voice)
Darkwave: Edge of the Storm
2016
Anderson
UFO From Earth to the Moon
2016
Self
This Is Supermarionation
2014
Scott Tracy (voice)
Filmed in Supermarionation
2014
Self
Dark Shadows
2012
Board Member #1
Alien Autopsy
2006
Colonel
Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut
2006
Controller #2
Mee-Shee: The Water Giant
2005
Bob Anderson
Batman Begins
2005
Older Gotham Water Board Technician
Caught in the Act
2004
Father
One of the Hollywood Ten
2002
Parnell Thomas
Spy Game
2001
Estate Agent
Inside 'Diamonds Are Forever'
2000
Self
Dockers
1999
US Longshoreman
Only Love
1998
Warren Oliver
Space Truckers
1996
E. J. Saggs
A Kid in King Arthur's Court
1995
Coach
Pretty Princess
1993
Mr. Hughes
Double Vision
1992
Caroline & Lisa's Father
Company Business
1991
Chairman, Maxine Gray Cosmetics
A Kiss Before Dying
1991
Commissioner Malley
The Saint: The Software Murders
1990
Bob Harrison
Red King, White Knight
1989
Crusoe
1988
Mr. Mather
The Return of Sherlock Holmes
1987
Lisander Stark
Roman Holiday
1987
Hogan
Space Police
1986
Lt. Chuck Brogan
Of Pure Blood
1986
The Colonel
The Last Days of Patton
1986
Dr. Col. Lawrence Ball
Whoops Apocalypse
1986
Marvin Gelber (US Secretary of State)
Out of Africa
1985
Belknap, farm manager
White Nights
1985
Ambassador Larry Smith
Reunion at Fairborough
1985
Joe Szyluk
Dreamchild
1985
Mr. Marl
Mr. and Mrs. Edgehill
1985
Brod Sarnton
Morons from Outer Space
1985
Redneck (Melvin)
Gulag
1985
Jay
The Holcroft Covenant
1985
Lt. Miles
Nairobi Affair
1984
Last Video and Testament
1984
Dr. Hersh
The Hunger
1983
Arthur Jelinek
The Lonely Lady
1983
Superman III
1983
State Policeman
Gandhi
1982
Commentator
Countdown to Disaster
1982
Scott Tracy (voice)
The Amazing Adventures Of Joe 90
1981
Writer
Reds
1981
MacAlpine
Thunderbirds in Outer Space
1981
Scott Tracy (voice)
Priest of Love
1981
Chief Immigration Officer
Thunderbirds to the Rescue
1980
Scott Tracy / Radar Operator (voice)
Superman II
1980
Controller
Arabian Adventure
1979
Abu
A Man Called Intrepid
1979
Willoughby
Hanover Street
1979
Col. Ronald Bart
Charlie Muffin
1979
Braley
Warlords of Atlantis
1978
Captain Daniels
The One and Only Phyllis Dixey
1978
US Colonel
Superman
1978
Naval Transport Commander (uncredited)
The Billion Dollar Bubble
1978
Fred Levin
Star Wars
1977
InCom Engineer (uncredited)
The People That Time Forgot
1977
Hogan
Alternative 3
1977
Bob Grodin
Twilight's Last Gleaming
1977
Col. Franklin
The Spy Who Loved Me
1977
Cmdr. Carter
Professional Foul
1977
Stone
Nasty Habits
1977
Officer I / C
The Human Factor
1975
CIA Man
Rollerball
1975
Rusty, Team Executive
S*P*Y*S
1974
Hessler
The Investigator
1973
Story
Baffled!
1973
Track Announcer
Scorpio
1973
Cop in Hotel
Diamonds Are Forever
1971
Tom (uncredited)
Thunderbird 6
1968
Scott Tracy (voice)
You Only Live Twice
1967
Hawaii Radar Operator (uncredited)
Thunderbirds Are GO
1966
Scott Tracy (voice)
Doctor Who: The Gunfighters
1966
Seth Harper
The Bedford Incident
1965
Seaman 1st Class - C.I.C.
Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
1964
Capt. 'Ace' Owens
Flaming Frontier
1958
Running Bear
The Day the Sky Exploded
1958
John McLaren (uncredited) (voice)