World who IS this guy?

[supzfan]

So I was watching "Batman Begins" recently on dvd and as it heads towards the big climax I see this older guy playing one of the water control technicians and I say to myself, "Self, I KNOW this guy from some other older films: a couple of James Bond movies and, if I'm not mistaken, one of the Superman flicks. Well, I look his name up, Shane Rimmer, and sure enough he was also in "SupermanII". Evidently all these movies were filmed in England and he's the "go-to-guy" when an American accent is required, being he's Canadian, though he did mis-pronounce Houston as "Whoston" in I think "You Only Live Twice". Just some more goofy trivia.

 

[mcflytrap]

He didn't pronounce it Whoston...Zod did. He said it normal, I believe.

 

[daveuk64]

And don't forget that he's more well known for providing the voice for Scott Tracy pilot of Thunderbird 1 in the "Thunderbirds" tv show from the 60's.

 

[TheWebline]

If I'm not mistaken he was also in Superman III as the policeman who tells the bus driver they can't go foward. Says something about a chemical fire and it being . . . well chemicals.

Just checked before posting and that is ineed the case. That's where I knew him from. I actually liked SMIII.

 

[SHF]

Since you brought up that guy can I ask if anyones who the actors were in Arkham Asylum as Batman is running down the corridor and into the cell to blow up the wall.

Who was the guy that stared at Batman as he was running by his cell and were those two guys sitting in the cell while batman blew a hole in there wall. They all looked familiar but I couldnt find out who they were.

Oh there was another guy i think i reconised, when batman had his grapple gun stuck to the train and was being dragged though the city. U see a guy look up at him. Just wanted to know who that was. I was pretty sure he was Zepp from SAW but cant confirm anything.

 

[Jochimus]

So I was watching "Batman Begins" recently on dvd and as it heads towards the big climax I see this older guy playing one of the water control technicians and I say to myself, "Self, I KNOW this guy from some other older films: a couple of James Bond movies and, if I'm not mistaken, one of the Superman flicks. Well, I look his name up, Shane Rimmer, and sure enough he was also in "SupermanII". Evidently all these movies were filmed in England and he's the "go-to-guy" when an American accent is required, being he's Canadian, though he did mis-pronounce Houston as "Whoston" in I think "You Only Live Twice". Just some more goofy trivia.

I remember that guy. I think he was also a sub commander in "The Spy Who Loved Me", also.

Actually, when you look back there's a lot of guys who jump in between the Superman, James Bond and Star Wars movies since they were all filmed in London, some pretty close to the same time:

* John Hollis played Lobot in ESB and is the Kryptonian Elder who recites "Trees" in Superman II (he also played a Russian in a cut scene from "Superman IV")
* John Ratzenberger - good ol' Cliffy - played Derlin in ESB and I'm pretty sure he was also an air controller in the first two Superman flicks.
* Julian Glover was the bad guy in "For Your Eyes Only" and also played General Veers in ESB (and Donovan in "The Last Crusade") about the same time.
* Gavin O'Herlihy played Brad Wilson in "Superman III" and was also a patsy in "Never Say Never Again" (not an official Bond movie, I know, but still it's 007), both released within a year of each other.
* William Hootkins played Porkins in ANH and went on to be one of Lex's partners in "Superman IV" and later Eckhardt in "Batman" '89.
* Garrick Hagon was Biggs in ANH and played Thomas Wayne in "Batman" '89.
* Then, of course, there's Billy Dee Williams going from Lando to Harvey, and Christopher Lee as Scaramanga and later Count Dooku.

Those are just a few examples; I'm sure there's more connections between those particular franchises that I'm missing.

 

[supzfan]

Just watched those SupermanII clips on YouTube and, yes indeed, both Shane Rimmer and John Ratzenberger are in there. I also noticed heavweight contender and the inspiration for "Rocky", Chuck Wepner, doing a cameo as one of the cons in jail, "Bed-Wetter, whatever-his-name-was. And I think, can't be sure though, that one of the pilots in the Concorde is also one of the pilots from Air Force1 in STM. Whew!

 

[supzfan]

How could I forget THIS guy? The sheriff in SupermanII was also the redneck sheriff in several of those Roger Moore Bond flicks.