Gordon Pinsent
Actor
Born July 12, 1930 in Grand Falls, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada
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
Back Home Again
Jack Rabbit (voice)
Age of Dysphoria
Fred
The River of My Dreams
Two Lovers and a Bear
Bear (voice)
Private Eyes
Nevin Ainslie
Where Once They Mattered
Narrator
Big News From Grand Rock
Pirate's Passage
Harry the Barber (voice)
The Polar Sea
The Grand Seduction
Simon
Sex After Kids
Dr. Keaton
Flight of the Butterflies
Dr Fred Urquhart
Life Doesn't Frighten Me
Francis Weary
Still Rowdy After All These Years
Self
An Unlikely Obsession
Narrator (voice)
Babar and the Adventures of Badou
King Babar (voice)
The Pillars of the Earth
Archbishop
Republic of Doyle
Maurice Becker
At Home by Myself... with You
Narrator (voice)
The Spine
Dan Rutherford
The Listener
Accident Victim
Playing the Machines
Narrator
Mysteries of the Great Lakes
Narrator
Away from Her
Grant
Angela's Eyes
Heyday!
Monroe Gillette
The Sparky Book
Goldfish
Ambulance Girl
Pete
Saint Ralph
H2O
Michael Cameron
The Good Shepherd
Cardinal Ledesna
Corner Gas
Corky Dillems
Nothing
Man In Suit
Fallen Angel
Warren Wentworth
Puppets Who Kill
A Diary Between Friends
Narrator
The Shipping News
Billy Pretty
Blind Terror
Martin Howell
Blue Murder
Relic Hunter
Jimmy Jonesboro
The Old Man and the Sea
Old Man (voice)
Made in Canada
Walter Franklin, Sr.
Pippi Longstocking
Captain Longstocking
A Holiday for Love
Cal Marsdon
Kids for Character
King Babar(archive footage) (voice)
The Outer Limits
Dr. Steven Molstad
A Vow to Kill
Frank Waring
Due South
Fraser Sr. (voice)
Due South
Fraser Sr.
Kung Fu: The Legend Continues
Ken Collins
Bonds of Love
Leon
In the Eyes of a Stranger
Lt. Ted Burk
A Passage from Burnt Islands
Narrator (voice)
The Red Green Show
Hap Shaughnessy
The Hidden Room
Abraham Stone
Blood Clan
Judge William McKay
Babar: The Movie
King Babar
Babar
King Babar (voice)
Two Men
John and the Missus
John Munn
Friday the 13th: The Series
Desmond Williams
Danger Bay
Pete Bartlett
A Case of Libel
Dennis Corcoran
American Playhouse
Dennis Corcoran
Silence of the North
John Frederickson
Escape from Iran: The Canadian Caper
Ambassador Ken Taylor
The Devil at Your Heels
Narrator (Voice)
Klondike Fever
Swiftwater Bill
The Suicide's Wife
Allan Crane
Drága kisfiam!
Who Has Seen the Wind
Gerald O'Connal
For the Record
Blackwood
Narrator
The Heatwave Lasted Four Days
Cliff Reynolds
Horse Latitudes
Donald Crowhurst
Only God Knows
John Hagan
Newman's Law
Jack Eastman
Incident on a Dark Street
Joe - Mayor
Banacek
John Weymouth
Blacula
Lt. John "Jack" Peters
The Rowdyman
Will Cole
Chandler
John Melchior
Sarge
Stone
Cannon
Dan August
Frank Fairley
Colossus: The Forbin Project
The President
Quarantined
Dr. Bud Bedford
Marcus Welby, M.D.
Dr. Joseph Xavier
The Thomas Crown Affair
Jamie
It Takes a Thief
Gerald Lockridge
Hogan's Heroes
S.S. Capt. Steiner
Seaway
Coffin
The Forest Rangers
Sgt. Brian Scott
The Nature of Things
Dr. Fred Urquhart
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Vicomte de Valvert
Newfoundland Scene
Himself