Shane Rimmer Biography

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Shane Rimmer (born 28th May 1936) is a Canadian actor and voice actor.

He has mostly performed in supporting roles. Appearances in widely known films include roles in Dr. Strangelove, The Spy Who Loved Me, Out of Africa and Gandhi, or more recently Spy Game, Hellboy and Batman Begins. In the earlier years of his career, there were several uncredited performances, among others for films such as Diamonds Are Forever, You Only Live Twice and Star Wars.

Rimmer has a long association with Gerry Anderson. Thunderbirds fans may recognize him as the voice actor behind the character Scott Tracy. He also wrote scripts and provided uncredited voices for Captain Scarlet and Joe 90, made an appearance in an episode of Anderson's live-action UFO and provided voices for Space 1999 and 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 as Space Precinct) and provided the voice for Anderson's stop-motion gumshoe Dick Spanner, P.I..

He also appeared in Doctor Who in 1966 and appeared 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.

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