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Shane Rimmer
Acting
1929-05-28 - Present
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.
Credits
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SupermanasNaval Transport Commander (uncredited)
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Star WarsasInCom Engineer (uncredited)
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Batman BeginsasOlder Gotham Water Board Technician
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Superman IIasController
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Superman IIIasState Policeman
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Dark ShadowsasBoard Member #1
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Diamonds Are ForeverasTom (uncredited)
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You Only Live TwiceasHawaii Radar Operator (uncredited)
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Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the BombasCapt. 'Ace' Owens
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Superman II: The Richard Donner CutasController #2
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The Spy Who Loved MeasCmdr. Carter
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GandhiasCommentator
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Spy GameasEstate Agent
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Out of AfricaasBelknap, farm manager
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The HungerasArthur Jelinek
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RedsasMacAlpine
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RollerballasRusty, Team Executive
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White NightsasAmbassador Larry Smith
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Space TruckersasE. J. Saggs
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A Kid in King Arthur's CourtasCoach
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A Kiss Before DyingasCommissioner Malley
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The People That Time ForgotasHogan
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Hanover StreetasCol. Ronald Bart
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ScorpioasCop in Hotel
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Warlords of AtlantisasCaptain Daniels
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Arabian AdventureasAbu
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The Bedford IncidentasSeaman 1st Class - C.I.C.
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Twilight's Last GleamingasCol. Franklin
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CrusoeasMr. Mather
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Alien AutopsyasColonel
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The Holcroft CovenantasLt. Miles
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Priest of LoveasChief Immigration Officer
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Company BusinessasChairman, Maxine Gray Cosmetics
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The Lonely Ladyas
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The Last Days of PattonasDr. Col. Lawrence Ball
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A Man Called IntrepidasWilloughby
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Mee-Shee: The Water GiantasBob Anderson
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Whoops ApocalypseasMarvin Gelber (US Secretary of State)
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The One and Only Phyllis DixeyasUS Colonel
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Pretty PrincessasMr. Hughes
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One of the Hollywood TenasParnell Thomas
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DreamchildasMr. Marl
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Red King, White Knightas
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The Human FactorasCIA Man
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Baffled!asTrack Announcer
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Caught in the ActasFather
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Double VisionasCaroline & Lisa's Father
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Thunderbirds Are GOasScott Tracy (voice)
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The Return of Sherlock HolmesasLisander Stark
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Only LoveasWarren Oliver
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Morons from Outer SpaceasRedneck (Melvin)
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Nairobi Affairas
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Thunderbird 6asScott Tracy (voice)
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Charlie MuffinasBraley
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Nasty HabitsasOfficer I / C
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This Is SupermarionationasScott Tracy (voice)
The Chicago Conspiracy Trialas
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S*P*Y*SasHessler
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Of Pure BloodasThe Colonel
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Roman HolidayasHogan
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Filmed in SupermarionationasSelf
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Thunderbirds to the RescueasScott Tracy / Radar Operator (voice)
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GulagasJay
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The Day the Sky ExplodedasJohn McLaren (uncredited) (voice)
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Mr. and Mrs. EdgehillasBrod Sarnton
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DockersasUS Longshoreman
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Reunion at FairboroughasJoe Szyluk
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Doctor Who: The GunfightersasSeth Harper
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The Saint: The Software MurdersasBob Harrison
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Inside 'Diamonds Are Forever'asSelf
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Flaming FrontierasRunning Bear
Breakthrough at ReykjavikasGeorge Schulz
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The InvestigatorasJohn (voice)
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The Billion Dollar BubbleasFred Levin
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Professional FoulasStone
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Thunderbirds in Outer SpaceasScott Tracy (voice)
A Dangerous AgeasNancy's Father
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Last Video and TestamentasDr. Hersh
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Alternative 3asBob Grodin
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Countdown to DisasterasScott Tracy (voice)
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Darkwave: Edge of the StormasAnderson
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Space PoliceasLt. Chuck Brogan
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UFO From Earth to the MoonasSelf
I Know What I MeantasDonald Ziegler
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Dick Spanner P.I.: The Case of the Screaming DameasDick Spanner (voice)