Gordon Pinsent
Acting • Born 1930-07-12 – Died 2023-02-25
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.
Filmography
102 credits
The Thomas Crown Affair
Movie • 1968
Jamie
Away from Her
Movie • 2007
Grant
The Good Shepherd
Movie • 2004
Cardinal Ledesna
Nothing
Movie • 2003
Man In Suit
Blacula
Movie • 1972
Lt. John "Jack" Peters
Back Home Again
Movie • 2021
Jack Rabbit (voice)
Babar: The Movie
Movie • 1989
King Babar
Colossus: The Forbin Project
Movie • 1970
The President
The Old Man and the Sea
Movie • 1999
Old Man (voice)
The Devil at Your Heels
Movie • 1981
Narrator (Voice)
A Holiday for Love
Movie • 1996
Cal Marsdon
Fallen Angel
Movie • 2003
Warren Wentworth
An Unlikely Obsession
Movie • 2011
Narrator (voice)
The Spine
Movie • 2009
Dan Rutherford
Chandler
Movie • 1971
John Melchior
Quarantined
Movie • 1970
Dr. Bud Bedford
A Passage from Burnt Islands
Movie • 1992
Narrator (voice)
Flight of the Butterflies
Movie • 2012
Dr Fred Urquhart
Life Doesn't Frighten Me
Movie • 2012
Francis Weary
At Home by Myself... with You
Movie • 2009
Narrator (voice)
The Grand Seduction
Movie • 2014
Simon
Sex After Kids
Movie • 2013
Dr. Keaton
The Suicide's Wife
Movie • 1979
Allan Crane
Blackwood
Movie • 1976
Narrator
Still Rowdy After All These Years
Movie • 2011
Self
Due South
Movie • 1994
Fraser Sr.
The Red Green Story: We're All in This Together
Movie • 2008
Hap Shaughnessy
Saint Ralph
Movie • 2005
Klondike Fever
Movie • 1980
Swiftwater Bill
Sunshine Sketches of a Little Town
Movie • 2012
Elder Stephen Leacock / Narrator
The Shipping News
Movie • 2001
Billy Pretty
The Sparky Book
Movie • 2006
Goldfish
Horse Latitudes
Movie • 1975
Donald Crowhurst
Silence of the North
Movie • 1981
John Frederickson
The Time of the Tar Sands
Movie • 1975
Ambulance Girl
Movie • 2005
Pete
Newman's Law
Movie • 1974
Jack Eastman
In the Eyes of a Stranger
Movie • 1992
Lt. Ted Burk
Pirate's Passage
Movie • 2015
Harry the Barber (voice)
Pale Saints
Movie • 1997
Gus
Escape from Iran: The Canadian Caper
Movie • 1981
Ambassador Ken Taylor
A Case of Libel
Movie • 1983
Dennis Corcoran
Hemingway vs. Callaghan
Movie • 2003
Morley Callaghan
The Life and Times of Edwin Alonzo Boyd
Movie • 1982
Edwin Boyd
Who Has Seen the Wind
Movie • 1977
Gerald O'Connal
Bonds of Love
Movie • 1993
Leon
Blood Clan
Movie • 1990
Judge William McKay
Heyday!
Movie • 2006
Monroe Gillette
Big News From Grand Rock
Movie • 2015
Two Lovers and a Bear
Movie • 2016
Bear (voice)
The Rowdyman
Movie • 1972
Will Cole
The River of My Dreams
Movie • 2017
Newfoundland Scene
Movie • 1951
Himself
John and the Missus
Movie • 1987
John Munn
Blind Terror
Movie • 2001
Martin Howell
Mysteries of the Great Lakes
Movie • 2008
Narrator
Incident on a Dark Street
Movie • 1973
Joe - Mayor
A Vow to Kill
Movie • 1995
Frank Waring
Only God Knows
Movie • 1974
John Hagan
Age of Dysphoria
Movie • 2020
Fred
A Diary Between Friends
Movie • 2002
Narrator
The Heatwave Lasted Four Days
Movie • 1975
Cliff Reynolds
Playing the Machines
Movie • 2009
Narrator
Where Once They Mattered
Movie • 2015
Narrator
A Gift To Last
Movie • 1976
Sgt. Edgar Sturgess
Cyrano De Bergerac
Movie • 1962
Vicomte de Valvert
Angela's Eyes
TV • 2006
Kung Fu: The Legend Continues
TV • 1993
Ken Collins
Corner Gas
TV • 2004
Corky Dillems
Babar
TV • 1989
King Babar (voice)
Due South
TV • 1994
Fraser Sr. (voice)
Friday the 13th: The Series
TV • 1987
Desmond Williams
Blue Murder
TV • 2001
Puppets Who Kill
TV • 2002
Hogan's Heroes
TV • 1965
S.S. Capt. Steiner
The Polar Sea
TV • 2014
Cannon
TV • 1971
Hallmark Hall of Fame
TV • 1951
Vicomte de Valvert
The Forest Rangers
TV • 1963
Sgt. Brian Scott
Power Play
TV • 1998
The Listener
TV • 2009
Accident Victim
The Outer Limits
TV • 1995
Dr. Steven Molstad
The Pillars of the Earth
TV • 2010
Archbishop
Babar and the Adventures of Badou
TV • 2010
King Babar (voice)
Pippi Longstocking
TV • 1997
Captain Longstocking
Relic Hunter
TV • 1999
Jimmy Jonesboro
It Takes a Thief
TV • 1968
Gerald Lockridge
Danger Bay
TV • 1985
Pete Bartlett
H2O
TV • 2004
Michael Cameron
The Red Green Show
TV • 1991
Hap Shaughnessy
Republic of Doyle
TV • 2010
Maurice Becker
The Listener
TV • 2009
Accident Victim / Frank Cardea
Sarge
TV • 1971
Stone
Dan August
TV • 1970
Frank Fairley
Marcus Welby, M.D.
TV • 1969
Dr. Joseph Xavier
Seaway
TV • 1965
Coffin
The Nature of Things
TV • 1960
Dr. Fred Urquhart
Seaway
TV • 1965
Grainger
For the Record
TV • 1976
Due South
TV • 1994
Fraser Sr.
Private Eyes
TV • 2016
Nevin Ainslie
Banacek
TV • 1972
John Weymouth