Shane Rimmer
Age: 89 | From: Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Person Details
Birthday: 1929-05-28 06:16:28
Death: 2019-03-29 06:16:28
Aliases: No known aliases
Gender: Male
Place of birth: Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Homepage:
Movie Involvements: 57
TV Involvements: 29
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
Star Wars
(1977) InCom Engineer (uncredited)
Batman Begins
(2005) Older Gotham Water Board Technician
The Saint
(1962) Major Smith
Casualty
(1986) Ed Rhinehart
Diamonds Are Forever
(1971) Tom (uncredited)
Space: 1999
(1975) Eagle Pilot (voice)
You Only Live Twice
(1967) Hawaii Radar Operator (uncredited)
Tales of the Unexpected
(1979) Arthur BeauchampActing
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Anderson | |
| 2014 | Scott Tracy (voice) | |
| Self | ||
| 2012 | Board Member #1 | |
| 2006 | Controller #2 | |
| Colonel | ||
| 2005 | Older Gotham Water Board Technician | |
| Bob Anderson | ||
| 2004 | Father | |
| 2003 | N/A | |
| 2002 | Parnell Thomas | |
| 2001 | Estate Agent | |
| 2000 | N/A | |
| 1999 | US Longshoreman | |
| 1996 | E. J. Saggs | |
| 1995 | Coach | |
| 1993 | Mr. Hughes | |
| Lt. Colonel Trekker | ||
| 1992 | Caroline & Lisa's Father | |
| 1991 | Chairman, Maxine Gray Cosmetics | |
| N/A | ||
| 1990 | Bob Harrison | |
| 1988 | Mr. Mather | |
| Secretary of State | ||
| Gen. 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 | ||
| N/A | ||
| 1983 | N/A | |
| N/A | ||
| State Policeman | ||
| Arthur Jelinek | ||
| Detective Murphy | ||
| 1982 | Commentator | |
| 1981 | MacAlpine | |
| Chief Immigration Officer | ||
| 1980 | Controller | |
| Ed Condon | ||
| 1979 | Braley | |
| Col. Ronald Bart | ||
| Willoughby | ||
| Janet Murdoch | ||
| Arthur Beauchamp | ||
| 1978 | US Colonel | |
| Fred Levin | ||
| Captain Daniels | ||
| 1977 | Stone | |
| Canadian Commandant | ||
| Cmdr. Carter | ||
| Hogan | ||
| Bob Grodin | ||
| InCom Engineer (uncredited) | ||
| Officer I / C | ||
| 1975 | CIA Man | |
| Bannion (voice) | ||
| James Kelly | ||
| Eagle Pilot (voice) | ||
| Harry Brent | ||
| Rusty, Team Executive | ||
| 1974 | Hessler | |
| 1973 | Police Sergeant Warren | |
| John (voice) | ||
| Cop in Hotel | ||
| 1972 | Track Announcer | |
| Vickers | ||
| Zeke | ||
| N/A | ||
| 1971 | Tom (uncredited) | |
| N/A | ||
| 1970 | N/A | |
| Lt. Bill Johnson | ||
| CIA Agent | ||
| 1968 | N/A | |
| Scott Tracy (voice) | ||
| 1967 | N/A | |
| Hawaii Radar Operator (uncredited) | ||
| 1966 | Scott Tracy (voice) | |
| Seth Harper | ||
| 1965 | Marine Sergeant | |
| Seaman 1st Class - C.I.C. | ||
| Scott Tracy | ||
| Reactor Control Assistant (voice) | ||
| N/A | ||
| 1964 | Capt. 'Ace' Owens | |
| 1962 | Major Smith | |
| N/A | ||
| 1958 | John McLaren (uncredited) (voice) | |
| Running Bear | ||
| 1957 | Nancy's Father | |
| Farber | ||
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
Writing
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 1973 | Story | |
| 1972 | Writer | |
| 1969 | Writer | |
| 1968 | Writer | |
| 1967 | Writer | |
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
