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.
Thunderbirds 60th Anniversary Double Bill - Trapped in the Sky / Terror in New York City
Scott Tracy (voice)
Dick Spanner P.I.: The Case of the Screaming Dame
Dick Spanner (voice)
UFO From Earth to the Moon
Self
Darkwave: Edge of the Storm
Anderson
This Is Supermarionation
Scott Tracy (voice)
Filmed in Supermarionation
Self
Dark Shadows
Board Member #1
Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut
Controller #2
Alien Autopsy
Colonel
Hiroshima
James F. Byrnes
Mee-Shee: The Water Giant
Bob Anderson
Batman Begins
Older Gotham Water Board Technician
Caught in the Act
Father
One of the Hollywood Ten
Parnell Thomas
Spy Game
Estate Agent
Inside 'Diamonds Are Forever'
Self
Dockers
US Longshoreman
Only Love
Warren Oliver
Space Truckers
E. J. Saggs
A Kid in King Arthur's Court
Coach
Pretty Princess
Mr. Hughes
Double Vision
Caroline & Lisa's Father
Year of the Comet
Company Business
Chairman, Maxine Gray Cosmetics
A Kiss Before Dying
Commissioner Malley
The Saint: The Software Murders
Bob Harrison
Red King, White Knight
Crusoe
Mr. Mather
Roman Holiday
Hogan
Breakthrough at Reykjavik
George Schulz
The Return of Sherlock Holmes
Lisander Stark
The Last Days of Patton
Dr. Col. Lawrence Ball
Of Pure Blood
The Colonel
Whoops Apocalypse
Marvin Gelber (US Secretary of State)
Space Police
Lt. Chuck Brogan
Out of Africa
Belknap, farm manager
Mr. and Mrs. Edgehill
Brod Sarnton
White Nights
Ambassador Larry Smith
Dreamchild
Mr. Marl
The Holcroft Covenant
Lt. Miles
Reunion at Fairborough
Joe Szyluk
Morons from Outer Space
Redneck (Melvin)
Gulag
Jay
Last Video and Testament
Dr. Hersh
Nairobi Affair
The Lonely Lady
Superman III
State Policeman
The Hunger
Arthur Jelinek
Gandhi
Commentator
Countdown to Disaster
Scott Tracy (voice)
Reds
MacAlpine
Priest of Love
Chief Immigration Officer
Thunderbirds in Outer Space
Scott Tracy (voice)
The Dogs of War
Dr. Oaks
Superman II
Controller
Thunderbirds to the Rescue
Scott Tracy / Radar Operator (voice)
Invasion: UFO
Lt. Bill Johnson / Alien / CIA Agent
Charlie Muffin
Braley
Arabian Adventure
Abu
Hanover Street
Col. Ronald Bart
Superman
Naval Transport Commander (uncredited)
The One and Only Phyllis Dixey
US Colonel
The Billion Dollar Bubble
Fred Levin
Warlords of Atlantis
Captain Daniels
Professional Foul
Stone
The Spy Who Loved Me
Cmdr. Carter
The People That Time Forgot
Hogan
Alternative 3
Bob Grodin
Star Wars
InCom Engineer (uncredited)
Twilight's Last Gleaming
Col. Franklin
Nasty Habits
Officer I / C
The Human Factor
CIA Man
Rollerball
Rusty, Team Executive
S*P*Y*S
Hessler
I Know What I Meant
Donald Ziegler
The Investigator
John (voice)
Scorpio
Cop in Hotel
Baffled!
Track Announcer
Diamonds Are Forever
Tom (uncredited)
The Chicago Conspiracy Trial
Thunderbird 6
Scott Tracy (voice)
You Only Live Twice
Hawaii Radar Operator (uncredited)
Thunderbirds Are GO
Scott Tracy (voice)
Doctor Who: The Gunfighters
Seth Harper
Thunderbirds: Terror In New York City
Scott Tracy/Scanners/Washington
The Bedford Incident
Seaman 1st Class - C.I.C.
Thunderbirds: Trapped in the Sky
Scott Tracy/TX 204 Co-pilot (voice)
Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
Capt. 'Ace' Owens
The Day the Sky Exploded
John McLaren (uncredited) (voice)
Flaming Frontier
Running Bear
A Dangerous Age
Nancy's Father