Shane Rimmer
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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.
Known for
Credits
Batman Begins (2005)
as Older Gotham Water Board Technician
Star Wars (1977)
as InCom Engineer (uncredited)
Dark Shadows (2012)
as Board Member #1
Superman (1978)
as Naval Transport Commander (uncredited)
The Spy Who Loved Me (1977)
as Cmdr. Carter
You Only Live Twice (1967)
as Hawaii Radar Operator (uncredited)
Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)
as Capt. 'Ace' Owens
Diamonds Are Forever (1971)
as Tom (uncredited)
Superman II (1980)
as Controller
Spy Game (2001)
as Estate Agent
Out of Africa (1985)
as Belknap, farm manager
Gandhi (1982)
as Commentator
Alternative 3 (1977)
as Bob Grodin
White Nights (1985)
as Ambassador Larry Smith
The Hunger (1983)
as Arthur Jelinek
Superman III (1983)
as State Policeman
Twilight's Last Gleaming (1977)
as Col. Franklin
Space Truckers (1996)
as E. J. Saggs
Reds (1981)
as MacAlpine
Scorpio (1973)
as Cop in Hotel
Arabian Adventure (1979)
as Abu
Warlords of Atlantis (1978)
as Captain Daniels
Rollerball (1975)
as Rusty, Team Executive
Hanover Street (1979)
as Col. Ronald Bart
A Kiss Before Dying (1991)
as Commissioner Malley
Dreamchild (1985)
as Mr. Marl
The Lonely Lady (1983)
Actor
Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut (2006)
as Controller #2
The Bedford Incident (1965)
as Seaman 1st Class - C.I.C.
Company Business (1991)
as Chairman, Maxine Gray Cosmetics
Alien Autopsy (2006)
as Colonel
One of the Hollywood Ten (2002)
as Parnell Thomas
Mee-Shee: The Water Giant (2005)
as Bob Anderson
Mr. and Mrs. Edgehill (1985)
as Brod Sarnton
The People That Time Forgot (1977)
as Hogan
A Kid in King Arthur's Court (1995)
as Coach
Morons from Outer Space (1985)
as Redneck (Melvin)
Gulag (1985)
as Jay
The Dogs of War (1980)
as Dr. Oaks
Priest of Love (1981)
as Chief Immigration Officer
The Holcroft Covenant (1985)
as Lt. Miles
The Last Days of Patton (1986)
as Dr. Col. Lawrence Ball
Caught in the Act (2004)
as Father
Year of the Comet (1992)
Actor
Red King, White Knight (1989)
Actor
Hiroshima (2005)
as James F. Byrnes
All About 'Thunderbirds' (2008)
Actor
Pretty Princess (1993)
as Mr. Hughes
The Human Factor (1975)
as CIA Man
Thunderbirds Are GO (1966)
as Scott Tracy (voice)
Thunderbirds: City of Fire (1966)
as Scott Tracy (voice)
Reunion at Fairborough (1985)
as Joe Szyluk
Whoops Apocalypse (1986)
as Marvin Gelber (US Secretary of State)
Thunderbirds: Attack of the Alligators! (1966)
as Scott Tracy (voice)
A Dangerous Age (1957)
as Nancy's Father
Thunderbirds: Desperate Intruder (1965)
as Scott Tracy (voice)
Crusoe (1989)
as Mr. Mather
Invasion: UFO (1980)
as Lt. Bill Johnson / Alien / CIA Agent
Charlie Muffin (1979)
as Braley
S*P*Y*S (1974)
as Hessler
I Know What I Meant (1974)
as Donald Ziegler
Nairobi Affair (1984)
Actor
Nasty Habits (1977)
as Officer I / C
Only Love (1998)
as Warren Oliver
The Day the Sky Exploded (1958)
as John McLaren (uncredited) (voice)
Thunderbird 6 (1968)
as Scott Tracy (voice)
Baffled! (1973)
as Track Announcer
Double Vision (1992)
as Caroline & Lisa's Father
Inside 'Diamonds Are Forever' (2000)
as Self
Thunderbirds: Pit of Peril (1965)
as Scott Tracy / Johnny (voice)
Roman Holiday (1987)
as Hogan
The One and Only Phyllis Dixey (1978)
as US Colonel
The Return of Sherlock Holmes (1987)
as Lisander Stark
Filmed in Supermarionation (2014)
as Self
Space Police (1986)
as Lt. Chuck Brogan
The Billion Dollar Bubble (1978)
as Fred Levin
The Saint: The Software Murders (1990)
as Bob Harrison
Countdown to Disaster (1982)
as Scott Tracy (voice)
Thunderbirds: Terror In New York City (1965)
as Scott Tracy / Scanners / Washington Control (voice)
Dick Spanner P.I.: The Case of the Screaming Dame (2017)
as Dick Spanner (voice)
Professional Foul (1977)
as Stone
The Chicago Conspiracy Trial (1970)
Actor
UFO From Earth to the Moon (2016)
as Self
Doctor Who: The Gunfighters (1966)
as Seth Harper
Thunderbirds to the Rescue (1980)
as Scott Tracy / Radar Operator (voice)
Last Video and Testament (1984)
as Dr. Hersh
Flaming Frontier (1958)
as Running Bear
This Is Supermarionation (2014)
as Scott Tracy (voice)
Thunderbirds in Outer Space (1981)
as Scott Tracy (voice)
Breakthrough at Reykjavik (1987)
as George Schulz
Dockers (1999)
as US Longshoreman
Of Pure Blood (1986)
as The Colonel
Darkwave: Edge of the Storm (2016)
as Anderson
The Investigator (1973)
as John (voice)
Thunderbirds 60th Anniversary Double Bill - Trapped in the Sky / Terror in New York City (2025)
as Scott Tracy (voice)
Thunderbirds: Trapped in the Sky (1965)
as Scott Tracy / TX 204 Co-pilot (voice)
Thunderbirds: The Uninvited (1965)
as Scott Tracy (voice)
Thunderbirds: Sun Probe (1965)
as Scott Tracy (voice)
Thunderbirds: Martian Invasion (1966)
as Scott Tracy / Director of Photography (voice)
Thunderbirds: Operation Crash-Dive (1965)
as Scott Tracy / Radar Operator (voice)
Thunderbirds: The Perils of Penelope (1965)
as Scott Tracy (voice)
Lee Oswald: Assassin (1966)
as Marine Sergeant