Gordon Pinsent
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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
Credits
The Thomas Crown Affair (1968)
as Jamie
Pippi Longstocking (1997)
as Captain Longstocking (voice)
Colossus: The Forbin Project (1970)
as The President
The Shipping News (2001)
as Billy Pretty
The Grand Seduction (2014)
as Simon
Away from Her (2007)
as Grant
Two Lovers and a Bear (2016)
as Bear (voice)
Drága kisfiam! (1978)
Actor
The Good Shepherd (2004)
as Cardinal Ledesna
Blacula (1972)
as Lt. John "Jack" Peters
Saint Ralph (2005)
Actor
The Old Man and the Sea (1999)
as Old Man (voice)
Babar: The Movie (1989)
as King Babar
Sex After Kids (2013)
as Dr. Keaton
Back Home Again (2021)
as Jack Rabbit (voice)
Due South (1994)
as Fraser Sr.
Klondike Fever (1980)
as Swiftwater Bill
Fallen Angel (2003)
as Warren Wentworth
Horse Latitudes (1975)
as Donald Crowhurst
Where Once They Mattered (2015)
as Narrator
A Holiday for Love (1996)
as Cal Marsdon
Only God Knows (1974)
as John Hagan
Sunshine Sketches of a Little Town (2012)
as Elder Stephen Leacock / Narrator
Newman's Law (1974)
as Jack Eastman
Kids for Character (1996)
as King Babar(archive footage) (voice)
Blind Terror (2001)
as Martin Howell
Flight of the Butterflies (2012)
as Dr Fred Urquhart
Pirate's Passage (2015)
as Harry the Barber (voice)
A Case of Libel (1983)
as Dennis Corcoran
Who Has Seen the Wind (1977)
as Gerald O'Connal
Win, Again! (1999)
as Win Morrissey
Bonds of Love (1993)
as Leon
The River of My Dreams (2017)
Actor
Ambulance Girl (2005)
as Pete
Chandler (1971)
as John Melchior
Nothing (2003)
as Man In Suit
A Vow to Kill (1995)
as Frank Waring
Silence of the North (1981)
as John Frederickson
The Heatwave Lasted Four Days (1975)
as Cliff Reynolds
The Rowdyman (1972)
as Will Cole
Escape from Iran: The Canadian Caper (1981)
as Ambassador Ken Taylor
Incident on a Dark Street (1973)
as Joe - Mayor
John and the Missus (1987)
as John Munn
The Spine (2009)
as Dan Rutherford
Hemingway vs. Callaghan (2003)
as Morley Callaghan
Blood Clan (1990)
as Judge William McKay
Heyday! (2006)
as Monroe Gillette
A Diary Between Friends (2002)
as Narrator
Cyrano De Bergerac (1962)
as Vicomte de Valvert
The Devil at Your Heels (1981)
as Narrator (Voice)
Big News From Grand Rock (2015)
Actor
Pale Saints (1997)
as Gus
The Red Green Story: We're All in This Together (2008)
as Hap Shaughnessy
An Unlikely Obsession (2011)
as Narrator (voice)
A Gift To Last (1976)
as Sgt. Edgar Sturgess
Newfoundland Scene (1951)
as Himself
Quarantined (1970)
as Dr. Bud Bedford
Back to Beulah (1974)
as Host
In the Eyes of a Stranger (1992)
as Lt. Ted Burk
At Home by Myself... with You (2009)
as Narrator (voice)
Life Doesn't Frighten Me (2012)
as Francis Weary
Still Rowdy After All These Years (2011)
as Self
Age of Dysphoria (2020)
as Fred
The Sparky Book (2006)
as Goldfish
The Suicide's Wife (1979)
as Allan Crane
Mysteries of the Great Lakes (2008)
as Narrator
Playing the Machines (2009)
as Narrator
A Passage from Burnt Islands (1992)
as Narrator (voice)
Blackwood (1976)
as Narrator
The Time of the Tar Sands (1975)
Actor
The Life and Times of Edwin Alonzo Boyd (1982)
as Edwin Boyd