Gordon Pinsent
- Acting
- July 12, 1930 · Grand Falls, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada
- February 25, 2023
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 · Jack Rabbit (Voice)
- Age of Dysphoria · Fred
- The River of My Dreams
- Two Lovers and a Bear · Bear (Voice)
- Private Eyes · Nevin Ainslie
- Where Once They Mattered · Narrator
- Big News From Grand Rock
- Pirate's Passage · Harry the Barber (Voice)
- The Polar Sea
- The Grand Seduction · Simon
- Sex After Kids · Dr. Keaton
- Nuts Nothing and Nobody · English narrator
- Flight of the Butterflies · Dr Fred Urquhart
- Life Doesn't Frighten Me · Francis Weary
- Sunshine Sketches of a Little Town · Elder Stephen Leacock / Narrator
- Still Rowdy After All These Years · Self
- An Unlikely Obsession · Narrator (Voice)
- Babar and the Adventures of Badou · King Babar (Voice)
- The Pillars of the Earth · Archbishop
- Republic of Doyle · Maurice Becker
- At Home by Myself... with You · Narrator (Voice)
- The Spine · Dan Rutherford
- The Listener · Accident Victim, Accident Victim / Frank Cardea
- Playing the Machines · Narrator
- The Red Green Story: We're All in This Together · Hap Shaughnessy
- Mysteries of the Great Lakes · Narrator
- Away from Her · Grant
- Angela's Eyes
- Heyday! · Monroe Gillette, Writer
- The Sparky Book · Goldfish
- Ambulance Girl · Pete
- Saint Ralph
- H2O · Michael Cameron
- The Good Shepherd · Cardinal Ledesna
- Corner Gas · Corky Dillems
- Nothing · Man In Suit
- Hemingway vs. Callaghan · Morley Callaghan
- Fallen Angel · Warren Wentworth
- Puppets Who Kill
- A Diary Between Friends · Narrator
- The Shipping News · Billy Pretty
- Blind Terror · Martin Howell
- Blue Murder
- Relic Hunter · Jimmy Jonesboro
- The Old Man and the Sea · Old Man (Voice)
- Win, Again! · Win Morrissey, Writer
- Power Play
- Made in Canada · Walter Franklin, Sr.
- Pippi Longstocking · Captain Longstocking
- Pale Saints · Gus
- Pippi Longstocking · Captain Longstocking (Voice)
- A Holiday for Love · Cal Marsdon
- Kids for Character · King Babar(archive footage) (Voice)
- The Outer Limits · Dr. Steven Molstad
- A Vow to Kill · Frank Waring
- Due South · Fraser Sr. (Voice), Fraser Sr.
- Due South · Fraser Sr.
- Kung Fu: The Legend Continues · Ken Collins
- Bonds of Love · Leon
- In the Eyes of a Stranger · Lt. Ted Burk
- A Passage from Burnt Islands · Narrator (Voice)
- The Red Green Show · Hap Shaughnessy
- The Hidden Room · Abraham Stone
- Blood Clan · Judge William McKay
- Babar: The Movie · King Babar
- Babar · King Babar (Voice)
- Two Men · Director
- John and the Missus · John Munn, Director
- Friday the 13th: The Series · Desmond Williams
- Danger Bay · Pete Bartlett
- A Case of Libel · Dennis Corcoran
- The Life and Times of Edwin Alonzo Boyd · Edwin Boyd
- American Playhouse · Dennis Corcoran
- A Far Cry From Home · Director
- Silence of the North · John Frederickson
- Once · Director
- Escape from Iran: The Canadian Caper · Ambassador Ken Taylor
- The Devil at Your Heels · Narrator (Voice)
- Klondike Fever · Swiftwater Bill
- The Suicide's Wife · Allan Crane