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Shane Rimmer

Shane Rimmer

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.

Personal information

Birthday

1929-05-28

Birth Place

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Movies and TV shows :

A Dangerous Age

A Dangerous Age

1957

5.0

Movie
A Kid in King Arthur's Court

A Kid in King Arthur's Court

1995

4.9

Movie
A Kiss Before Dying

A Kiss Before Dying

1991

5.6

Movie
A Man Called Intrepid

A Man Called Intrepid

1979

7.0

Movie
poster

A Very British Coup

1988

7.8

TV
poster

Agatha Christie's Partners in Crime

1983

6.1

TV
Alien Autopsy

Alien Autopsy

2006

5.6

Movie
Alternative 3

Alternative 3

1977

6.0

Movie
Arabian Adventure

Arabian Adventure

1979

5.9

Movie
Baffled!

Baffled!

1973

4.9

Movie
Batman Begins

Batman Begins

2005

7.7

Movie
poster

BBC Play of the Month

1965

5.0

TV
Breakthrough at Reykjavik

Breakthrough at Reykjavik

1987

0.0

Movie
poster

Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons

1967

7.3

TV
poster

Casualty

1986

6.0

TV
Caught in the Act

Caught in the Act

2004

5.5

Movie
Charlie Muffin

Charlie Muffin

1979

5.5

Movie
poster

Compact

1962

3.0

TV
Company Business

Company Business

1991

5.2

Movie
Crusoe

Crusoe

1988

5.8

Movie
Dark Shadows

Dark Shadows

2012

6.1

Movie
Darkwave: Edge of the Storm

Darkwave: Edge of the Storm

2016

4.7

Movie
Diamonds Are Forever

Diamonds Are Forever

1971

6.4

Movie
poster

Dick Spanner

1987

7.2

TV
Dick Spanner P.I.: The Case of the Screaming Dame

Dick Spanner P.I.: The Case of the Screaming Dame

2017

0.0

Movie
Dockers

Dockers

1999

6.5

Movie
poster

Doctor Who

1963

7.9

TV
Doctor Who: The Gunfighters

Doctor Who: The Gunfighters

1966

7.0

Movie
Double Vision

Double Vision

1992

4.8

Movie
Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb

Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb

1964

8.1

Movie
Dreamchild

Dreamchild

1985

6.7

Movie
Filmed in Supermarionation

Filmed in Supermarionation

2014

7.3

Movie
Flaming Frontier

Flaming Frontier

1958

0.0

Movie
Gandhi

Gandhi

1982

7.6

Movie
Gulag

Gulag

1985

5.5

Movie
poster

Hammer House of Mystery and Suspense

1984

6.4

TV
Hanover Street

Hanover Street

1979

5.6

Movie
poster

Hawkeye and the Last of the Mohicans

1957

4.8

TV
Inside 'Diamonds Are Forever'

Inside 'Diamonds Are Forever'

2000

7.0

Movie
poster

Joe 90

1968

7.2

TV
poster

Lace

1984

6.9

TV
Last Video and Testament

Last Video and Testament

1984

6.0

Movie
poster

Lipstick on Your Collar

1993

7.1

TV
Mee-Shee: The Water Giant

Mee-Shee: The Water Giant

2005

5.1

Movie
poster

Mistral's Daughter

1984

6.3

TV
Morons from Outer Space

Morons from Outer Space

1985

4.7

Movie
Mr. and Mrs. Edgehill

Mr. and Mrs. Edgehill

1985

7.0

Movie
Nairobi Affair

Nairobi Affair

1984

4.8

Movie
Nasty Habits

Nasty Habits

1977

5.5

Movie
Of Pure Blood

Of Pure Blood

1986

0.0

Movie
One of the Hollywood Ten

One of the Hollywood Ten

2002

5.8

Movie
poster

Oppenheimer

1980

6.7

TV
poster

Orson Welles' Great Mysteries

1973

6.7

TV
Out of Africa

Out of Africa

1985

7.2

Movie
poster

Philip Marlowe, Private Eye

1983

6.6

TV
poster

Playhouse

1974

7.0

TV
Pretty Princess

Pretty Princess

1993

5.5

Movie
Priest of Love

Priest of Love

1981

5.0

Movie
Professional Foul

Professional Foul

1977

6.0

Movie
poster

Quiller

1975

0.0

TV
Red King, White Knight

Red King, White Knight

1989

5.7

Movie
Reds

Reds

1981

6.9

Movie
poster

Return of the Saint

1978

7.0

TV
Reunion at Fairborough

Reunion at Fairborough

1985

4.8

Movie
Rollerball

Rollerball

1975

6.2

Movie
Roman Holiday

Roman Holiday

1987

4.2

Movie
S*P*Y*S

S*P*Y*S

1974

5.2

Movie
Scorpio

Scorpio

1973

6.2

Movie
poster

Secret Army

1977

7.6

TV
poster

Seven Wonders of the Industrial World

2003

6.3

TV
Space Police

Space Police

1986

4.0

Movie
Space Truckers

Space Truckers

1996

5.4

Movie
poster

Space: 1999

1975

7.1

TV
Spy Game

Spy Game

2001

6.9

Movie
Star Wars

Star Wars

1977

8.2

Movie
Superman

Superman

1978

7.1

Movie
Superman II

Superman II

1980

6.7

Movie
Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut

Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut

2006

7.3

Movie
Superman III

Superman III

1983

5.5

Movie
poster

Tales of the Unexpected

1979

6.7

TV
The Bedford Incident

The Bedford Incident

1965

6.9

Movie
The Billion Dollar Bubble

The Billion Dollar Bubble

1978

7.0

Movie
poster

The Bourne Identity

1988

6.5

TV
The Chicago Conspiracy Trial

The Chicago Conspiracy Trial

1970

6.0

Movie
The Day the Sky Exploded

The Day the Sky Exploded

1958

4.1

Movie
poster

The Fortunate Pilgrim

1988

5.0

TV
The Holcroft Covenant

The Holcroft Covenant

1985

5.5

Movie
The Human Factor

The Human Factor

1975

5.7

Movie
The Hunger

The Hunger

1983

6.7

Movie
The Investigator

The Investigator

1973

0.0

Movie
The Last Days of Patton

The Last Days of Patton

1986

6.4

Movie
The Lonely Lady

The Lonely Lady

1983

4.9

Movie
The One and Only Phyllis Dixey

The One and Only Phyllis Dixey

1978

0.0

Movie
The People That Time Forgot

The People That Time Forgot

1977

5.4

Movie
poster

The Persuaders!

1971

7.6

TV
poster

The Protectors

1972

5.6

TV
The Return of Sherlock Holmes

The Return of Sherlock Holmes

1987

5.2

Movie
poster

The Saint

1962

7.3

TV
The Saint: The Software Murders

The Saint: The Software Murders

1990

0.0

Movie
The Spy Who Loved Me

The Spy Who Loved Me

1977

6.8

Movie
poster

The Two Mrs. Grenvilles

1987

4.3

TV
This Is Supermarionation

This Is Supermarionation

2014

8.0

Movie
Thunderbird 6

Thunderbird 6

1968

5.8

Movie
poster

Thunderbirds

1965

7.6

TV
Thunderbirds Are GO

Thunderbirds Are GO

1966

6.3

Movie
Thunderbirds in Outer Space

Thunderbirds in Outer Space

1981

0.0

Movie
Thunderbirds to the Rescue

Thunderbirds to the Rescue

1980

0.0

Movie
poster

Thunderbirds: The Anniversary Episodes

2016

6.6

TV
Twilight's Last Gleaming

Twilight's Last Gleaming

1977

6.4

Movie
poster

UFO

1970

7.6

TV
poster

Van der Valk

1972

5.8

TV
Warlords of Atlantis

Warlords of Atlantis

1978

5.8

Movie
White Nights

White Nights

1985

6.7

Movie
Whoops Apocalypse

Whoops Apocalypse

1986

5.7

Movie
You Only Live Twice

You Only Live Twice

1967

6.6

Movie