Acting
Shane Rimmer
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.
Filmography
Thunderbirds 60th Anniversary Double Bill - Trapped in the Sky / Terror in New York City
Film · 2025
Century 21 Revisited
Film · 2025
Thunderbirds: The Anniversary Episodes
Series · 2020
Dick Spanner P.I.: The Case of the Screaming Dame
Film · 2017
Darkwave: Edge of the Storm
Film · 2016
UFO From Earth to the Moon
Film · 2016
Thunderbirds 1965: Introducing Thunderbirds
Film · 2015
Thunderbirds 1965: The Abominable Snowman
Film · 2015
Thunderbirds 1965: The Stately Homes Robberies
Film · 2015
This Is Supermarionation
Film · 2014
Filmed in Supermarionation
Film · 2014
Dark Shadows
Film · 2012
All About 'Thunderbirds'
Film · 2008
Alien Autopsy
Film · 2006
Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut
Film · 2006
Mee-Shee: The Water Giant
Film · 2005
Batman Begins
Film · 2005
Hiroshima
Film · 2005
Caught in the Act
Film · 2004
Seven Wonders of the Industrial World
Series · 2003
One of the Hollywood Ten
Film · 2002
Spy Game
Film · 2001
Inside 'Diamonds Are Forever'
Film · 2000
Dockers
Film · 1999
Only Love
Film · 1998
Space Truckers
Film · 1996
A Kid in King Arthur's Court
Film · 1995
Pretty Princess
Film · 1993
Lipstick on Your Collar
Series · 1993
Double Vision
Film · 1992
Year of the Comet
Film · 1992
Company Business
Film · 1991
A Kiss Before Dying
Film · 1991
Stanley and the Women
Series · 1991
The Saint: The Software Murders
Film · 1990
Crusoe
Film · 1989
Red King, White Knight
Film · 1989
The Fortunate Pilgrim
Series · 1988
A Very British Coup
Series · 1988
The Bourne Identity
Series · 1988
Breakthrough at Reykjavik
Film · 1987
The Return of Sherlock Holmes
Film · 1987
Roman Holiday
Film · 1987
Dick Spanner P.I.
Film · 1987
Dick Spanner, P.I.
Series · 1987
The Two Mrs. Grenvilles
Series · 1987
Space Police
Film · 1986
Of Pure Blood
Film · 1986
The Last Days of Patton
Film · 1986
Whoops Apocalypse
Film · 1986
Casualty
Series · 1986
Out of Africa
Film · 1985
White Nights
Film · 1985
Reunion at Fairborough
Film · 1985
Dreamchild
Film · 1985
Mr. and Mrs. Edgehill
Film · 1985
Morons from Outer Space
Film · 1985
Gulag
Film · 1985
The Holcroft Covenant
Film · 1985
Nairobi Affair
Film · 1984
Last Video and Testament
Film · 1984
Hammer House of Mystery and Suspense
Series · 1984
Mistral's Daughter
Series · 1984
Lace
Series · 1984
The Hunger
Film · 1983
The Lonely Lady
Film · 1983
Superman III
Film · 1983
Agatha Christie's Partners in Crime
Series · 1983
Philip Marlowe, Private Eye
Series · 1983
Agatha Christie's Partners in Crime
Series · 1983
Gandhi
Film · 1982
Countdown to Disaster
Film · 1982
American Playhouse
Series · 1982
Month of the Doctors
Series · 1982
Reds
Film · 1981
Thunderbirds in Outer Space
Film · 1981
Priest of Love
Film · 1981
The Rose Medallion
Series · 1981
Thunderbirds to the Rescue
Film · 1980
Superman II
Film · 1980
Invasion: UFO
Film · 1980
The Dogs of War
Film · 1980
Oppenheimer
Series · 1980
Arabian Adventure
Film · 1979
Hanover Street
Film · 1979
Charlie Muffin
Film · 1979
Tales of the Unexpected
Series · 1979
Tales of the Unexpected
Series · 1979
A Man Called Intrepid
Series · 1979
Warlords of Atlantis
Film · 1978
The One and Only Phyllis Dixey
Film · 1978
Superman
Film · 1978
The Billion Dollar Bubble
Film · 1978
Return of the Saint
Series · 1978
The Famous Five
Series · 1978
Star Wars
Film · 1977
The People That Time Forgot
Film · 1977
Alternative 3
Film · 1977
Twilight's Last Gleaming
Film · 1977
The Spy Who Loved Me
Film · 1977
Professional Foul
Film · 1977
Nasty Habits
Film · 1977
Secret Army
Series · 1977
Second Verdict
Series · 1976
The Human Factor
Film · 1975
Rollerball
Film · 1975
Space: 1999
Series · 1975
Quiller
Series · 1975
Space: 1999
Series · 1975
Space: 1999
Series · 1975
Space: 1999
Series · 1975
Space: 1999
Series · 1975
S*P*Y*S
Film · 1974
I Know What I Meant
Film · 1974
Playhouse
Series · 1974
Baffled!
Film · 1973
Scorpio
Film · 1973
The Investigator
Film · 1973
Orson Welles' Great Mysteries
Series · 1973
The Protectors
Series · 1972
Van der Valk
Series · 1972
The Protectors
Series · 1972
Diamonds Are Forever
Film · 1971
The Persuaders!
Series · 1971
The Chicago Conspiracy Trial
Film · 1970
UFO
Series · 1970
UFO
Series · 1970
Thunderbird 6
Film · 1968
Joe 90
Series · 1968
You Only Live Twice
Film · 1967
Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons
Series · 1967
Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons
Series · 1967
Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons
Series · 1967
Thunderbirds Are GO
Film · 1966
Doctor Who: The Gunfighters
Film · 1966
Thunderbirds: City of Fire
Film · 1966
Thunderbirds: Attack of the Alligators!
Film · 1966
Thunderbirds: Martian Invasion
Film · 1966
Lee Oswald: Assassin
Film · 1966
Thunderbirds: Move - And You're Dead
Film · 1966
Thunderbirds: Brink of Disaster
Film · 1966
Thunderbirds: Atlantic Inferno
Film · 1966
Thunderbirds: Path of Destruction
Film · 1966
Thunderbirds: The Man from MI.5
Film · 1966
Thunderbirds: The Duchess Assignment
Film · 1966
Thunderbirds: Cry Wolf
Film · 1966
Thunderbirds: The Imposters
Film · 1966
Thunderbirds: Danger at Ocean Deep
Film · 1966
Thunderbirds: The Cham-Cham
Film · 1966
Thunderbirds: Security Hazard
Film · 1966
Thunderbirds: Alias Mr. Hackenbacker
Film · 1966
Thunderbirds: Lord Parker's 'Oliday
Film · 1966
Thunderbirds: Ricochet
Film · 1966
Thunderbirds: Give or Take a Million
Film · 1966
The Bedford Incident
Film · 1965
Thunderbirds: Trapped in the Sky
Film · 1965
Thunderbirds: Terror In New York City
Film · 1965
Thunderbirds: Pit of Peril
Film · 1965
Thunderbirds: Desperate Intruder
Film · 1965
Thunderbirds: Sun Probe
Film · 1965
Thunderbirds: The Uninvited
Film · 1965
Thunderbirds: Operation Crash-Dive
Film · 1965
Thunderbirds: The Perils of Penelope
Film · 1965
Thunderbirds: The Mighty Atom
Film · 1965
Thunderbirds: Vault of Death
Film · 1965
Thunderbirds: End of The Road
Film · 1965
Thunderbirds: Edge of Impact
Film · 1965
Thunderbirds: Day of Disaster
Film · 1965
Thunderbirds: 30 Minutes After Noon
Film · 1965
Thunderbirds
Series · 1965
Thunderbirds
Series · 1965
Thunderbirds
Series · 1965
BBC Play of the Month
Series · 1965
Thirty-Minute Theatre
Series · 1965
Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
Film · 1964
Theatre 625
Series · 1964
Doctor Who
Series · 1963
Compact
Series · 1962
The Saint
Series · 1962
Flaming Frontier
Film · 1958
The Day the Sky Exploded
Film · 1958
A Dangerous Age
Film · 1957
Hawkeye and the Last of the Mohicans
Series · 1957
Armchair Theatre
Series · 1956