Cast
Shane Rimmer
Acting
Cast
Shane Rimmer
Known for
Acting
Born
1929-05-28
From
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Died
2019-03-29
Also known as Shane Lance Deacon
Biography
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.
Star Wars
as InCom Engineer (uncredited)
Batman Begins
as Older Gotham Water Board Technician
Superman
as Naval Transport Commander (uncredited)
Dark Shadows
as Board Member #1
Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
as Capt. 'Ace' Owens
You Only Live Twice
as Hawaii Radar Operator (uncredited)
The Spy Who Loved Me
as Cmdr. Carter
Superman II
as Controller
Spy Game
as Estate Agent
Superman III
as State Policeman
Diamonds Are Forever
as Tom (uncredited)
Gandhi
as Commentator
Out of Africa
as Belknap, farm manager
Rollerball
as Rusty, Team Executive
The Hunger
as Arthur Jelinek
Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut
as Controller #2
Reds
as MacAlpine
White Nights
as Ambassador Larry Smith
The Dogs of War
as Dr. Oaks
Space Truckers
as E. J. Saggs
A Kiss Before Dying
as Commissioner Malley
Nairobi Affair
Alien Autopsy
as Colonel
Hanover Street
as Col. Ronald Bart
A Kid in King Arthur's Court
as Coach
Nasty Habits
as Officer I / C
Scorpio
as Cop in Hotel
Only Love
as Warren Oliver
Hiroshima
as James F. Byrnes
Arabian Adventure
as Abu
Double Vision
as Caroline & Lisa's Father
Warlords of Atlantis
as Captain Daniels
Crusoe
as Mr. Mather
Twilight's Last Gleaming
as Col. Franklin
Company Business
as Chairman, Maxine Gray Cosmetics
Pretty Princess
as Mr. Hughes
Year of the Comet
The Holcroft Covenant
as Lt. Miles
The Lonely Lady
Whoops Apocalypse
as Marvin Gelber (US Secretary of State)
The Bedford Incident
as Seaman 1st Class - C.I.C.
The People That Time Forgot
as Hogan
Priest of Love
as Chief Immigration Officer
The Last Days of Patton
as Dr. Col. Lawrence Ball
The One and Only Phyllis Dixey
as US Colonel
Red King, White Knight
Mee-Shee: The Water Giant
as Bob Anderson
Invasion: UFO
as Lt. Bill Johnson / Alien / CIA Agent
Morons from Outer Space
as Redneck (Melvin)
One of the Hollywood Ten
as Parnell Thomas
The Human Factor
as CIA Man
S*P*Y*S
as Hessler
Roman Holiday
as Hogan
Thunderbirds Are GO
as Scott Tracy (voice)
Gulag
as Jay
Baffled!
as Track Announcer
Filmed in Supermarionation
as Self
The Return of Sherlock Holmes
as Lisander Stark
Mr. and Mrs. Edgehill
as Brod Sarnton
The Billion Dollar Bubble
as Fred Levin
Dreamchild
as Mr. Marl
Alternative 3
as Bob Grodin
UFO From Earth to the Moon
as Self
Thunderbird 6
as Scott Tracy (voice)
Caught in the Act
as Father
Professional Foul
as Stone
Dick Spanner P.I.: The Case of the Screaming Dame
as Dick Spanner (voice)
I Know What I Meant
as Donald Ziegler
The Day the Sky Exploded
as John McLaren (uncredited) (voice)
A Dangerous Age
as Nancy's Father
Thunderbirds to the Rescue
as Scott Tracy / Radar Operator (voice)
Thunderbirds in Outer Space
as Scott Tracy (voice)
Reunion at Fairborough
as Joe Szyluk
Space Police
as Lt. Chuck Brogan
Inside 'Diamonds Are Forever'
as Self
Charlie Muffin
as Braley
Of Pure Blood
as The Colonel
The Saint: The Software Murders
as Bob Harrison
The Investigator
as John (voice)
Thunderbirds: Terror In New York City
as Scott Tracy/Scanners/Washington
Dockers
as US Longshoreman
This Is Supermarionation
as Scott Tracy (voice)
The Chicago Conspiracy Trial
Flaming Frontier
as Running Bear
Countdown to Disaster
as Scott Tracy (voice)
Thunderbirds 60th Anniversary Double Bill - Trapped in the Sky / Terror in New York City
as Scott Tracy (voice)
Last Video and Testament
as Dr. Hersh
Thunderbirds: Trapped in the Sky
as Scott Tracy/TX 204 Co-pilot (voice)
Doctor Who: The Gunfighters
as Seth Harper
Breakthrough at Reykjavik
as George Schulz
Darkwave: Edge of the Storm
as Anderson