Person Details

Birthday:

Aliases: Shane Lance Deacon

Gender: Male

Place of birth: Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Homepage:

Movie Involvements: 72

TV Involvements: 40


Most Famous Work

Biography

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.

Most Famous Work

Tales of the Unexpected
Average
7

Tales of the Unexpected

(1979) Arthur Beauchamp
The Saint
Average
7

The Saint

(1962) Major Smith
Casualty
Average
6

Casualty

(1986) Ed Rhinehart
Doctor Who
Average
8

Doctor Who

(1963) Seth Harper
Batman Begins
Average
8

Batman Begins

(2005) Older Gotham Water Board Technician
Star Wars
Average
8

Star Wars

(1977) InCom Engineer (uncredited)
Out of Africa
Average
7

Out of Africa

(1985) Belknap, farm manager
BBC Play of the Month
Average
5

BBC Play of the Month

(1965) Marine Sergeant

Acting

Year Character Movie/Tv
2017 Dick Spanner (voice)
2016 Self
Anderson
Scott Tracy (voice)
2014 Scott Tracy (voice)
Self
2012 Board Member #1
2006 Controller #2
Colonel
2005 Bob Anderson
Older Gotham Water Board Technician
2004 Father
2003 N/A
2002 Parnell Thomas
2001 Estate Agent
2000 Self
1999 US Longshoreman
1998 Warren Oliver
1996 E. J. Saggs
1995 Coach
1993 Mr. Hughes
Lt. Colonel Trekker
1992 Caroline & Lisa's Father
1991 Chairman, Maxine Gray Cosmetics
Commissioner Malley
1990 Bob Harrison
1989 N/A
1988 Mr. Mather
Secretary of State
General Conklin
Reilly
1987 Hogan
George Schulz
Dick Spanner
Doorman
Lisander Stark
1986 Dr. Col. Lawrence Ball
The Colonel
Ed Rhinehart
Marvin Gelber (US Secretary of State)
Lt. Chuck Brogan
1985 Belknap, farm manager
Brod Sarnton
Ambassador Larry Smith
Mr. Marl
Lt. Miles
Joe Szyluk
Redneck (Melvin)
Jay
1984 Harry Klein
Dr. Hersh
Hersh
Press Agent
N/A
1983 N/A
N/A
State Policeman
Arthur Jelinek
Detective Murphy
1982 Commentator
Scott Tracy (voice)
1981 MacAlpine
Chief Immigration Officer
Scott Tracy (voice)
1980 Controller
Ed Condon
Scott Tracy / Radar Operator (voice)
Lt. Bill Johnson / Alien / CIA Agent
1979 Braley
Abu
Col. Ronald Bart
Willoughby
Janet Murdoch
Arthur Beauchamp
1978 Naval Transport Commander (uncredited)
US Colonel
Falco
Fred Levin
Captain Daniels
1977 Stone
Canadian Commandant
Cmdr. Carter
Hogan
Bob Grodin
InCom Engineer (uncredited)
Col. Franklin
Officer I / C
1975 CIA Man
James Kelly
Eagle Pilot (voice)
Bannion (voice)
Maintenance Section Voice (voice) (uncredited)
Harry Brent
Rusty, Team Executive
1974 Hessler
Donald Ziegler
Ambassador Bingham
1973 Police Sergeant Warren
John (voice)
Track Announcer
Cop in Hotel
1972 Vickers
Zeke
Lovell J Wallace
1971 Tom (uncredited)
Harvey Lomax
1970 N/A
Lt. Bill Johnson
CIA Agent
1968 N/A
Scott Tracy (voice)
1967 Mason (voice)
Pilot (voice)
Sergeant (voice)
Hawaii Radar Operator (uncredited)
1966 Scott Tracy (voice)
Seth Harper
1965 Scott Tracy/Scanners/Washington
Marine Sergeant
Seaman 1st Class - C.I.C.
N/A
Reactor Control Assistant (voice)
Scott Tracy
Scott Tracy/TX 204 Co-pilot (voice)
1964 Capt. 'Ace' Owens
1963 Seth Harper
1962 Major Smith
N/A
1958 John McLaren (uncredited) (voice)
Running Bear
1957 Nancy's Father
Farber
Year Character Movie/Tv

Writing


Join the discussion

Please Log in to comment