Gordon Pinsent
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1930-07-12
Day of Death
2023-02-25 (92 years old)
Place of Birth
Grand Falls, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada
Gordon Pinsent
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.
Known For
Acting
(2021)
Back Home Again
as Jack Rabbit (voice)
(2020)
Age of Dysphoria
as Fred
(2017)
(2016)
Two Lovers and a Bear
as Bear (voice)
(2015)
Pirate's Passage
as Harry the Barber (voice)
(2015)
(2015)
Where Once They Mattered
as Narrator
(2014)
The Grand Seduction
as Simon
(2013)
Sex After Kids
as Dr. Keaton
(2012)
Flight of the Butterflies
as Dr Fred Urquhart
(2012)
Sunshine Sketches of a Little Town
as Elder Stephen Leacock / Narrator
(2012)
Life Doesn't Frighten Me
as Francis Weary
(2011)
(2011)
An Unlikely Obsession
as Narrator (voice)
(2009)
The Spine
as Dan Rutherford
(2009)
At Home by Myself... with You
as Narrator (voice)
(2009)
Playing the Machines
as Narrator
(2008)
The Red Green Story: We're All in This Together
as Hap Shaughnessy
(2008)
Mysteries of the Great Lakes
as Narrator
(2007)
Away from Her
as Grant
(2006)
Heyday!
as Monroe Gillette
(2006)
The Sparky Book
as Goldfish
(2005)
(2005)
Ambulance Girl
as Pete
(2004)
The Good Shepherd
as Cardinal Ledesna
(2003)
Nothing
as Man In Suit
(2003)
Fallen Angel
as Warren Wentworth
(2003)
Hemingway vs. Callaghan
as Morley Callaghan
(2002)
A Diary Between Friends
as Narrator
(2001)
The Shipping News
as Billy Pretty
(2001)
Blind Terror
as Martin Howell
(1999)
The Old Man and the Sea
as Old Man (voice)
(1997)
Pippi Longstocking
as Capt. Efraim Longstocking (voice)
(1997)
Pale Saints
as Gus
(1996)
A Holiday for Love
as Cal Marsdon
(1995)
A Vow to Kill
as Frank Waring
(1994)
Due South
as Fraser Sr.
(1993)
Bonds of Love
as Leon
(1992)
In the Eyes of a Stranger
as Lt. Ted Burk
(1992)
A Passage from Burnt Islands
as Narrator (voice)
(1990)
Blood Clan
as Judge William McKay
(1989)
Babar: The Movie
as King Babar
(1987)
John and the Missus
as John Munn
(1983)
A Case of Libel
as Dennis Corcoran
(1982)
The Life and Times of Edwin Alonzo Boyd
as Edwin Boyd
(1981)
Escape From Iran: The Canadian Caper
as Ambassador Ken Taylor
(1981)
The Devil at Your Heels
as Narrator (Voice)
(1981)
Silence of the North
as John Frederickson
(1980)
Klondike Fever
as Swiftwater Bill
(1977)
Who Has Seen the Wind
as Gerald O'Connal
(1977)
The Suicide's Wife
as Allan Crane
(1976)
Blackwood
as Narrator
(1975)
The Heatwave Lasted Four Days
as Cliff Reynolds
(1975)
(1975)
Horse Latitudes
as Donald Crowhurst
(1974)
Newman's Law
as Jack Eastman
(1974)
Only God Knows
as John Hagan
(1973)
Incident on a Dark Street
as Joe - Mayor
(1972)
Blacula
as Lt. John "Jack" Peters
(1972)
The Rowdyman
as Will Cole
(1971)
Chandler
as John Melchior
(1970)
Colossus: The Forbin Project
as The President
(1970)
Quarantined
as Dr. Bud Bedford
(1968)
The Thomas Crown Affair
as Jamie
(1951)
Newfoundland Scene
as Himself
Crew
(2006)
Heyday!
Writer, Director
(1987)
John and the Missus
Director, Writer
(1981)
Once
Director
(1981)
A Far Cry From Home
Director
(1972)
The Rowdyman
Writer