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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 recognize 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, has and 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.

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Shane Lance Deacon (Toronto, Canadà, 28 de maig de 1929 - Barnet, Londres, 29 de març de 2019), conegut professionalment com Shane Rimmer, va ser un actor i guionista canadenc que va passar la major part de la seva carrera al Regne Unit.

Shane Rimmer 是一位加拿大演员、配音演员和编剧，以在英国电视连续剧《雷鸟》中为斯科特·特雷西配音而闻名。

他主要扮演配角，经常在英国拍摄的电影和电视剧中演出，并于 1950 年代后期移居英国。他出演的电影包括《奇爱博士》（1964）、《滚球》（1975）、《爱我的间谍》（1977）、《甘地》（1982）、《走出非洲》（1985）和《漂流记》（1989）。最近，他出演了《间谍游戏》（2001 年）和《蝙蝠侠开始》（2005 年）。在他职业生涯的早期，有几场未被认可的表演，其中包括《你只活两次》（1967 年）、《钻石恒久远》（1971 年）、《星球大战》（1977 年）和《超人 II》（1980 年）等电影。除了经常出现的演员外，他出演的詹姆斯邦德电影比其他任何演员都多。

里默与格里·安德森（Gerry Anderson）有着长期的合作关系。雷鸟的粉丝可能会认出他是角色斯科特·特雷西背后的配音演员。他起草了倒数第二集“Ricochet”的情节，后来被托尼·巴威克（Tony Barwick）变成了剧本。他还为《猩红船长和神秘人》、《乔 90》和《特勤局》撰写剧本并提供未署名的配音，出现在安德森的真人版《不明飞行物》和《保护者》的剧集中，为《太空：1999》配音，并客串出演了“太空大脑”一集。在后来的几年里，他出演了未放映的飞行员《太空警察》（后来与其他演员一起拍成系列剧，名为《太空区》），并为安德森的定格动画胶鞋迪克·斯潘纳（Dick Spanner， P.I.）配音。

里默和安德森的演员埃德·毕晓普（Ed Bishop）经常开玩笑说他们的职业道路经常交叉，并称自己为“Rent-a-Yanks”。他们一起出现在《你只活两次》的开场中，作为美国宇航局的特工，在《贝德福德事件》中，作为美国海军的水手，并一起在现场舞台表演中巡回演出，包括1990年代的《推销员之死》。他还出现在 1966 年的《神秘博士》和《加冕街》中，饰演两个不同的角色：乔·唐纳利（1968-1970 年），他在自杀前将斯坦·奥格登扣为人质，以及奥黛丽·罗伯茨的儿子斯蒂芬的父亲马尔科姆·里德（1988 年）。

他曾多次客串英国ITV电视连续剧，包括罗尔德·达尔（Roald Dahl）的《意外的故事》（Tales of the Unexpected）和ITC的《劝导者》（The Persuaders！）。1989 年，里默与前格里·安德森演员埃德·毕晓普和马特·齐默尔曼在 BBC Radio 4 改编自亚瑟·柯南·道尔爵士的《猩红研究》中重聚。里默和毕晓普还出现在2005年毕晓普去世后不久完成的BBC电视剧纪录片《广岛》中。注意：他的官方网站和Ancestry移民与旅行部分的旅行记录显示他的出生年份为1929年。