Occupation Actor Role Actor Name Matt Zimmerman | Television Thunderbirds Years active 1965–present | |
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Born 26 December 1934 (age 89) ( 1934-12-26 ) Sudbury, Ontario, Canada Alma mater London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art Spouse Shirley Chapman (m. ?–2002) Education London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art, Bowling Green State University Movies and TV shows Thunderbirds, Thunderbirds Are Go, Thunderbird 6, A Man for All Seasons, Birth of the Beatles Similar People Ray Barrett, Sylvia Anderson, Gerry Anderson, Barry Gray, Rasmus Hardiker | ||
Matt Zimmerman (born 26 December 1934) is a Canadian actor, best known as the voice of Alan Tracy in the 1960s television series Thunderbirds and sequel films Thunderbirds Are Go and Thunderbird 6.
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Life and career
Born in Greater Sudbury, Ontario, Canada, and educated in Detroit, Michigan, United States, Zimmerman started acting at an early age. He attended Bowling Green State University, Ohio, where he was a telecommunications major. Having won a scholarship, he moved to the United Kingdom in 1959 to study drama at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art (LAMDA), where he was a contemporary of Ed Bishop.
Besides voicing Alan in Thunderbirds, Zimmerman, like other actors on the series, also voiced various minor characters. He made a live-action appearance in one episode of UFO ("Exposed", 1970) and one episode of Space: 1999, both among Gerry Anderson's other TV productions.
Zimmerman also starred as Shooty in The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. Other TV appearances include T-Bag, Mike and Angelo, Crazy Like a Fox, Never the Twain, in addition to many commercials, most notably for Wrangler Jeans.
He returned to the Thunderbirds franchise in the 2015 Thunderbirds Are Go episode Tunnels of Time as Professor Harold.
Also a stage actor, Zimmerman has starred in plays such as Annie Get Your Gun, Anything Goes, Once in a Lifetime and West Side Story, and made his most recent West End appearance in Fiddler on the Roof at the Savoy Theatre in London. In 2008, he appeared in the touring cast of Cabaret, taking the role of Herr Schultz.
Filmography
Actor
2015
Thunderbirds Are Go (TV Series) as
Professor Harold
- Tunnels of Time (2015) - Professor Harold (voice)
2002
Lexx (TV Series) as
Supervisor
- Prime Ridge (2002) - Supervisor
1989
Mike & Angelo (TV Series) as
Lord Chief Justice / Bob Bright
- A Turn Up for the Books (1997) - Lord Chief Justice
- Angelo's Big Break (1989) - Bob Bright
1995
The Circus Connection as
Kasoni
1995
Margaret's Museum as
Doctor 3
1992
Liquid Television (TV Series)(segment "Dog-Boy") / Mr. Murdoch (segment "Dog Boy")
- Episode #2.10 (1992) - (segment "Dog-Boy")
- Episode #2.9 (1992) - (segment "Dog-Boy")
- Episode #2.8 (1992) - (segment "Dog-Boy")
- Episode #2.7 (1992) - (segment "Dog-Boy")
- Episode #2.6 (1992) - (segment "Dog-Boy")
- Episode #2.5 (1992) - Mr. Murdoch (segment "Dog Boy")
- Episode #2.4 (1992) - Mr. Murdoch (segment "Dog Boy")
- Episode #2.3 (1992) - Mr. Murdoch (segment "Dog Boy")
- Episode #2.2 (1992) - Mr. Murdoch (segment "Dog Boy")
- Episode #2.1 (1992) - Mr. Murdoch (segment "Dog Boy")
1992
Rab C. Nesbitt (TV Series) as
Evangelist
- Life Has Meaning (1992) - Evangelist
1992
Jeeves and Wooster (TV Series) as
Birdsburger
- Bertie Ensures Bicky Can Continue to Live in Manhattan (or, the Full House) (1992) - Birdsburger
1992
Spatz (TV Series) as
Brewster Dwight
- Witness (1992) - Brewster Dwight
1991
T. Bag and the Rings of Olympus (TV Series) as
Max Clapper
- Exit with a Puff (1991) - Max Clapper
1990
T.Bag and the Pearls of Wisdom (TV Series) as
Doc
- High Noon (1990) - Doc
1989
The Forgotten (TV Movie) as
Military Attache
1989
T.Bag and the Revenge of the T.Set (TV Series) as
Saul Wright
- Rock Star Baby (1989) - Saul Wright
1988
Never the Twain (TV Series) as
Canadian neighbour
- Fasten Your Seat Belts (1988) - Canadian neighbour
1988
Turn on to T-Bag (TV Series) as
Doc Leaf
- Doc Leaf (1988) - Doc Leaf
1987
Still Crazy Like a Fox (TV Movie) as
Donald Bick
1986
Haunted Honeymoon as
Radio Actor #1
1986
Constant Hot Water (TV Series) as
Walter
- Full House (1986) - Walter
1985
Gems (TV Series) as
Sam
- Episode #1.44 (1985) - Sam
- Episode #1.43 (1985) - Sam
- Episode #1.42 (1985) - Sam
1982
Whoops Apocalypse (TV Series) as
Dean
- Lucifer and the Lord (1982) - Dean
1981
Winston Churchill: The Wilderness Years (TV Mini Series) as
1st U.S. Businessman
- Down and Out (1981) - 1st U.S. Businessman
1981
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (TV Series) as
Shooty
- Episode #1.4 (1981) - Shooty
1980
Oppenheimer (TV Mini Series) as
M.C.
- Episode #1.4 (1980) - M.C.
1979
Quincy's Quest as
Conn
1979
Birth of the Beatles as
Reporter
1977
Mr. Big (TV Series) as
Commune leader / American
- The Squatters (1977) - Commune leader
- The Sheiks (1977) - American
1974
UFO: Contatto radar - Stanno atterrando as
Co-Pilot
1973
Docteur Caraïbes (TV Series) as
Watson
- Le pigeon bleu - Watson
1970
UFO (TV Series) as
Co-Pilot
- Exposed (1970) - Co-Pilot
1968
Thunderbird 6 as
Alan Tracy / Carter (II) (voice)
1966
A Man for All Seasons as
Messenger
1966
Thunderbirds Are GO as
Alan Tracy / Messenger (voice)
1965
Thunderbirds (TV Series) as
Alan Tracy / TV Reporter / Franklin / ...
- Give or Take a Million (1966) - (voice, credit only)
- Ricochet (1966) - Alan Tracy (voice)
- Lord Parker's 'Oliday (1966) - Alan Tracy (voice)
- Alias Mr. Hackenbacker (1966) - Alan Tracy (voice)
- Path of Destruction (1966) - Alan Tracy / Franklin / Gutierrez (voice)
- Atlantic Inferno (1966) - Alan Tracy / Atom Sub Reefer Lieutenant (voice)
- Security Hazard (1966) - Alan Tracy (voice)
- The Cham-Cham (1966) - Alan Tracy / Banino / Macklin / - (voice)
- Martian Invasion (1966) - Alan Tracy / General X / Slim (voice)
- Attack of the Alligators! (1966) - Alan Tracy / Hector McGill (voice)
- Brink of Disaster (1966) - Alan Tracy / Doolan / Stan (Patrol 538) / - (voice)
- The Duchess Assignment (1966) - Alan Tracy / 2nd Croupier / Hendricks (voice)
- Move - And You're Dead (1966) - Alan Tracy / Billy Billoxi (voice)
- Danger at Ocean Deep (1966) - Alan Tracy / Lieutenant Jensen (voice)
- Cry Wolf (1966) - Alan Tracy / Lieutenant Lansfield (voice)
- The Man from MI.5 (1966) - Alan Tracy / Third Man (voice)
- The Impostors (1966) - Alan Tracy / Eddie Kerr / Wakefield / - (voice)
- City of Fire (1966) - Alan Tracy / Tower Controller / WTV Reporter (voice)
- The Mighty Atom (1965) - Alan Tracy / Press Officer / 2nd Reporter (voice)
- Vault of Death (1965) - Alan Tracy (voice)
- Operation Crash-Dive (1965) - Alan Tracy / TV Reporter / Seahawk Pilot (voice)
- Sun Probe (1965) - Alan Tracy / TV Reporter (voice)
- The Uninvited (1965) - Alan Tracy / Lindsey / Zombite Controller (voice)
- Desperate Intruder (1965) - (voice, credit only)
- End of the Road (1965) - Alan Tracy / Chuck Taylor (voice)
- 30 Minutes After Noon (1965) - Alan Tracy / Tom Prescott / Frank Forrester / - (voice)
- Day of Disaster (1965) - Alan Tracy / Bill Craddock / 2nd NTBS Reporter (voice)
- Edge of Impact (1965) - Alan Tracy / Goddard / Captain (voice)
- The Perils of Penelope (1965) - Alan Tracy / Albert (voice)
- Terror in New York City (1965) - Alan Tracy / Ned Cook (voice)
- Pit of Peril (1965) - Copter Watchdog Pilot / Helijet Pilot Charlie (voice)
- Trapped in the Sky (1965) - (voice, credit only)
1965
Chicago in the Roaring 20's (TV Movie)
1965
Songs of the Wild West (TV Movie)
Soundtrack
1988
Turn on to T-Bag (TV Series) (performer - 1 episode)
- Doc Leaf (1988) - (performer: "Doc Leaf's Herbal Remedy")
Self
2016
From Earth to the Moon (Video documentary) as
Self
2014
Filmed in Supermarionation (Documentary) as
Self - Interviewee
2008
All About 'Thunderbirds' (TV Movie documentary) as
Self
2007
T. Bag the Reunion Documentary (Video documentary) as
Self
Archive Footage
2004
Weird Sex and Snowshoes: A Trek Through the Canadian Cinematic Psyche (TV Movie documentary) as
Doctor 3
References
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