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
Due South (1994)
as Fraser Sr.
The Thomas Crown Affair (1968)
as Jamie
Horse Latitudes (1975)
as Donald Crowhurst
Blacula (1972)
as Lt. John "Jack" Peters
Colossus: The Forbin Project (1970)
as The President
Away from Her (2007)
as Grant
Two Lovers and a Bear (2016)
as Bear (voice)
The Shipping News (2001)
as Billy Pretty
Drága kisfiam! (1978)
Actor
Chandler (1971)
as John Melchior
Cyrano De Bergerac (1962)
as Vicomte de Valvert
The Good Shepherd (2004)
as Cardinal Ledesna
The Grand Seduction (2014)
as Simon
Pippi Longstocking (1997)
as Captain Longstocking (voice)
Sex After Kids (2013)
as Dr. Keaton
The River of My Dreams (2017)
Actor
Kids for Character (1996)
as King Babar(archive footage) (voice)
Saint Ralph (2005)
Actor
Only God Knows (1974)
as John Hagan
The Old Man and the Sea (1999)
as Old Man (voice)
A Holiday for Love (1996)
as Cal Marsdon
Nothing (2003)
as Man In Suit
Life Doesn't Frighten Me (2012)
as Francis Weary
A Case of Libel (1983)
as Dennis Corcoran
Pirate's Passage (2015)
as Harry the Barber (voice)
Babar: The Movie (1989)
as King Babar
Where Once They Mattered (2015)
as Narrator
Win, Again! (1999)
as Win Morrissey
Incident on a Dark Street (1973)
as Joe - Mayor
Newfoundland Scene (1951)
as Himself
Fallen Angel (2003)
as Warren Wentworth
Big News From Grand Rock (2015)
Actor
Flight of the Butterflies (2012)
as Dr Fred Urquhart
Nuts Nothing and Nobody (2013)
as English narrator
Who Has Seen the Wind (1977)
as Gerald O'Connal
Silence of the North (1981)
as John Frederickson
Back to Beulah (1974)
as Host
Klondike Fever (1980)
as Swiftwater Bill
Back Home Again (2021)
as Jack Rabbit (voice)
A Vow to Kill (1995)
as Frank Waring
A Gift To Last (1976)
as Sgt. Edgar Sturgess
Newman's Law (1974)
as Jack Eastman
The Suicide's Wife (1979)
as Allan Crane
Escape from Iran: The Canadian Caper (1981)
as Ambassador Ken Taylor
An Unlikely Obsession (2011)
as Narrator (voice)
Hemingway vs. Callaghan (2003)
as Morley Callaghan
The Heatwave Lasted Four Days (1975)
as Cliff Reynolds
In the Eyes of a Stranger (1992)
as Lt. Ted Burk
At Home by Myself... with You (2009)
as Narrator (voice)
The Devil at Your Heels (1981)
as Narrator (Voice)
John and the Missus (1987)
as John Munn
Bonds of Love (1993)
as Leon
Playing the Machines (2009)
as Narrator
Heyday! (2006)
as Monroe Gillette
The Time of the Tar Sands (1975)
Actor
Blood Clan (1990)
as Judge William McKay
Mysteries of the Great Lakes (2008)
as Narrator
Stranded Yanks: A Diary Between Friends (2002)
as Narrator
The Red Green Story: We're All in This Together (2008)
as Hap Shaughnessy
Blind Terror (2001)
as Martin Howell
The Rowdyman (1972)
as Will Cole
Sunshine Sketches of a Little Town (2012)
as Elder Stephen Leacock / Narrator
The Spine (2009)
as Dan Rutherford
Ambulance Girl (2005)
as Pete
The Sparky Book (2006)
as Goldfish
Quarantined (1970)
as Dr. Bud Bedford
Still Rowdy After All These Years (2011)
as Self
A Passage from Burnt Islands (1992)
as Narrator (voice)
Pale Saints (1997)
as Gus
Age of Dysphoria (2020)
as Fred
The Life and Times of Edwin Alonzo Boyd (1982)
as Edwin Boyd
Blackwood (1976)
as Narrator