Personal Info
Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
July 12, 1930
Place of Birth:
Grand Falls, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada
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Gordon Pinsent
Biography
Gordon Edward Pinsent CC FRSC (July 12, 1930 – February 25, 2023) was a Canadian actor, writer, director, and singer. He began his career in the 1940s, delving into radio dramas before serving in the Canadian Army. His extensive four-decade-long career spans stage, TV, and film, starring in notable works like "Quentin Durgens MP," "The Rowdyman," and "Power Play." He's received numerous awards, including ACTRA, GENIE, and GEMINI Awards, and earned honoraries from several universities. Pinsent's skills extend to writing; his novels inspired feature films, and he penned his memoirs, "By the Way." He shared a close friendship with Marlon Brando, often enjoying drive-in movies with Brando's family.
Known For
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Back Home Again | Jack Rabbit (voice) |
| 2020 | Age of Dysphoria | Fred |
| 2017 | The River of My Dreams | |
| 2016 | Two Lovers and a Bear | Bear (voice) |
| 2015 | Pirate's Passage | Harry the Barber (voice) |
| 2015 | Big News From Grand Rock | |
| 2015 | Where Once They Mattered | Narrator |
| 2014 | The Grand Seduction | Simon |
| 2013 | Sex After Kids | Dr. Keaton |
| 2012 | Flight of the Butterflies | Dr Fred Urquhart |
| 2012 | Life Doesn't Frighten Me | Francis Weary |
| 2012 | Sunshine Sketches of a Little Town | Elder Stephen Leacock / Narrator |
| 2011 | An Unlikely Obsession | Narrator (voice) |
| 2011 | Still Rowdy After All These Years | Self |
| 2009 | The Spine | Dan Rutherford |
| 2009 | At Home by Myself... with You | Narrator (voice) |
| 2009 | Playing the Machines | Narrator |
| 2008 | The Red Green Story: We're All in This Together | Hap Shaughnessy |
| 2008 | Mysteries of the Great Lakes | Narrator |
| 2007 | Away from Her | Grant |
| 2006 | The Sparky Book | Goldfish |
| 2006 | Heyday! | Monroe Gillette |
| 2005 | Saint Ralph | |
| 2005 | Ambulance Girl | Pete |
| 2004 | The Good Shepherd | Cardinal Ledesna |
| 2003 | Nothing | Man In Suit |
| 2003 | Fallen Angel | Warren Wentworth |
| 2003 | Hemingway vs. Callaghan | Morley Callaghan |
| 2002 | A Diary Between Friends | Narrator |
| 2001 | The Shipping News | Billy Pretty |
| 2001 | Blind Terror | Martin Howell |
| 1999 | The Old Man and the Sea | Old Man (voice) |
| 1997 | Pale Saints | Gus |
| 1997 | Pippi Longstocking | Capt. Efraim Longstocking (voice) |
| 1996 | A Holiday for Love | Cal Marsdon |
| 1995 | A Vow to Kill | Frank Waring |
| 1994 | Due South | Fraser Sr. |
| 1993 | Bonds of Love | Leon |
| 1992 | A Passage from Burnt Islands | Narrator (voice) |
| 1992 | In the Eyes of a Stranger | Lt. Ted Burk |
| 1990 | Blood Clan | Judge William McKay |
| 1989 | Babar: The Movie | King Babar |
| 1987 | John and the Missus | John Munn |
| 1983 | A Case of Libel | Dennis Corcoran |
| 1982 | The Life and Times of Edwin Alonzo Boyd | Edwin Boyd |
| 1981 | The Devil at Your Heels | Narrator (Voice) |
| 1981 | Silence of the North | John Frederickson |
| 1981 | Escape From Iran: The Canadian Caper | Ambassador Ken Taylor |
| 1980 | Klondike Fever | Swiftwater Bill |
| 1977 | The Suicide's Wife | Allan Crane |
| 1977 | Who Has Seen the Wind | Gerald O'Connal |
| 1976 | Blackwood | Narrator |
| 1975 | Horse Latitudes | Donald Crowhurst |
| 1975 | The Time of the Tar Sands | |
| 1975 | The Heatwave Lasted Four Days | Cliff Reynolds |
| 1974 | Newman's Law | Jack Eastman |
| 1974 | Only God Knows | John Hagan |
| 1973 | Incident on a Dark Street | Joe - Mayor |
| 1972 | Blacula | Lt. John "Jack" Peters |
| 1972 | The Rowdyman | Will Cole |
| 1971 | Chandler | John Melchior |
| 1970 | Colossus: The Forbin Project | The President |
| 1970 | Quarantined | Dr. Bud Bedford |
| 1968 | The Thomas Crown Affair | Jamie |
| 1951 | Newfoundland Scene | Himself |
| Year | TV Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Private Eyes | Nevin Ainslie |
| 2014 | The Polar Sea | |
| 2010 | The Pillars of the Earth | Archbishop |
| 2010 | Babar and the Adventures of Badou | King Babar (voice) |
| 2010 | Republic of Doyle | Maurice Becker |
| 2009 | The Listener | Accident Victim |
| 2009 | The Listener | Accident Victim / Frank Cardea |
| 2006 | Angela's Eyes | |
| 2004 | Corner Gas | Corky Dillems |
| 2004 | H2O | Michael Cameron |
| 2002 | Puppets Who Kill | |
| 2001 | Blue Murder | |
| 1999 | Relic Hunter | Jimmy Jonesboro |
| 1998 | Power Play | |
| 1997 | Pippi Longstocking | Captain Longstocking |
| 1995 | The Outer Limits | Dr. Steven Molstad |
| 1994 | Due South | Fraser Sr. (voice) |
| 1994 | Due South | Fraser Sr. |
| 1993 | Kung Fu: The Legend Continues | Ken Collins |
| 1991 | The Red Green Show | Hap Shaughnessy |
| 1989 | Babar | King Babar (voice) |
| 1987 | Friday the 13th: The Series | Desmond Williams |
| 1985 | Danger Bay | Pete Bartlett |
| 1977 | For The Record | |
| 1972 | Banacek | John Weymouth |
| 1971 | Cannon | |
| 1971 | Sarge | Stone |
| 1970 | Dan August | Frank Fairley |
| 1969 | Marcus Welby, M.D. | Dr. Joseph Xavier |
| 1968 | It Takes a Thief | Gerald Lockridge |
| 1965 | Hogan's Heroes | S.S. Capt. Steiner |
| 1965 | Seaway | Coffin |
| 1965 | Seaway | Grainger |
| 1963 | The Forest Rangers | Sgt. Brian Scott |
| 1960 | The Nature of Things | Dr. Fred Urquhart |
| 1951 | Hallmark Hall of Fame | Vicomte de Valvert |