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