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Shane Rimmer

Shane Rimmer

Actor · 1929 – 2019 · Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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.

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  • Movie8.2

    Star Wars

    1977 · 22K votes

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    Batman Begins

    2005 · 23K votes

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    Superman

    1978 · 4.4K votes

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    You Only Live Twice

    1967 · 2.6K votes

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    Dark Shadows

    2012 · 7.7K votes

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    The Spy Who Loved Me

    1977 · 2.3K votes

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    Superman II

    1980 · 2.6K votes

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    Diamonds Are Forever

    1971 · 2.4K votes

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    Spy Game

    2001 · 2.4K votes

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    Out of Africa

    1985 · 1.6K votes

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    Superman III

    1983 · 1.9K votes

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    Gandhi

    1982 · 2.6K votes

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    The Hunger

    1983 · 681 votes

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    Rollerball

    1975 · 645 votes

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    White Nights

    1985 · 153 votes

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    The Dogs of War

    1980 · 185 votes

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    Reds

    1981 · 385 votes

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    Arabian Adventure

    1979 · 56 votes

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    Company Business

    1991 · 83 votes

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    A Kiss Before Dying

    1991 · 137 votes

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    Space Truckers

    1996 · 202 votes

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    Doctor Who

    1963 · 722 votes

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    Casualty

    1986 · 88 votes

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    The Saint

    1962 · 136 votes

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    BBC Play of the Month

    1965 · 8 votes

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    American Playhouse

    1982 · 8 votes

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    Tales of the Unexpected

    1979 · 54 votes

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    Theatre 625

    1964 · 5 votes

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    Playhouse

    1974 · 1 votes

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    Compact

    1962 · 3 votes

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    Space: 1999

    1975 · 166 votes

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    Thirty-Minute Theatre

    1965 · 8 votes

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    The Persuaders!

    1971 · 135 votes

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    UFO

    1970 · 62 votes

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    The Protectors

    1972 · 14 votes

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    Secret Army

    1977 · 15 votes

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    Return of the Saint

    1978 · 10 votes

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    Van der Valk

    1972 · 10 votes

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    Thunderbirds

    1965 · 107 votes

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    Lace

    1984 · 23 votes

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    The Bourne Identity

    1988 · 103 votes