Shane Rimmer
Acting
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.
Known for
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movieThunderbirds 60th Anniversary Double Bill - Trapped in the Sky / Terror in New York City
2025
Scott Tracy (voice)
tvThunderbirds: The Anniversary Episodes
2020
Scott Tracy (voice)
movieDick Spanner P.I.: The Case of the Screaming Dame
2017
Dick Spanner (voice)
movieThis Is Supermarionation
2014
Scott Tracy (voice)
movieDark Shadows
2012
Board Member #1
movieSuperman II: The Richard Donner Cut
2006
Controller #2
movieAlien Autopsy
2006
Colonel
movieHiroshima
2005
James F. Byrnes
movieMee-Shee: The Water Giant
2005
Bob Anderson
movieBatman Begins
2005
Older Gotham Water Board Technician
tvSeven Wonders of the Industrial World
2003
William Kingsley
movieOne of the Hollywood Ten
2002
Parnell Thomas
movieSpy Game
2001
Estate Agent
movieDockers
1999
US Longshoreman
movieOnly Love
1998
Warren Oliver
movieSpace Truckers
1996
E. J. Saggs
moviePretty Princess
1993
Mr. Hughes
tvLipstick on Your Collar
1993
Lieutenant Colonel Trekker
movieDouble Vision
1992
Caroline & Lisa's Father
tvStanley and the Women
1991
Morton Fendig
movieCompany Business
1991
Chairman, Maxine Gray Cosmetics
movieA Kiss Before Dying
1991
Commissioner Malley
movieThe Saint: The Software Murders
1990
Bob Harrison
movieCrusoe
1989
Mr. Mather
tvA Very British Coup
1988
Secretary of State
tvThe Bourne Identity
1988
General Conklin
tvDick Spanner, P.I.
1987
Dick Spanner
movieThe Return of Sherlock Holmes
1987
Lisander Stark
movieThe Last Days of Patton
1986
Dr. Col. Lawrence Ball
movieOf Pure Blood
1986
The Colonel
tvCasualty
1986
Ed Rhinehart
movieWhoops Apocalypse
1986
Marvin Gelber (US Secretary of State)
movieSpace Police
1986
Lt. Chuck Brogan
movieOut of Africa
1985
Belknap, farm manager
movieMr. and Mrs. Edgehill
1985
Brod Sarnton
movieWhite Nights
1985
Ambassador Larry Smith
movieDreamchild
1985
Mr. Marl
movieThe Holcroft Covenant
1985
Lt. Miles
movieReunion at Fairborough
1985
Joe Szyluk
movieMorons from Outer Space
1985
Redneck (Melvin)
tvMistral's Daughter
1984
Harry Klein
movieLast Video and Testament
1984
Dr. Hersh
tvLace
1984
Press Agent
movieSuperman III
1983
State Policeman
movieThe Hunger
1983
Arthur Jelinek
tvPhilip Marlowe, Private Eye
1983
Detective Murphy
movieGandhi
1982
Commentator
tvAmerican Playhouse
1982
Ed Condon
movieCountdown to Disaster
1982
Scott Tracy (voice)
movieReds
1981
MacAlpine
moviePriest of Love
1981
Chief Immigration Officer
tvThe Rose Medallion
1981
Sgt Ed Kusborski
movieThunderbirds in Outer Space
1981
Scott Tracy (voice)
movieThe Dogs of War
1980
Dr. Oaks
movieSuperman II
1980
Controller
tvOppenheimer
1980
Ed Condon
movieThunderbirds to the Rescue
1980
Scott Tracy / Radar Operator (voice)
movieInvasion: UFO
1980
Lt. Bill Johnson / Alien / CIA Agent
movieCharlie Muffin
1979
Braley
movieHanover Street
1979
Col. Ronald Bart
tvA Man Called Intrepid
1979
Willoughby
tvTales of the Unexpected
1979
Janet Murdoch / Arthur Beauchamp
movieSuperman
1978
Naval Transport Commander (uncredited)
movieThe One and Only Phyllis Dixey
1978
US Colonel
movieThe Billion Dollar Bubble
1978
Fred Levin
movieWarlords of Atlantis
1978
Captain Daniels
tvSecret Army
1977
Canadian Commandant
movieThe Spy Who Loved Me
1977
Cmdr. Carter
movieAlternative 3
1977
Bob Grodin
movieStar Wars
1977
InCom Engineer (uncredited)
movieTwilight's Last Gleaming
1977
Col. Franklin
movieNasty Habits
1977
Officer I / C
Second Verdict
1976
Harold Giles Hoffman
movieThe Human Factor
1975
CIA Man
tvSpace: 1999
1975
James Kelly / Eagle Pilot (voice) / Bannion (voice) / Maintenance Section Voice (voice) (uncredited) / Eagle Pilot (voice) (uncredited)
tvQuiller
1975
Harry Brent
movieRollerball
1975
Rusty, Team Executive
movieS*P*Y*S
1974
Hessler
I Know What I Meant
1974
Donald Ziegler
tvPlayhouse
1974
Ambassador Bingham
tvOrson Welles' Great Mysteries
1973
Police Sergeant Warren
movieThe Investigator
1973
John (voice)
movieBaffled!
1973
Track Announcer
movieScorpio
1973
Cop in Hotel
tvThe Protectors
1972
Vickers / Zeke
tvVan der Valk
1972
Lovell J Wallace
movieDiamonds Are Forever
1971
Tom (uncredited)
tvThe Persuaders!
1971
Harvey Lomax
tvUFO
1970
Bill Johnson / CIA Agent
tvJoe 90
1968
Kelly (voice)
movieThunderbird 6
1968
Scott Tracy (voice)
tvCaptain Scarlet and the Mysterons
1967
Mason (voice) / Pilot (voice) / Sergeant (voice)
movieYou Only Live Twice
1967
Hawaii Radar Operator (uncredited)
movieThunderbirds Are GO
1966
Scott Tracy (voice)
movieDoctor Who: The Gunfighters
1966
Seth Harper
movieThunderbirds: Attack of the Alligators!
1966
Scott Tracy (voice)
movieThunderbirds: City of Fire
1966
Scott Tracy (voice)
movieThunderbirds: Desperate Intruder
1965
Scott Tracy (voice)
movieThunderbirds: Terror In New York City
1965
Scott Tracy / Scanners / Washington Control (voice)
tvBBC Play of the Month
1965
Marine Sergeant
movieThe Bedford Incident
1965
Seaman 1st Class - C.I.C.
movieThunderbirds: Pit of Peril
1965
Scott Tracy / Johnny (voice)
tvThirty-Minute Theatre
1965
Bud Burdine
movieThunderbirds: Trapped in the Sky
1965
Scott Tracy / TX 204 Co-pilot (voice)
tvThunderbirds
1965
Reactor Control Assistant (voice) / Scott Tracy
tvTheatre 625
1964
Corporal Girtin
tvDoctor Who
1963
Seth Harper
tvThe Saint
1962
Major Smith
movieThe Day the Sky Exploded
1958
John McLaren (uncredited) (voice)
movieFlaming Frontier
1958
Running Bear
A Dangerous Age
1957
Nancy's Father
