Acting · Toronto, Ontario, Canada · Born May 28, 1929
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.
MovieThunderbirds 60th Anniversary Double Bill - Trapped in the Sky / Terror in New York City
2025
as Scott Tracy (voice)
TVThunderbirds: The Anniversary Episodes
2020
as Scott Tracy (voice)
MovieDick Spanner P.I.: The Case of the Screaming Dame
2017
as Dick Spanner (voice)
MovieUFO From Earth to the Moon
2016
as Self
MovieDarkwave: Edge of the Storm
2016
as Anderson
MovieThis Is Supermarionation
2014
as Scott Tracy (voice)
MovieFilmed in Supermarionation
2014
as Self
MovieDark Shadows
2012
as Board Member #1
MovieAll About 'Thunderbirds'
2008
MovieSuperman II: The Richard Donner Cut
2006
as Controller #2
MovieAlien Autopsy
2006
as Colonel
MovieHiroshima
2005
as James F. Byrnes
MovieMee-Shee: The Water Giant
2005
as Bob Anderson
MovieBatman Begins
2005
as Older Gotham Water Board Technician
MovieCaught in the Act
2004
as Father
TVSeven Wonders of the Industrial World
2003
as William Kingsley
MovieOne of the Hollywood Ten
2002
as Parnell Thomas
MovieSpy Game
2001
as Estate Agent
MovieInside 'Diamonds Are Forever'
2000
as Self
MovieDockers
1999
as US Longshoreman
MovieOnly Love
1998
as Warren Oliver
MovieSpace Truckers
1996
as E. J. Saggs
MovieA Kid in King Arthur's Court
1995
as Coach
MoviePretty Princess
1993
as Mr. Hughes
TVLipstick on Your Collar
1993
as Lieutenant Colonel Trekker
MovieDouble Vision
1992
as Caroline & Lisa's Father
MovieYear of the Comet
1992
TVStanley and the Women
1991
as Morton Fendig
MovieCompany Business
1991
as Chairman, Maxine Gray Cosmetics
MovieA Kiss Before Dying
1991
as Commissioner Malley
MovieThe Saint: The Software Murders
1990
as Bob Harrison
MovieRed King, White Knight
1989
MovieCrusoe
1989
as Mr. Mather
TVA Very British Coup
1988
as Secretary of State
TVThe Bourne Identity
1988
as General Conklin
TVThe Fortunate Pilgrim
1988
as Reilly
MovieRoman Holiday
1987
as Hogan
Breakthrough at Reykjavik
1987
as George Schulz
TVDick Spanner, P.I.
1987
as Dick Spanner
TVThe Two Mrs. Grenvilles
1987
as Doorman
MovieThe Return of Sherlock Holmes
1987
as Lisander Stark
MovieThe Last Days of Patton
1986
as Dr. Col. Lawrence Ball
MovieOf Pure Blood
1986
as The Colonel
TVCasualty
1986
as Ed Rhinehart
MovieWhoops Apocalypse
1986
as Marvin Gelber (US Secretary of State)
MovieSpace Police
1986
as Lt. Chuck Brogan
MovieOut of Africa
1985
as Belknap, farm manager
MovieMr. and Mrs. Edgehill
1985
as Brod Sarnton
MovieWhite Nights
1985
as Ambassador Larry Smith
MovieDreamchild
1985
as Mr. Marl
MovieThe Holcroft Covenant
1985
as Lt. Miles
MovieReunion at Fairborough
1985
as Joe Szyluk
MovieMorons from Outer Space
1985
as Redneck (Melvin)
MovieGulag
1985
as Jay
TVMistral's Daughter
1984
as Harry Klein
MovieLast Video and Testament
1984
as Dr. Hersh
TVHammer House of Mystery and Suspense
1984
as Hersh
TVLace
1984
as Press Agent
MovieNairobi Affair
1984
TVAgatha Christie's Partners in Crime
1983
MovieThe Lonely Lady
1983
MovieSuperman III
1983
as State Policeman
MovieThe Hunger
1983
as Arthur Jelinek
TVPhilip Marlowe, Private Eye
1983
as Detective Murphy
MovieGandhi
1982
as Commentator
TVAmerican Playhouse
1982
as Ed Condon
MovieCountdown to Disaster
1982
as Scott Tracy (voice)
MovieReds
1981
as MacAlpine
MoviePriest of Love
1981
as Chief Immigration Officer
TVThe Rose Medallion
1981
as Sgt Ed Kusborski
MovieThunderbirds in Outer Space
1981
as Scott Tracy (voice)
MovieThe Dogs of War
1980
as Dr. Oaks
MovieSuperman II
1980
as Controller
TVOppenheimer
1980
as Ed Condon
MovieThunderbirds to the Rescue
1980
as Scott Tracy / Radar Operator (voice)
MovieInvasion: UFO
1980
as Lt. Bill Johnson / Alien / CIA Agent
MovieCharlie Muffin
1979
as Braley
MovieArabian Adventure
1979
as Abu
MovieHanover Street
1979
as Col. Ronald Bart
TVA Man Called Intrepid
1979
as Willoughby
TVTales of the Unexpected
1979
as Janet Murdoch
MovieSuperman
1978
as Naval Transport Commander (uncredited)
MovieThe One and Only Phyllis Dixey
1978
as US Colonel
TVReturn of the Saint
1978
as Falco
MovieThe Billion Dollar Bubble
1978
as Fred Levin
MovieWarlords of Atlantis
1978
as Captain Daniels
MovieProfessional Foul
1977
as Stone
TVSecret Army
1977
as Canadian Commandant
MovieThe Spy Who Loved Me
1977
as Cmdr. Carter
MovieThe People That Time Forgot
1977
as Hogan
MovieAlternative 3
1977
as Bob Grodin
MovieStar Wars
1977
as InCom Engineer (uncredited)
MovieTwilight's Last Gleaming
1977
as Col. Franklin
MovieNasty Habits
1977
as Officer I / C
Second Verdict
1976
as Harold Giles Hoffman
MovieThe Human Factor
1975
as CIA Man
TVSpace: 1999
1975
as James Kelly
TVQuiller
1975
as Harry Brent
MovieRollerball
1975
as Rusty, Team Executive
MovieS*P*Y*S
1974
as Hessler
I Know What I Meant
1974
as Donald Ziegler
TVPlayhouse
1974
as Ambassador Bingham
TVOrson Welles' Great Mysteries
1973
as Police Sergeant Warren
MovieThe Investigator
1973
as John (voice)
MovieBaffled!
1973
as Track Announcer
MovieScorpio
1973
as Cop in Hotel
TVThe Protectors
1972
as Vickers
TVVan der Valk
1972
as Lovell J Wallace
MovieDiamonds Are Forever
1971
as Tom (uncredited)
TVThe Persuaders!
1971
as Harvey Lomax
MovieThe Chicago Conspiracy Trial
1970
TVUFO
1970
as Bill Johnson
TVJoe 90
1968
as Kelly (voice)
MovieThunderbird 6
1968
as Scott Tracy (voice)
TVCaptain Scarlet and the Mysterons
1967
as Mason (voice)
MovieYou Only Live Twice
1967
as Hawaii Radar Operator (uncredited)
MovieThunderbirds Are GO
1966
as Scott Tracy (voice)
MovieDoctor Who: The Gunfighters
1966
as Seth Harper
MovieThunderbirds: Martian Invasion
1966
as Scott Tracy / Director of Photography (voice)
MovieThunderbirds: Attack of the Alligators!
1966
as Scott Tracy (voice)
MovieLee Oswald: Assassin
1966
as Marine Sergeant
MovieThunderbirds: City of Fire
1966
as Scott Tracy (voice)
MovieThunderbirds: Operation Crash-Dive
1965
as Scott Tracy / Radar Operator (voice)
MovieThunderbirds: Sun Probe
1965
as Scott Tracy (voice)
MovieThunderbirds: The Uninvited
1965
as Scott Tracy (voice)
MovieThunderbirds: Desperate Intruder
1965
as Scott Tracy (voice)
MovieThunderbirds: Terror In New York City
1965
as Scott Tracy / Scanners / Washington Control (voice)
TVBBC Play of the Month
1965
as Marine Sergeant
MovieThunderbirds: The Perils of Penelope
1965
as Scott Tracy (voice)
MovieThe Bedford Incident
1965
as Seaman 1st Class - C.I.C.
MovieThunderbirds: Pit of Peril
1965
as Scott Tracy / Johnny (voice)
TVThirty-Minute Theatre
1965
as Bud Burdine
MovieThunderbirds: Trapped in the Sky
1965
as Scott Tracy / TX 204 Co-pilot (voice)
TVThunderbirds
1965
TVTheatre 625
1964
as Corporal Girtin
MovieDr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
1964
as Capt. 'Ace' Owens
TVDoctor Who
1963
as Seth Harper
TVThe Saint
1962
as Major Smith
TVCompact
1962
MovieThe Day the Sky Exploded
1958
as John McLaren (uncredited) (voice)
MovieFlaming Frontier
1958
as Running Bear
A Dangerous Age
1957
as Nancy's Father
TVHawkeye and the Last of the Mohicans
1957
as Farber
TVArmchair Theatre
1956
as Paul
