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Shane Rimmer

Actor, Additional Credits
Born May 28, 1929Died March 29, 2019 (89 years)
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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 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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Movies & Shows on Plex

  • Space: 1999
  • Space Truckers
  • Alien Autopsy
  • The Saint
  • Coronation Street
  • Thunderbirds
  • The Holcroft Covenant
  • Morons from Outer Space
  • Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons
  • Dreamchild
  • Anastasia: The Mystery of Anna
  • The Last Days of Patton
  • Mee-Shee: The Water Giant
  • The 'Human' Factor
  • Baffled
  • Hawkeye and the Last of the Mohicans

Known For

  • Rollerball
  • Space Truckers
  • Thunderbirds
  • Warlords of the Deep
  • White Nights
  • Hanover Street
  • The People That Time Forgot
  • Thunderbird 6
  • Thunderbirds Are GO
  • Crusoe
  • Thunderbirds: The Anniversary Episodes
  • Joe 90
  • Arabian Adventure
  • S*P*Y*S
  • Dick Spanner, P.I.
  • The 'Human' Factor
  • Gulag
  • Mee-Shee: The Water Giant
  • Reunion at Fairborough
  • Alternative 3

Filmography

2017
2015
Thunderbirds: The Anniversary Episodes (TV Series) · as Scott Tracy
2015
The Lost Worlds of Gerry Anderson · as Lieutenant Brogan
2014
This Is Supermarionation · as Scott Tracy
2012
Dark Shadows · as Board Member 1
2011
The Amazing World of Gumball (TV Series) · as Louie
2010
Lovelorn · as The Barman
2006
2006
2005
Hiroshima · as James F. Byrnes
2005
2005
Batman Begins · as Older Gotham Water Board Technician
2004
Caught in the Act · as Father
2003
Seven Wonders of the Industrial World (TV Series) · as William Kingsley
2001
Spy Game · as Estate Agent
2000
One of the Hollywood Ten · as Parnell Thomas
1999
Dockers · as Us Longshoreman
1998
Ivar Kreuger (TV Series) · as President Hoover
1998
Only Love · as Warren Oliver
1996
Space Truckers · as E. J. Saggs
1995
1993
Piccolo grande amore · as Mr. Hughes
1993
Lipstick on Your Collar (TV Series) · as Lt. Colonel Trekker
1992
Double Vision · as Caroline & Lisa's Father
1992
Year of the Comet · as T.t. Kelleher
1991
Stanley and the Women (TV Series) · as Morton Fendig
1991
Company Business · as Chairman, Maxine Gray Cosmetics
1991
A Kiss Before Dying · as Commissioner Malley
1990
Enemy's Enemy (TV Series) · as Skip Harrier
1989
1989
1989
The Nightmare Years (TV Series) · as Ambassador Dodd
1989
1988
Crusoe · as Mr. Mather
1988
A Very British Coup (TV Series) · as The Americans - Secretary Of State
1988
The Bourne Identity (TV Series) · as Gen. Conklin
1988
Dirty Dozen: The Series (TV Series) · as Biddle
1988
The Fortunate Pilgrim (TV Series) · as Reilly
1987
Roman Holiday · as Hogan
1987
The Bretts (TV Series) · as Ben Silverstein
1987
Dick Spanner, P.I. (TV Series) · as Dick Spanner
1987
Whoops Apocalypse · as Marvin Gelber (us Secretary Of State)
1987
The Two Mrs. Grenvilles (TV Series) · as Doorman
1987
1987
Street Legal (TV Series) · as Det. Barnes
1986
Anastasia: The Mystery of Anna (TV Series) · as Harvey Coward
1986
Of Pure Blood · as The Colonel
1986
The Last Days of Patton · as Dr. Col. Lawrence Ball
1986
Casualty (TV Series) · as Ed Rhinehart
1986
Space Police · as Lieutenant Brogan
1985
Mr & Mrs Edgehill · as Brod Sarnton
1985
Out of Africa · as Belknap
1985
White Nights · as Ambassador Smith
1985
Dreamchild · as Mr. Marl
1985
1985
Reunion at Fairborough · as Joe Szyluk
1985
Space (TV Series) · as Gen Quigley
1985
Morons from Outer Space · as Redneck (melvin)
1985
Gulag · as Jay
1984
Ellis Island (TV Series) · as Detective Duffy
1984
Nairobi Affair · as Mr. Gardner
1984
Mistral's Daughter (TV Series) · as Harry Klein
1984
Hammer House of Mystery & Suspense (TV Series) · as Dr. Hersh
1984
Lace (TV Series) · as Press Agent
1984
Master of the game (TV Series) · as Carroll
1984
Alas Smith and Jones (TV Series) · as Cast
1983
Agatha Christie's Partners in Crime (TV Series) · as Hank Ryder
1983
The Lonely Lady · as Adolph Fannon
1983
Superman III · as State Policeman
1983
The Hunger · as Arthur Jelinek
1983
Philip Marlowe, Private Eye (TV Series) · as Detective Murphy
1982
Gandhi · as Commentator
1981
Reds · as Macalpine
1981
Priest of Love · as Chief Immigration Officer
1981
Bognor (TV Series) · as Horace Higgins
1981
Nanny (1981) (TV Series) · as Dick Leonard
1980
The Dogs of War · as Dr. Oaks
1980
Superman II · as Controller #2
1980
Oppenheimer (1980) (TV Series) · as Ed Condon
1980
A Man Called Intrepid · as Willoughby
1980
The Masqueraders · as Harvey Lomax
1979
A Deadly Game · as Braley
1979
Hanover Street · as Col. Ronald Bart
1979
1979
A Man Called Intrepid (TV Series) · as Willoughby
1979
Tales of the Unexpected (TV Series) · as Arthur Beauchamp
1978
Superman · as Naval Transport Commander
1978
1978
Return of the Saint (TV Series) · as Falco
1978
The Famous Five (TV Series) · as Mr. Henning
1978
The Billion Dollar Bubble · as Fred Levin
1978
Warlords of the Deep · as Captain Daniels
1977
Nasty Habits · as Officer I
1977
Julia · as Customs Officer
1977
BBC2 Play of the Week (TV Series) · as Stone
1977
Secret Army (TV Series) · as Canadian Commandant
1977
1977
The Spy Who Loved Me · as Cmdr. Carter
1977
Alternative 3 · as Bob Grodin
1977
Silver Bears · as American Banker
1977
Star Wars · as Incom Engineer
1977
Twilight's Last Gleaming · as Col. Franklin
1977
The Age of Uncertainty (TV Series) · as Harold Mcbehan
1976
Alien Attack · as Eagle Pilot
1975
1975
Space: 1999 (TV Series) · as Eagle Pilot
1975
Rollerball · as Rusty, Team Executive
1974
S*P*Y*S · as Hessler
1974
Invasion: UFO · as Lt. Bill Johnson
1974
QB VII (TV Series) · as Reporter Outside Court
1973
Playhouse (TV Series) · as Ambassador Bingham
1973
Take Me High · as Cast
1973
Orson Welles' Great Mysteries (TV Series) · as Police Sergeant Warren
1973
Live and Let Die · as Hamilton
1973
The Investigator · as John
1973
Scorpio · as Cop In Hotel
1972
Baffled · as Track Announcer
1972
The Protectors (TV Series) · as Vickers
1972
Van der Valk (TV Series) · as Lovell J Wallace
1971
1971
The Persuaders! (TV Series) · as Harvey Lomax
1970
UFO (TV Series) · as Lt. Bill Johnson
1969
Hadleigh (TV Series) · as Pollack
1968
Joe 90 (TV Series) · as Clerk
1968
Thunderbird 6 · as Scott Tracy
1967
1967
ITV Playhouse (TV Series) · as Goldman
1967
You Only Live Twice · as Hawaii Radar Operator
1966
Thunderbirds Are GO · as Scott Tracy
1965
The Bedford Incident · as Seaman 1st Class - C.i.c.
1965
Play of the Month (TV Series) · as Marine Sergeant
1965
Thirty-Minute Theatre (TV Series) · as Bud Burdine
1965
Thunderbirds (TV Series) · as Scott Tracy
1965
Court Martial (TV Series) · as Morgan
1964
Theatre 625 (TV Series) · as Corporal Girtin
1964
Horizon (TV Series) · as Fred Levin
1964
1963
Doctor Who (TV Series) · as Seth Harper
1962
The Saint (TV Series) · as Major Smith
1961
Ghost Squad (TV Series) · as Doctor
1960
Coronation Street (TV Series) · as Joe Donnelli
1958
Cannonball (TV Series) · as Tex
1958
The Day the Sky Exploded · as John Mclaren
1957
A Dangerous Age · as Nancy's Father
1957
1956
Armchair Theatre (TV Series) · as Campbell
1954
On Camera (TV Series) · as Stanley
The Investigator (1973) (TV Series) · as John (voice)

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