{"id":138505,"date":"2019-03-30T19:17:20","date_gmt":"2019-03-31T01:17:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/?p=138505"},"modified":"2019-03-30T19:17:20","modified_gmt":"2019-03-31T01:17:20","slug":"rip-shane-rimmer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2019\/03\/30\/rip-shane-rimmer.html","title":{"rendered":"RIP, Shane Rimmer"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_138507\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-138507\" style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Shane-Rimmer-Roger-Moore-and-Shane-Rimmer-in-The-Spy-Who-Loved-Me.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-138507\" title=\"Shane Rimmer Roger-Moore-and-Shane-Rimmer-in-The-Spy-Who-Loved-Me\" src=\"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Shane-Rimmer-Roger-Moore-and-Shane-Rimmer-in-The-Spy-Who-Loved-Me-650x520.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"520\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Shane-Rimmer-Roger-Moore-and-Shane-Rimmer-in-The-Spy-Who-Loved-Me-650x520.jpg 650w, https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Shane-Rimmer-Roger-Moore-and-Shane-Rimmer-in-The-Spy-Who-Loved-Me-150x120.jpg 150w, https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Shane-Rimmer-Roger-Moore-and-Shane-Rimmer-in-The-Spy-Who-Loved-Me-300x240.jpg 300w, https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Shane-Rimmer-Roger-Moore-and-Shane-Rimmer-in-The-Spy-Who-Loved-Me-768x614.jpg 768w, https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Shane-Rimmer-Roger-Moore-and-Shane-Rimmer-in-The-Spy-Who-Loved-Me-1200x960.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Shane-Rimmer-Roger-Moore-and-Shane-Rimmer-in-The-Spy-Who-Loved-Me.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-138507\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Shane Rimmer, with Roger Moore, in &#8220;The Spy Who Loved Me&#8221;<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>I don&#8217;t know that I could have picked Rimmer out of a crowd, but his resume is a geeky wonderland. Not only did the Canadian actor portray the voice of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=tGMppsrZoJw\">Scott Tracy, pilot of Thunderbird 1<\/a>, but he had roles (some big, some small) in three Bond movies, <em>Doctor Who<\/em>, <em>Space: 1999, Star Wars,\u00a0Dr Strangelove, Superman III, Gandhi<\/em>, and <em>Out of Africa,\u00a0<\/em>among many others.<\/p>\n<div class=\"jetpack-video-wrapper\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"840\" height=\"473\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/AePodjNrrgc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>Thank you sir, for all that fine entertainment, even when I wasn&#8217;t aware of you.<\/p>\n<p><em>Do you want to know more?<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/tv-and-radio\/2019\/mar\/29\/shane-rimmer-voice-of-thunderbirds-scott-tracy-dies-aged-89\">Shane Rimmer, voice of Thunderbirds&#8217; Scott Tracy, dies aged 89 | Television &amp; radio | The Guardian<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm0727300\/?ref_=fn_al_nm_1\">Shane Rimmer &#8211; IMDb<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I don&#8217;t know that I could have picked Rimmer out of a crowd, but his resume is a geeky wonderland. Not only did the Canadian actor portray the voice of Scott Tracy, pilot of Thunderbird 1, but he had roles (some big, some small) in three Bond movies, Doctor Who, Space: 1999, Star Wars,\u00a0Dr Strangelove, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2019\/03\/30\/rip-shane-rimmer.html\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;RIP, Shane Rimmer&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":138507,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_seopress_analysis_target_kw":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[43,411,75,372],"tags":[552],"class_list":["post-138505","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-media-tv-doctor-who","category-james-bond","category-media-performers","category-star-wars-media-movies","tag-rip"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Shane-Rimmer-Roger-Moore-and-Shane-Rimmer-in-The-Spy-Who-Loved-Me.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":51424,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2015\/06\/11\/rip-christopher-lee.html","url_meta":{"origin":138505,"position":0},"title":"RIP, Christopher Lee","author":"***Dave","date":"Thu 11-Jun-15 6:26am","format":false,"excerpt":"Dracula. 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For you who don't know this exceptional person; he was the artist who helped creating Darth Vader and Chewbacca from\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;~PlusPosts&quot;","block_context":{"text":"~PlusPosts","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/blogging\/plusposts"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":133526,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2017\/05\/23\/rip-roger-moore.html","url_meta":{"origin":138505,"position":4},"title":"RIP, Roger Moore","author":"***Dave","date":"Tue 23-May-17 7:40am","format":false,"excerpt":"Sad to hear of the death of Roger Moore, most famous as long-time (yes, too-long-time, but credit where credit is due) James Bond actor, who had the thankless job of taking over the role from Sean Connery at a time ('73-'85) when Hollywood thought the public wanted lighter fare.For all\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;~PlusPosts&quot;","block_context":{"text":"~PlusPosts","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/blogging\/plusposts"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":131262,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2016\/08\/13\/rip-kenny-baker.html","url_meta":{"origin":138505,"position":5},"title":"RIP, Kenny Baker","author":"***Dave","date":"Sat 13-Aug-16 12:53pm","format":false,"excerpt":"Between Star Wars and Time Bandits, you were a key part of my youthful movie-watching. Thank you for the hours of entertainment you gave me. 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