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.
116 movies · 42 shows
Thunderbirds 60th Anniversary Double Bill - Trapped in the Sky / Terror in New York City
2025·10.0
Dick Spanner P.I.: The Case of the Screaming Dame
2017·0.0
UFO From Earth to the Moon
2016·10.0
Darkwave: Edge of the Storm
2016·4.7
This Is Supermarionation
2014·8.0
Filmed in Supermarionation
2014·7.3
Dark Shadows
2012·6.1
All About 'Thunderbirds'
2008·0.0
Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut
2006·7.4
Alien Autopsy
2006·5.7
Hiroshima
2005·7.2
Mee-Shee: The Water Giant
2005·5.5
Batman Begins
2005·7.7
Caught in the Act
2004·5.6
One of the Hollywood Ten
2002·6.3
Spy Game
2001·6.9
Inside 'Diamonds Are Forever'
2000·7.5
Dockers
1999·6.8
Only Love
1998·5.5
Space Truckers
1996·5.4
A Kid in King Arthur's Court
1995·5.0
Pretty Princess
1993·5.6
Double Vision
1992·5.1
Year of the Comet
1992·5.8
Company Business
1991·5.3
A Kiss Before Dying
1991·5.6
The Saint: The Software Murders
1990·9.0
Red King, White Knight
1989·6.4
Crusoe
1989·5.9
Roman Holiday
1987·4.7
Breakthrough at Reykjavik
1987·7.0
Dick Spanner P.I.
1987·0.0
The Return of Sherlock Holmes
1987·6.0
The Last Days of Patton
1986·6.5
Of Pure Blood
1986·9.0
Whoops Apocalypse
1986·5.7
Space Police
1986·4.0
Out of Africa
1985·7.2
Mr. and Mrs. Edgehill
1985·7.3
White Nights
1985·6.7
Dreamchild
1985·6.6
The Holcroft Covenant
1985·5.5
Reunion at Fairborough
1985·5.8
Morons from Outer Space
1985·4.9
Gulag
1985·5.4
Last Video and Testament
1984·7.0
Nairobi Affair
1984·5.6
The Lonely Lady
1983·4.7
Superman III
1983·5.5
The Hunger
1983·6.7
Gandhi
1982·7.6
Countdown to Disaster
1982·0.0
Reds
1981·6.9
Priest of Love
1981·5.0
Thunderbirds in Outer Space
1981·0.0
The Dogs of War
1980·5.8
Superman II
1980·6.8
Thunderbirds to the Rescue
1980·0.0
Invasion: UFO
1980·5.7
Charlie Muffin
1979·6.4
Arabian Adventure
1979·5.9
Hanover Street
1979·5.6
Superman
1978·7.2
The One and Only Phyllis Dixey
1978·0.0
The Billion Dollar Bubble
1978·7.5
Warlords of Atlantis
1978·5.7
Professional Foul
1977·7.5
The Spy Who Loved Me
1977·6.8
The People That Time Forgot
1977·5.3
Alternative 3
1977·6.4
Star Wars
1977·8.2
Twilight's Last Gleaming
1977·6.5
Nasty Habits
1977·5.0
The Human Factor
1975·5.8
Rollerball
1975·6.3
S*P*Y*S
1974·5.3
I Know What I Meant
1974·0.0
The Investigator
1973·0.0
Baffled!
1973·5.6
Scorpio
1973·6.2
Diamonds Are Forever
1971·6.4
The Chicago Conspiracy Trial
1970·6.0
Thunderbird 6
1968·5.9
You Only Live Twice
1967·6.6
Thunderbirds Are GO
1966·6.4
Thunderbirds: Path of Destruction
1966·7.0
Thunderbirds: Atlantic Inferno
1966·0.0
Doctor Who: The Gunfighters
1966·6.3
Thunderbirds: Martian Invasion
1966·7.0
Thunderbirds: Attack of the Alligators!
1966·10.0
Lee Oswald: Assassin
1966·0.0
Thunderbirds: Brink of Disaster
1966·6.0
Thunderbirds: The Duchess Assignment
1966·8.0
Thunderbirds: Move - And You're Dead
1966·9.0
Thunderbirds: Cry Wolf
1966·7.0
Thunderbirds: The Man from MI.5
1966·7.0
Thunderbirds: City of Fire
1966·8.0
Thunderbirds: The Mighty Atom
1965·6.0
Thunderbirds: Vault of Death
1965·6.0
Thunderbirds: Operation Crash-Dive
1965·0.0
Thunderbirds: Sun Probe
1965·8.0
Thunderbirds: The Uninvited
1965·9.0
Thunderbirds: End of The Road
1965·9.0
Thunderbirds: Desperate Intruder
1965·10.0
Thunderbirds: 30 Minutes After Noon
1965·6.0
Thunderbirds: Day of Disaster
1965·7.0
Thunderbirds: Edge of Impact
1965·7.0
Thunderbirds: Terror In New York City
1965·9.0
Thunderbirds: The Perils of Penelope
1965·9.0
The Bedford Incident
1965·7.0
Thunderbirds: Pit of Peril
1965·7.0
Thunderbirds: Trapped in the Sky
1965·0.0
Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
1964·8.1
The Day the Sky Exploded
1958·4.3
Flaming Frontier
1958·7.0
A Dangerous Age
1957·6.0