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
Jamie
The Thomas Crown Affair
Grant
Away from Her
Cardinal Ledesna
The Good Shepherd
Man In Suit
Nothing
Lt. John "Jack" Peters
Blacula
Jack Rabbit (voice)
Back Home Again
King Babar
Babar: The Movie
The President
Colossus: The Forbin Project
Old Man (voice)
Старик и море
Narrator (Voice)
The Devil at Your Heels
Cal Marsdon
A Holiday for Love
Warren Wentworth
Fallen Angel
Narrator (voice)
An Unlikely Obsession
Dan Rutherford
The Spine
John Melchior
Chandler
Dr. Bud Bedford
Quarantined
Narrator (voice)
A Passage from Burnt Islands
Dr Fred Urquhart
Flight of the Butterflies
Francis Weary
Life Doesn't Frighten Me
Narrator (voice)
At Home by Myself... with You
Simon
The Grand Seduction
Dr. Keaton
Sex After Kids
Allan Crane
The Suicide's Wife
Narrator
Blackwood
Self
Still Rowdy After All These Years
Fraser Sr.
Due South
Hap Shaughnessy
The Red Green Story: We're All in This Together
Saint Ralph
Swiftwater Bill
Klondike Fever
Elder Stephen Leacock / Narrator
Sunshine Sketches of a Little Town
Billy Pretty
The Shipping News
Goldfish
The Sparky Book
Donald Crowhurst
Horse Latitudes
John Frederickson
Silence of the North
The Time of the Tar Sands
Pete
Ambulance Girl
Jack Eastman
Newman's Law
Lt. Ted Burk
In the Eyes of a Stranger
Harry the Barber (voice)
Pirate's Passage
Gus
Pale Saints
Ambassador Ken Taylor
Escape From Iran: The Canadian Caper
Dennis Corcoran
A Case of Libel
Morley Callaghan
Hemingway vs. Callaghan
Edwin Boyd
The Life and Times of Edwin Alonzo Boyd
Gerald O'Connal
Who Has Seen the Wind
Leon
Bonds of Love
Judge William McKay
Blood Clan
Monroe Gillette
Heyday!
Big News From Grand Rock
Bear (voice)
Two Lovers and a Bear
Will Cole
The Rowdyman
The River of My Dreams
Himself
Newfoundland Scene
John Munn
John and the Missus
Martin Howell
Blind Terror
Narrator
Mysteries of the Great Lakes
Joe - Mayor
Incident on a Dark Street
Frank Waring
A Vow to Kill
John Hagan
Only God Knows
Fred
Age of Dysphoria
Capt. Efraim Longstocking (voice)
Pippi Longstocking
Narrator
Stranded Yanks: A Diary Between Friends
Cliff Reynolds
The Heatwave Lasted Four Days
Narrator
Playing the Machines
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
64
Gender
Male
Birthday
1930-07-12
Place of Birth
Grand Falls, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada
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