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