Shane Rimmer
Personal Info
Known For Actor
Gender Male
Birthday 1929-05-28
Deathday 2019-03-29 (89 years old)
Place of Birth Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Also Known As Shane Lance Deacon
Shane Rimmer
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.
Known For
Actor
as Dick Spanner (voice)
as Anderson
as Scott Tracy (voice)
as Scott Tracy (voice)
as Self
as Board Member #1
as Controller #2
as Colonel
as Bob Anderson
as Older Gotham Water Board Technician
as Father
as Parnell Thomas
as Estate Agent
as Self
as US Longshoreman
as E. J. Saggs
as Coach
as Mr. Hughes
as Lt. Colonel Trekker
as Caroline & Lisa's Father
as Chairman, Maxine Gray Cosmetics
as Commissioner Malley
as Bob Harrison
as Mr. Mather
as Secretary of State
as Gen. Conklin
as Reilly
as Hogan
as George Schulz
as Lisander Stark
as Dick Spanner
as Doorman
as Dr. Col. Lawrence Ball
as The Colonel
as Marvin Gelber (US Secretary of State)
as Lt. Chuck Brogan
as Ed Rhinehart
as Belknap, farm manager
as Brod Sarnton
as Ambassador Larry Smith
as Mr. Marl
as Lt. Miles
as Joe Szyluk
as Redneck (Melvin)
as Jay
as Dr. Hersh
as Harry Klein
as Hersh
as Press Agent
as State Policeman
as Arthur Jelinek
as Detective Murphy
as Commentator
as MacAlpine
as Chief Immigration Officer
as Scott Tracy (voice)
as Controller
as Scott Tracy / Radar Operator (voice)
as Ed Condon
as Braley
as Abu
as Col. Ronald Bart
as Willoughby
as Janet Murdoch
as Arthur Beauchamp
as Naval Transport Commander (uncredited)
as US Colonel
as Fred Levin
as Captain Daniels
as Falco
as Stone
as Cmdr. Carter
as Hogan
as Bob Grodin
as InCom Engineer (uncredited)
as Col. Franklin
as Officer I / C
as Canadian Commandant
as CIA Man
as Rusty, Team Executive
as James Kelly
as Eagle Pilot (voice)
as Bannion (voice)
as Maintenance Section Voice (voice) (uncredited)
as Harry Brent
as Hessler
as Ambassador Bingham
as John (voice)
as Track Announcer
as Cop in Hotel
as Police Sergeant Warren
as Vickers
as Zeke
as Lovell J Wallace
as Tom (uncredited)
as Harvey Lomax
as Lt. Bill Johnson
as CIA Agent
as Scott Tracy (voice)
as Hawaii Radar Operator (uncredited)
as Scott Tracy (voice)
as Seth Harper
as Seaman 1st Class - C.I.C.
as Marine Sergeant
as Reactor Control Assistant (voice)
as Scott Tracy
as Capt. 'Ace' Owens
as Seth Harper
as Major Smith
as John McLaren (uncredited) (voice)
as Running Bear
as Nancy's Father
as Farber
Writer
as Story
as Writer
as Writer
as Writer
as Writer