Shane Rimmer
Acting

Shane Rimmer

Born 28 May 1929 · Toronto, Ontario, Canada · Died 29 March 2019

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.

Known for

Batman Begins
Dark Shadows
Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
Superman II
Gandhi
Spy Game
The Spy Who Loved Me
Superman III
Out of Africa
Doctor Who
The Hunger
Rollerball
Thunderbirds 4K Double Bill - Atlantic Inferno / Attack of the Alligators!
Thunderbirds 60th Anniversary Double Bill - Trapped in the Sky / Terror in New York City
Dick Spanner P.I.: The Case of the Screaming Dame
Darkwave: Edge of the Storm
Thunderbirds 1965: Introducing Thunderbirds
Thunderbirds 1965: The Abominable Snowman
Thunderbirds 1965: The Stately Homes Robberies
This Is Supermarionation
Dark Shadows
Alien Autopsy
Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut
Mee-Shee: The Water Giant
Batman Begins
Hiroshima
Caught in the Act
One of the Hollywood Ten
Spy Game
Dockers
Only Love
Space Truckers
A Kid in King Arthur's Court
Pretty Princess
Double Vision
Year of the Comet
Company Business
A Kiss Before Dying
The Saint: The Software Murders
Crusoe
Red King, White Knight
The Return of Sherlock Holmes
Roman Holiday
Dick Spanner P.I.
Space Police
Of Pure Blood
The Last Days of Patton
Whoops Apocalypse
Out of Africa
White Nights
Reunion at Fairborough
Dreamchild
Mr. and Mrs. Edgehill
Morons from Outer Space
Gulag
The Holcroft Covenant
Nairobi Affair
Last Video and Testament
The Hunger
The Lonely Lady
Superman III
Gandhi
Countdown to Disaster
Reds
Thunderbirds in Outer Space
Priest of Love
The Amazing Adventures Of Joe 90
Thunderbirds to the Rescue
Superman II
Invasion: UFO
The Dogs of War
Arabian Adventure
Hanover Street
Charlie Muffin
Warlords of Atlantis
The One and Only Phyllis Dixey
The Billion Dollar Bubble
The People That Time Forgot
Alternative 3
Twilight's Last Gleaming
The Spy Who Loved Me
Professional Foul
Nasty Habits
The Human Factor
Rollerball
S*P*Y*S
Baffled!
Scorpio
The Investigator
The Chicago Conspiracy Trial
Thunderbird 6
Thunderbirds Are GO
Doctor Who: The Gunfighters
Thunderbirds: City of Fire
Thunderbirds: Attack of the Alligators!
Thunderbirds: Martian Invasion
Lee Oswald: Assassin
Thunderbirds: Move - And You're Dead
Thunderbirds: Brink of Disaster
Thunderbirds: Atlantic Inferno
Thunderbirds: Path of Destruction
Thunderbirds: The Man from MI.5
Thunderbirds: The Duchess Assignment
Thunderbirds: Cry Wolf
Thunderbirds: The Imposters
Thunderbirds: Danger at Ocean Deep
Thunderbirds: The Cham-Cham
Thunderbirds: Security Hazard
Thunderbirds: Alias Mr. Hackenbacker
Thunderbirds: Lord Parker's 'Oliday
Thunderbirds: Ricochet
Thunderbirds: Give or Take a Million
The Bedford Incident
Thunderbirds: Trapped in the Sky
Thunderbirds: Terror In New York City
Thunderbirds: Pit of Peril
Thunderbirds: Desperate Intruder
Thunderbirds: Sun Probe
Thunderbirds: The Uninvited
Thunderbirds: Operation Crash-Dive
Thunderbirds: The Perils of Penelope
Thunderbirds: The Mighty Atom
Thunderbirds: Vault of Death
Thunderbirds: End of The Road
Thunderbirds: Edge of Impact
Thunderbirds: Day of Disaster
Thunderbirds: 30 Minutes After Noon
Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
Flaming Frontier
Shane Rimmer · Midrow