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Known For
Acting
Birthday
May 28, 1929
Died
March 29, 2019
Place of Birth
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Also Known As
- Shane Lance Deacon
Shane Rimmer
0.7 Popularity
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.
Known For
10.0
Scott Tracy (voice)
Thunderbirds 60th Anniversary Double Bill - Trapped in the Sky / Terror in New York City
2025
7.0
Scott Tracy (voice)
Thunderbirds: The Anniversary Episodes
2020
0.0
Dick Spanner (voice)
Dick Spanner P.I.: The Case of the Screaming Dame
2017
10.0
Self
UFO From Earth to the Moon
2016
4.7
Anderson
Darkwave: Edge of the Storm
2016
8.0
Scott Tracy (voice)
This Is Supermarionation
2014
7.3
Self
Filmed in Supermarionation
2014
6.1
Board Member #1
Dark Shadows
2012
7.4
Controller #2
Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut
2006
5.6
Colonel
Alien Autopsy
2006
Credits
Thunderbirds 60th Anniversary Double Bill - Trapped in the Sky / Terror in New York City
as Scott Tracy (voice)
2025
10.0
Thunderbirds: The Anniversary Episodes
as Scott Tracy (voice)
2020
7.0
Dick Spanner P.I.: The Case of the Screaming Dame
as Dick Spanner (voice)
2017
0.0
UFO From Earth to the Moon
as Self
2016
10.0
Darkwave: Edge of the Storm
as Anderson
2016
4.7
This Is Supermarionation
as Scott Tracy (voice)
2014
8.0
Filmed in Supermarionation
as Self
2014
7.3
Dark Shadows
as Board Member #1
2012
6.1
Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut
as Controller #2
2006
7.4
Alien Autopsy
as Colonel
2006
5.6
Hiroshima
as James F. Byrnes
2005
7.2
Mee-Shee: The Water Giant
as Bob Anderson
2005
5.3
Batman Begins
as Older Gotham Water Board Technician
2005
7.7
Caught in the Act
as Father
2004
5.5
Seven Wonders of the Industrial World
2003
6.7
One of the Hollywood Ten
as Parnell Thomas
2002
5.5
Spy Game
as Estate Agent
2001
6.9
Inside 'Diamonds Are Forever'
as Self
2000
7.0
Dockers
as US Longshoreman
1999
6.5
Only Love
as Warren Oliver
1998
5.4
Space Truckers
as E. J. Saggs
1996
5.4
A Kid in King Arthur's Court
as Coach
1995
5.0
Pretty Princess
as Mr. Hughes
1993
5.5
Lipstick on Your Collar
as Lt. Colonel Trekker
1993
6.9
Double Vision
as Caroline & Lisa's Father
1992
4.8
Year of the Comet
1992
5.7
Company Business
as Chairman, Maxine Gray Cosmetics
1991
5.2
A Kiss Before Dying
as Commissioner Malley
1991
5.5
The Saint: The Software Murders
as Bob Harrison
1990
0.0
Red King, White Knight
1989
6.0
Crusoe
as Mr. Mather
1988
6.0
A Very British Coup
as Secretary of State
1988
7.9
The Bourne Identity
as General Conklin
1988
6.5
The Fortunate Pilgrim
as Reilly
1988
5.0
Roman Holiday
as Hogan
1987
4.2
🎬
Breakthrough at Reykjavik
as George Schulz
1987
0.0
Dick Spanner
as Dick Spanner
1987
6.3
The Two Mrs. Grenvilles
as Doorman
1987
3.8
The Return of Sherlock Holmes
as Lisander Stark
1987
5.4
The Last Days of Patton
as Dr. Col. Lawrence Ball
1986
6.2
Of Pure Blood
as The Colonel
1986
0.0
Casualty
as Ed Rhinehart
1986
6.1
Whoops Apocalypse
as Marvin Gelber (US Secretary of State)
1986
5.6
Space Police
as Lt. Chuck Brogan
1986
4.0
Out of Africa
as Belknap, farm manager
1985
7.2
Mr. and Mrs. Edgehill
as Brod Sarnton
1985
7.0
White Nights
as Ambassador Larry Smith
1985
6.7
Dreamchild
as Mr. Marl
1985
6.5
The Holcroft Covenant
as Lt. Miles
1985
5.5
Reunion at Fairborough
as Joe Szyluk
1985
4.8
Morons from Outer Space
as Redneck (Melvin)
1985
4.8
Gulag
as Jay
1985
5.3
Mistral's Daughter
as Harry Klein
1984
5.8
Last Video and Testament
as Dr. Hersh
1984
6.0
Hammer House of Mystery and Suspense
as Hersh
1984
6.4
Lace
as Press Agent
1984
7.1
Nairobi Affair
1984
4.8
Agatha Christie's Partners in Crime
1983
6.3
The Lonely Lady
1983
4.4
Superman III
as State Policeman
1983
5.5
The Hunger
as Arthur Jelinek
1983
6.6
Philip Marlowe, Private Eye
as Detective Murphy
1983
6.6
Gandhi
as Commentator
1982
7.6
Countdown to Disaster
as Scott Tracy (voice)
1982
0.0
Reds
as MacAlpine
1981
6.9
Priest of Love
as Chief Immigration Officer
1981
4.8
Thunderbirds in Outer Space
as Scott Tracy (voice)
1981
0.0
The Dogs of War
as Dr. Oaks
1980
5.8
Superman II
as Controller
1980
6.7
Oppenheimer
as Ed Condon
1980
6.5
Thunderbirds to the Rescue
as Scott Tracy / Radar Operator (voice)
1980
0.0
Invasion: UFO
as Lt. Bill Johnson / Alien / CIA Agent
1980
5.6
Charlie Muffin
as Braley
1979
5.5
Arabian Adventure
as Abu
1979
5.8
Hanover Street
as Col. Ronald Bart
1979
5.5
A Man Called Intrepid
as Willoughby
1979
0.0
Tales of the Unexpected
as Janet Murdoch
1979
6.7
Tales of the Unexpected
as Arthur Beauchamp
1979
6.7
Superman
as Naval Transport Commander (uncredited)
1978
7.2
The One and Only Phyllis Dixey
as US Colonel
1978
0.0
Return of the Saint
as Falco
1978
7.0
The Billion Dollar Bubble
as Fred Levin
1978
7.0
Warlords of Atlantis
as Captain Daniels
1978
5.8
Professional Foul
as Stone
1977
6.0
Secret Army
as Canadian Commandant
1977
7.5
The Spy Who Loved Me
as Cmdr. Carter
1977
6.8
The People That Time Forgot
as Hogan
1977
5.3
Alternative 3
as Bob Grodin
1977
5.9
Star Wars
as InCom Engineer (uncredited)
1977
8.2
Twilight's Last Gleaming
as Col. Franklin
1977
6.4
Nasty Habits
as Officer I / C
1977
4.6
The Human Factor
as CIA Man
1975
5.7
Space: 1999
as James Kelly
1975
7.1
Space: 1999
as Eagle Pilot (voice)
1975
7.1
Space: 1999
as Bannion (voice)
1975
7.1
Space: 1999
as Maintenance Section Voice (voice) (uncredited)
1975
7.1
🎬
Quiller
as Harry Brent
1975
0.0
Rollerball
as Rusty, Team Executive
1975
6.3
S*P*Y*S
as Hessler
1974
5.2
🎬
I Know What I Meant
as Donald Ziegler
1974
0.0
Playhouse
as Ambassador Bingham
1974
7.0
Orson Welles' Great Mysteries
as Police Sergeant Warren
1973
6.7
The Investigator
as John (voice)
1973
0.0
Scorpio
as Cop in Hotel
1973
6.1
Baffled!
as Track Announcer
1973
5.1
The Protectors
as Vickers
1972
5.8
The Protectors
as Zeke
1972
5.8
Van der Valk
as Lovell J Wallace
1972
5.8
Diamonds Are Forever
as Tom (uncredited)
1971
6.4
The Persuaders!
as Harvey Lomax
1971
7.6
🎬
The Chicago Conspiracy Trial
1970
6.0
UFO
as Bill Johnson
1970
7.7
UFO
as CIA Agent
1970
7.7
Joe 90
1968
7.1
Thunderbird 6
as Scott Tracy (voice)
1968
5.7
Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons
as Mason (voice)
1967
7.4
Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons
as Pilot (voice)
1967
7.4
Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons
as Sergeant (voice)
1967
7.4
You Only Live Twice
as Hawaii Radar Operator (uncredited)
1967
6.6
Thunderbirds Are GO
as Scott Tracy (voice)
1966
6.3
Doctor Who: The Gunfighters
as Seth Harper
1966
6.0
Thunderbirds: Terror In New York City
as Scott Tracy/Scanners/Washington
1965
8.0
BBC Play of the Month
as Marine Sergeant
1965
5.0
The Bedford Incident
as Seaman 1st Class - C.I.C.
1965
7.0
Thunderbirds
1965
7.5
Thunderbirds
as Reactor Control Assistant (voice)
1965
7.5
Thunderbirds
as Scott Tracy
1965
7.5
Thunderbirds: Trapped in the Sky
as Scott Tracy/TX 204 Co-pilot (voice)
1965
0.0
Theatre 625
as Corporal Girtin
1964
7.2
Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
as Capt. 'Ace' Owens
1964
8.1
Doctor Who
as Seth Harper
1963
7.9
The Saint
as Major Smith
1962
7.4
Compact
1962
3.0
The Day the Sky Exploded
as John McLaren (uncredited) (voice)
1958
4.1
Flaming Frontier
as Running Bear
1958
0.0
🎬
A Dangerous Age
as Nancy's Father
1957
5.0
Hawkeye and the Last of the Mohicans
as Farber
1957
4.8