Shane Rimmer

Shane Rimmer Movies and TV Shows

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 info

  • Gender: Male
  • Date of birth: 5/28/1929 (94 years old)
  • Place of birth: Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Year
Genre
IMDB
TMDB
Available on the following streaming services in the United States
2014

Documentary

7.4
80%
Dark Shadows
IMDB 6.2
TMDB 60%
role:
Board Member #1
2012

Comedy

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

6.2
60%
Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut
IMDB 7.6
TMDB 75%
role:
Controller #2 (archive footage)
2006

Action

Adventure

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

7.6
75%
Alien Autopsy
IMDB 5.9
TMDB 56%
role:
Colonel
2006

Comedy

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

5.9
56%
Batman Begins
IMDB 8.2
TMDB 77%
role:
Older Gotham Water Board Technician
2005

Action

Crime

Drama

8.2
77%
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Spy Game
IMDB 7.1
TMDB 69%
role:
Estate Agent
2001

Action

Crime

Thriller

7.1
69%
Space Truckers
IMDB 5.4
TMDB 55%
role:
E. J. Saggs
1996

Adventure

Comedy

Thriller

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

5.4
55%
Pretty Princess
IMDB 4.0
TMDB 54%
role:
Mr. Hughes
Not available
1993

Comedy

Family

Romance

4.0
54%
Not available
A Kiss Before Dying
IMDB 5.7
TMDB 57%
role:
Not available
1991

Crime

Mystery

Thriller

5.7
57%
Not available
Out of Africa
IMDB 7.1
TMDB 72%
role:
Belknap, farm manager
1985

Drama

History

Romance

7.1
72%
White Nights
IMDB 6.6
TMDB 68%
role:
Ambassador Larry Smith
1985

Drama

Thriller

6.6
68%
Superman III
IMDB 5.0
TMDB 55%
role:
State Policeman
1983

Action

Adventure

Comedy

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

5.0
55%
The Hunger
IMDB 6.6
TMDB 66%
role:
Arthur Jelinek
1983

Drama

Horror

6.6
66%
Gandhi
IMDB 8.0
TMDB 75%
role:
Commentator
1982

Drama

History

8.0
75%
Reds
IMDB 7.3
TMDB 70%
role:
MacAlpine
1981

Drama

History

Romance

7.3
70%
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Superman II
IMDB 6.8
TMDB 67%
role:
Controller
1980

Action

Adventure

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

6.8
67%
Hanover Street
IMDB 6.0
TMDB 56%
role:
Col. Ronald Bart
1979

Action

Adventure

Drama

Romance

War & Politics

6.0
56%
The Spy Who Loved Me
IMDB 7.0
TMDB 68%
role:
Cmdr. Carter
1977

Action

Adventure

Thriller

7.0
68%
Star Wars
IMDB 8.6
TMDB 82%
role:
InCom Engineer (uncredited)
1977

Action

Adventure

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

8.6
82%
Rollerball
IMDB 6.5
TMDB 62%
role:
Rusty, Team Executive
1975

Action

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

6.5
62%
Scorpio
IMDB 6.4
TMDB 64%
role:
Cop in Hotel
1973

Action

Drama

Thriller

6.4
64%
Diamonds Are Forever
IMDB 6.5
TMDB 64%
role:
Tom (uncredited)
1971

Action

Adventure

Thriller

6.5
64%
You Only Live Twice
IMDB 6.8
TMDB 65%
role:
Hawaii Radar Operator (uncredited)
1967

Action

Adventure

Thriller

6.8
65%
1964

Comedy

Drama

War & Politics

8.4
81%

FAQs

Some movies or TV shows available in the United States starring or involving Shane Rimmer are, for example, Filmed in Supermarionation, Dark Shadows and Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut.
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