Gordon Pinsent
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- July 12, 1930
- Died
- February 25, 2023 (aged 92)
- Birthplace
- Grand Falls, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada
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
Back Home Again
Movie · as Jack Rabbit (voice)
Age of Dysphoria
Movie · as Fred
The River of My Dreams
Movie
Two Lovers and a Bear
Movie · as Bear (voice)
Private Eyes
TV · as Nevin Ainslie · 1 ep
Pirate's Passage
Movie · as Harry the Barber (voice)
Big News From Grand Rock
Movie
Where Once They Mattered
Movie · as Narrator
The Grand Seduction
Movie · as Simon
The Polar Sea
TV · 10 eps
Sex After Kids
Movie · as Dr. Keaton
Nuts Nothing and Nobody
Movie · as English narrator
Flight of the Butterflies
Movie · as Dr Fred Urquhart
Life Doesn't Frighten Me
Movie · as Francis Weary
Sunshine Sketches of a Little Town
Movie · as Elder Stephen Leacock / Narrator
An Unlikely Obsession
Movie · as Narrator (voice)
Still Rowdy After All These Years
Movie · as Self
The Pillars of the Earth
TV · as Archbishop · 8 eps
Babar and the Adventures of Badou
TV · as King Babar (voice) · 104 eps
Republic of Doyle
TV · as Maurice Becker · 7 eps
The Spine
Movie · as Dan Rutherford
At Home by Myself... with You
Movie · as Narrator (voice)
Playing the Machines
Movie · as Narrator
The Listener
TV · as Accident Victim, Accident Victim / Frank Cardea · 1 ep
The Red Green Story: We're All in This Together
Movie · as Hap Shaughnessy
Mysteries of the Great Lakes
Movie · as Narrator
Away from Her
Movie · as Grant
The Sparky Book
Movie · as Goldfish
Heyday!
Movie · as Monroe Gillette
Angela's Eyes
TV · 1 ep
Saint Ralph
Movie
Ambulance Girl
Movie · as Pete
The Good Shepherd
Movie · as Cardinal Ledesna
Corner Gas
TV · as Corky Dillems · 1 ep
H2O
TV · as Michael Cameron · 2 eps
Nothing
Movie · as Man In Suit
Fallen Angel
Movie · as Warren Wentworth
Hemingway vs. Callaghan
Movie · as Morley Callaghan
Stranded Yanks: A Diary Between Friends
Movie · as Narrator
Puppets Who Kill
TV · 1 ep
The Shipping News
Movie · as Billy Pretty
Blind Terror
Movie · as Martin Howell
Blue Murder
TV · 1 ep
The Old Man and the Sea
Movie · as Old Man (voice)
Win, Again!
Movie · as Win Morrissey
Relic Hunter
TV · as Jimmy Jonesboro · 1 ep
Power Play
TV · 26 eps
Made in Canada
TV · as Walter Franklin, Sr. · 1 ep
Pale Saints
Movie · as Gus
Pippi Longstocking
Movie · as Captain Longstocking (voice)
Pippi Longstocking
TV · as Captain Longstocking · 26 eps
A Holiday for Love
Movie · as Cal Marsdon
Kids for Character
Movie · as King Babar(archive footage) (voice)
A Vow to Kill
Movie · as Frank Waring
The Outer Limits
TV · as Dr. Steven Molstad · 1 ep
Due South
Movie · as Fraser Sr.
Due South
TV · as Fraser Sr. (voice) · 3 eps
Bonds of Love
Movie · as Leon
Kung Fu: The Legend Continues
TV · as Ken Collins · 1 ep
A Passage from Burnt Islands
Movie · as Narrator (voice)
In the Eyes of a Stranger
Movie · as Lt. Ted Burk
The Red Green Show
TV · as Hap Shaughnessy · 304 eps
The Hidden Room
TV · as Abraham Stone · 1 ep
Blood Clan
Movie · as Judge William McKay
Babar: The Movie
Movie · as King Babar
Babar
TV · as King Babar (voice) · 65 eps
John and the Missus
Movie · as John Munn
Friday the 13th: The Series
TV · as Desmond Williams · 1 ep
Danger Bay
TV · as Pete Bartlett · 1 ep
A Case of Libel
Movie · as Dennis Corcoran
The Life and Times of Edwin Alonzo Boyd
Movie · as Edwin Boyd
American Playhouse
TV · as Dennis Corcoran · 1 ep
The Devil at Your Heels
Movie · as Narrator (Voice)
Silence of the North
Movie · as John Frederickson
Escape from Iran: The Canadian Caper
Movie · as Ambassador Ken Taylor
Klondike Fever
Movie · as Swiftwater Bill
The Suicide's Wife
Movie · as Allan Crane
Drága kisfiam!
Movie
Who Has Seen the Wind
Movie · as Gerald O'Connal
Blackwood
Movie · as Narrator
A Gift To Last
Movie · as Sgt. Edgar Sturgess
For the Record
TV · 1 ep
Horse Latitudes
Movie · as Donald Crowhurst
The Time of the Tar Sands
Movie
The Heatwave Lasted Four Days
Movie · as Cliff Reynolds
Newman's Law
Movie · as Jack Eastman
Only God Knows
Movie · as John Hagan
Back to Beulah
Movie · as Host
Incident on a Dark Street
Movie · as Joe - Mayor
Blacula
Movie · as Lt. John "Jack" Peters
The Rowdyman
Movie · as Will Cole
Banacek
TV · as John Weymouth · 1 ep
Chandler
Movie · as John Melchior
Cannon
TV · 1 ep
Sarge
TV · as Stone · 1 ep
Colossus: The Forbin Project
Movie · as The President
Quarantined
Movie · as Dr. Bud Bedford
Dan August
TV · as Frank Fairley · 1 ep
Marcus Welby, M.D.
TV · as Dr. Joseph Xavier · 1 ep
The Thomas Crown Affair
Movie · as Jamie
It Takes a Thief
TV · as Gerald Lockridge · 1 ep
Hogan's Heroes
TV · as S.S. Capt. Steiner · 1 ep
Seaway
TV · as Coffin, Grainger · 1 ep
The Forest Rangers
TV · as Sgt. Brian Scott · 104 eps
Cyrano De Bergerac
Movie · as Vicomte de Valvert
The Nature of Things
TV · as Dr. Fred Urquhart · 1 ep
Newfoundland Scene
Movie · as Himself
Hallmark Hall of Fame
TV · as Vicomte de Valvert · 1 ep