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Shane Rimmer
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Shane Rimmer
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1929-05-28,Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Gender
Male
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.

Filmography

8.206

Star Wars
1977-05-25

7.158

Out of Africa
1985-12-20

Warlords of Atlantis

5.724

Warlords of Atlantis
1978-05-01

Mee-Shee: The Water Giant

5.517

Mee-Shee: The Water Giant
2005-07-14

6.7

The Hunger
1983-04-29

The Human Factor

5.773

The Human Factor
1975-11-19

Company Business

5.259

Company Business
1991-09-06

5.878

Thunderbird 6
1968-08-03

The One and Only Phyllis Dixey

0

The One and Only Phyllis Dixey
1978-11-01

5.658

Alien Autopsy
2006-04-07

The People That Time Forgot

5.343

The People That Time Forgot
1977-07-06

5.263

S*P*Y*S
1974-09-05

Thunderbirds Are GO

6.4

Thunderbirds Are GO
1966-12-15

6.7

White Nights
1985-11-22

6.921

Spy Game
2001-11-18

The Lonely Lady

4.684

The Lonely Lady
1983-10-02

6.364

Alternative 3
1977-06-20

4

Space Police
1986-01-01

Diamonds Are Forever

6.407

Diamonds Are Forever
1971-12-14

Breakthrough at Reykjavik

7

Breakthrough at Reykjavik
1987-12-06

The Chicago Conspiracy Trial

6

The Chicago Conspiracy Trial
1970-10-04

The Return of Sherlock Holmes

6

The Return of Sherlock Holmes
1987-01-10

A Kiss Before Dying

5.61

A Kiss Before Dying
1991-04-26

6.288

Rollerball
1975-06-25

5.444

Space Truckers
1996-10-04

A Dangerous Age

6

A Dangerous Age
1957-09-09

5.875

Crusoe
1989-03-30

Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb

8.119

Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
1964-01-29

A Kid in King Arthur's Court

4.967

A Kid in King Arthur's Court
1995-08-11

Twilight's Last Gleaming

6.45

Twilight's Last Gleaming
1977-02-09

6.865

Reds
1981-12-25

Arabian Adventure

5.9

Arabian Adventure
1979-07-08

Dick Spanner P.I.: The Case of the Screaming Dame

0

Dick Spanner P.I.: The Case of the Screaming Dame
2017-09-04

Reunion at Fairborough

5.8

Reunion at Fairborough
1985-05-12

7.729

Batman Begins
2005-06-10

5.6

Nairobi Affair
1984-01-01

Red King, White Knight

6.4

Red King, White Knight
1989-11-25

7.6

Gandhi
1982-12-01

7.163

Superman
1978-12-14

5.634

Hanover Street
1979-05-18

Thunderbirds in Outer Space

0

Thunderbirds in Outer Space
1981-06-09

6.75

Dockers
1999-07-10

6.603

Dreamchild
1985-10-04

Thunderbirds to the Rescue

0

Thunderbirds to the Rescue
1980-08-13

Last Video and Testament

7

Last Video and Testament
1984-09-12

6.763

Superman II
1980-12-04

6.106

Dark Shadows
2012-05-09

Mr. and Mrs. Edgehill

7.333

Mr. and Mrs. Edgehill
1985-12-15

5.636

Baffled!
1973-04-11

9

Of Pure Blood
1986-10-19

The Spy Who Loved Me

6.822

The Spy Who Loved Me
1977-07-07

5

Priest of Love
1981-10-11

Darkwave: Edge of the Storm

4.7

Darkwave: Edge of the Storm
2016-11-13

Caught in the Act

5.643

Caught in the Act
2004-05-10

The Bedford Incident

7

The Bedford Incident
1965-10-11

Professional Foul

7.5

Professional Foul
1977-09-21

Morons from Outer Space

4.851

Morons from Outer Space
1985-03-29

5.375

Gulag
1985-01-13

6.4

Charlie Muffin
1979-12-11

The Last Days of Patton

6.5

The Last Days of Patton
1986-12-15

You Only Live Twice

6.6

You Only Live Twice
1967-06-13

The Billion Dollar Bubble

7.5

The Billion Dollar Bubble
1978-06-08

6.189

Scorpio
1973-04-11

The Saint: The Software Murders

9

The Saint: The Software Murders
1990-08-04

Inside 'Diamonds Are Forever'

7.5

Inside 'Diamonds Are Forever'
2000-10-17

5.143

Double Vision
1992-12-02

5

Nasty Habits
1977-01-28

One of the Hollywood Ten

6.25

One of the Hollywood Ten
2002-06-07

The Holcroft Covenant

5.516

The Holcroft Covenant
1985-09-20

4.714

Roman Holiday
1987-12-28

Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut

7.368

Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut
2006-11-02

Doctor Who: The Gunfighters

6.3

Doctor Who: The Gunfighters
1966-05-21

This Is Supermarionation

8

This Is Supermarionation
2014-10-12

5.513

Superman III
1983-06-17

Flaming Frontier

7

Flaming Frontier
1958-08-01

The Investigator

0

The Investigator
1973-05-20

Pretty Princess

5.564

Pretty Princess
1993-12-03

Filmed in Supermarionation

7.3

Filmed in Supermarionation
2014-10-11

The Day the Sky Exploded

4.3

The Day the Sky Exploded
1958-09-04

Whoops Apocalypse

5.667

Whoops Apocalypse
1986-05-06

Countdown to Disaster

0

Countdown to Disaster
1982-01-01

UFO From Earth to the Moon

10

UFO From Earth to the Moon
2016-11-14

I Know What I Meant

0

I Know What I Meant
1974-07-10

5.462

Only Love
1998-05-10

5.683

Invasion: UFO
1980-01-01

Thunderbirds: Trapped in the Sky

0

Thunderbirds: Trapped in the Sky
1965-09-30

Thunderbirds: Terror In New York City

9

Thunderbirds: Terror In New York City
1965-10-21

Thunderbirds 60th Anniversary Double Bill - Trapped in the Sky / Terror in New York City

10

Thunderbirds 60th Anniversary Double Bill - Trapped in the Sky / Terror in New York City
2025-09-19

Year of the Comet

5.817

Year of the Comet
1992-04-24

7.15

Hiroshima
2005-08-06

The Dogs of War

5.832

The Dogs of War
1980-12-17

Thunderbirds: Pit of Peril

7

Thunderbirds: Pit of Peril
1965-10-07

Thunderbirds: City of Fire

8

Thunderbirds: City of Fire
1966-01-06

Thunderbirds: Attack of the Alligators!

10

Thunderbirds: Attack of the Alligators!
1966-03-10

All About 'Thunderbirds'

0

All About 'Thunderbirds'
2008-01-02

Thunderbirds: Desperate Intruder

10

Thunderbirds: Desperate Intruder
1965-11-18

Thunderbirds: Sun Probe

8

Thunderbirds: Sun Probe
1965-12-09

Thunderbirds: The Uninvited

9

Thunderbirds: The Uninvited
1965-12-02

Thunderbirds: Operation Crash-Dive

0

Thunderbirds: Operation Crash-Dive
1965-12-16

Thunderbirds: Martian Invasion

7

Thunderbirds: Martian Invasion
1966-03-17

Thunderbirds: The Perils of Penelope

9

Thunderbirds: The Perils of Penelope
1965-10-14

Lee Oswald: Assassin

0

Lee Oswald: Assassin
1966-03-10

Thunderbirds: The Mighty Atom

6

Thunderbirds: The Mighty Atom
1965-12-30

Thunderbirds: Vault of Death

6

Thunderbirds: Vault of Death
1965-12-23

Thunderbirds: Move - And You're Dead

9

Thunderbirds: Move - And You're Dead
1966-02-10

Thunderbirds: Brink of Disaster

6

Thunderbirds: Brink of Disaster
1966-02-24

Thunderbirds: End of The Road

9

Thunderbirds: End of The Road
1965-11-25

Thunderbirds: Atlantic Inferno

0

Thunderbirds: Atlantic Inferno
1966-10-02

Thunderbirds: Path of Destruction

7

Thunderbirds: Path of Destruction
1966-10-09

Dick Spanner P.I.

0

Dick Spanner P.I.
1987-09-27

Thunderbirds: The Man from MI.5

7

Thunderbirds: The Man from MI.5
1966-01-20

Thunderbirds: The Duchess Assignment

8

Thunderbirds: The Duchess Assignment
1966-02-17

Thunderbirds: Cry Wolf

7

Thunderbirds: Cry Wolf
1966-01-27

Thunderbirds: Edge of Impact

7

Thunderbirds: Edge of Impact
1965-10-28

Thunderbirds: Day of Disaster

7

Thunderbirds: Day of Disaster
1965-11-04

Thunderbirds: 30 Minutes After Noon

6

Thunderbirds: 30 Minutes After Noon
1965-11-11

7.13

Space: 1999
1975-09-04

7.6

Thunderbirds
1965-09-30

Tales of the Unexpected

6.8

Tales of the Unexpected
1979-03-24

Dick Spanner, P.I.

6.5

Dick Spanner, P.I.
1987-05-03

The Persuaders!

7.645

The Persuaders!
1971-09-17

7.763

UFO
1970-09-16

6.143

The Protectors
1972-09-29

7

Joe 90
1968-09-29

Seven Wonders of the Industrial World

6.7

Seven Wonders of the Industrial World
2003-09-04

6.7

Oppenheimer
1980-10-29

5

Compact
1962-01-02

6.2

Van der Valk
1972-09-13

Agatha Christie's Partners in Crime

6.5

Agatha Christie's Partners in Crime
1983-10-09

Orson Welles' Great Mysteries

6.75

Orson Welles' Great Mysteries
1973-09-01

Hammer House of Mystery and Suspense

6.5

Hammer House of Mystery and Suspense
1984-09-05

10

Quiller
1975-08-29

Philip Marlowe, Private Eye

6.909

Philip Marlowe, Private Eye
1983-04-16

Mistral's Daughter

6

Mistral's Daughter
1984-09-24

7.6

Thunderbirds
1965-09-30

The Two Mrs. Grenvilles

5

The Two Mrs. Grenvilles
1987-02-08

6.2

Casualty
1986-09-06

7.6

Thunderbirds
1965-09-30

Return of the Saint

7

Return of the Saint
1978-09-10

7.714

Secret Army
1977-09-07

7.239

Lace
1984-02-26

7.9

Doctor Who
1963-11-23

7.13

Space: 1999
1975-09-04

7.13

Space: 1999
1975-09-04

The Fortunate Pilgrim

6.167

The Fortunate Pilgrim
1988-04-03

7.13

Space: 1999
1975-09-04

BBC Play of the Month

5.25

BBC Play of the Month
1965-10-19

7.357

The Saint
1962-10-04

Hawkeye and the Last of the Mohicans

5.75

Hawkeye and the Last of the Mohicans
1957-04-03

Tales of the Unexpected

6.8

Tales of the Unexpected
1979-03-24

7.763

UFO
1970-09-16

A Very British Coup

7.9

A Very British Coup
1988-06-19

6.143

The Protectors
1972-09-29

7

Playhouse
1974-03-13

Thunderbirds: The Anniversary Episodes

7

Thunderbirds: The Anniversary Episodes
2020-08-20

Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons

7.5

Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons
1967-09-29

Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons

7.5

Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons
1967-09-29

Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons

7.5

Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons
1967-09-29

The Bourne Identity

6.51

The Bourne Identity
1988-05-08

7.2

Theatre 625
1964-05-03

A Man Called Intrepid

7

A Man Called Intrepid
1979-05-07

7

Second Verdict
1976-05-27

Lipstick on Your Collar

6.926

Lipstick on Your Collar
1993-02-21

The Rose Medallion

7

The Rose Medallion
1981-08-07

Armchair Theatre

6

Armchair Theatre
1956-07-08

Stanley and the Women

6.5

Stanley and the Women
1991-11-28

7.13

Space: 1999
1975-09-04

Thirty-Minute Theatre

4.25

Thirty-Minute Theatre
1965-10-07

American Playhouse

6.6

American Playhouse
1982-01-12