Gordon Pinsent
Born: 1930-07-12 in Grand Falls, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada
Died: 2023-02-25
Known For: Acting
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
2021
- Back Home Again as Jack Rabbit (voice)
2020
- Age of Dysphoria as Fred
2016
- Private Eyes as Nevin Ainslie
- Two Lovers and a Bear as Bear (voice)
2015
- Pirate's Passage as Harry the Barber (voice)
- Where Once They Mattered as Narrator
- Big News From Grand Rock
2014
- The Grand Seduction as Simon
- The Polar Sea
2013
- Sex After Kids as Dr. Keaton
2012
- Sunshine Sketches of a Little Town as Elder Stephen Leacock / Narrator
- Flight of the Butterflies as Dr Fred Urquhart
- Life Doesn't Frighten Me as Francis Weary
2011
- Still Rowdy After All These Years as Self
- An Unlikely Obsession as Narrator (voice)
2010
- Republic of Doyle as Maurice Becker
- The Pillars of the Earth as Archbishop
- Babar and the Adventures of Badou as King Babar (voice)
2009
- The Listener as Accident Victim
- The Spine as Dan Rutherford
- At Home by Myself... with You as Narrator (voice)
- Playing the Machines as Narrator
2008
- The Red Green Story: We're All in This Together as Hap Shaughnessy
- Mysteries of the Great Lakes as Narrator
2007
- Away from Her as Grant
2006
- Angela's Eyes
- Heyday! as Monroe Gillette
- The Sparky Book as Goldfish
2005
- Saint Ralph
- Ambulance Girl as Pete
2004
- Corner Gas as Corky Dillems
- H2O as Michael Cameron
- The Good Shepherd as Cardinal Ledesna
2003
- Nothing as Man In Suit
- Fallen Angel as Warren Wentworth
- Hemingway vs. Callaghan as Morley Callaghan
2002
- Puppets Who Kill
- A Diary Between Friends as Narrator
2001
- Blue Murder
- The Shipping News as Billy Pretty
- Blind Terror as Martin Howell
1999
- Relic Hunter as Jimmy Jonesboro
- The Old Man and the Sea as Old Man (voice)
1998
- Made in Canada as Walter Franklin, Sr.
- Power Play
1997
- Pippi Longstocking as Captain Longstocking
- Pale Saints as Gus
1996
- A Holiday for Love as Cal Marsdon
- Kids for Character as King Babar(archive footage) (voice)
1995
- The Outer Limits as Dr. Steven Molstad
- A Vow to Kill as Frank Waring
1993
- Kung Fu: The Legend Continues as Ken Collins
- Bonds of Love as Leon
1992
- In the Eyes of a Stranger as Lt. Ted Burk
- A Passage from Burnt Islands as Narrator (voice)
1991
- The Red Green Show as Hap Shaughnessy
- The Hidden Room as Abraham Stone
1990
- Blood Clan as Judge William McKay
1989
- Babar as King Babar (voice)
- Babar: The Movie as King Babar
1987
- Friday the 13th: The Series as Desmond Williams
- John and the Missus as John Munn
1985
- Danger Bay as Pete Bartlett
1983
- A Case of Libel as Dennis Corcoran
1982
- The Life and Times of Edwin Alonzo Boyd as Edwin Boyd
1981
- Silence of the North as John Frederickson
- Escape from Iran: The Canadian Caper as Ambassador Ken Taylor
- The Devil at Your Heels as Narrator (Voice)
- A Far Cry From Home ... (Director)
- Once ... (Director)
1980
- Klondike Fever as Swiftwater Bill
1979
- The Suicide's Wife as Allan Crane
1978
1977
- Who Has Seen the Wind as Gerald O'Connal
1976
- For the Record
- A Gift To Last as Sgt. Edgar Sturgess
- Blackwood as Narrator
1975
- Horse Latitudes as Donald Crowhurst
- The Heatwave Lasted Four Days as Cliff Reynolds
- The Time of the Tar Sands
1974
- Newman's Law as Jack Eastman
- Only God Knows as John Hagan
1973
- Incident on a Dark Street as Joe - Mayor
1972
- Banacek as John Weymouth
- Blacula as Lt. John "Jack" Peters
- The Rowdyman as Will Cole
1970
- Dan August as Frank Fairley
- Colossus: The Forbin Project as The President
- Quarantined as Dr. Bud Bedford
1969
- Marcus Welby, M.D. as Dr. Joseph Xavier
1968
- It Takes a Thief as Gerald Lockridge
- The Thomas Crown Affair as Jamie
1965
- Hogan's Heroes as S.S. Capt. Steiner
- Seaway as Coffin
1963
- The Forest Rangers as Sgt. Brian Scott
1962
- Cyrano De Bergerac as Vicomte de Valvert
1960
- The Nature of Things as Dr. Fred Urquhart
1951
- Hallmark Hall of Fame as Vicomte de Valvert
- Newfoundland Scene as Himself