Biography
Gordon Edward Pinsent CC FRSC (July 12, 1930 β 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.
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Filmography
all 105
Movies 67
TV Shows 38
Narrator 7
Voice 5
self 4
Director 3
Writer 1
Jack Rabbit (voice)
Back Home Again (2021)
Movie
Fred
Age of Dysphoria (2020)
Movie
The River of My Dreams (2017)
Movie
Bear's Voice
Two Lovers and a Bear (2016)
Movie
Self - Narrator
Journey with Dylan Dreyer (2016)
TV
Nevin Ainslie
Private Eyes (2016)
TV
6
Narrator
Call of the Forest: The Forgotten Wisdom of Trees (2016)
Movie
Big News From Grand Rock (2015)
Movie
Harry the Barber (voice)
Pirate's Passage (2015)
Movie
Self
The Polar Sea (2014)
TV
Simon
The Grand Seduction (2014)
Movie
7.29
Dr. Keaton
Sex After Kids (2013)
Movie
Dr. Fred Urquhart
Flight of the Butterflies (2012)
Movie
Francis Weary
Life Doesn't Frighten Me (2012)
Movie
Elder Stephen Leacock
Sunshine Sketches of a Little Town (2012)
Movie
Self
Still Rowdy After All These Years (2011)
Movie
Narrator (voice)
An Unlikely Obsession (2011)
Movie
King Babar
Babar and the Adventures of Badou (2010)
TV
Archbishop
The Pillars of the Earth (2010)
TV
5.67
Maurice Becker
Republic of Doyle (2010)
TV
6
Narrator (voice)
At Home by Myself... with You (2009)
Movie
Dan Rutherford
The Spine (2009)
Movie
Accident Victim / Frank Cardea / Accident Victim
The Listener (2009)
TV
6.3
Hap Shaughnessy
The Red Green Story: We're All in This Together (2008)
Movie
Narrator
Mysteries of the Great Lakes (2008)
Movie
Grant Anderson
Away from Her (2007)
Movie
5.89
Angela's Eyes (2006)
TV
Director
Heyday! (2006)
Movie
Goldfish
The Sparky Book (2006)
Movie
Pete
Ambulance Girl (2005)
Movie
Saint Ralph (2005)
Movie
Michael Cameron
H2O (2004)
TV
Cardinal Ledesna
The Good Shepherd (2004)
Movie
Corky Dillems
Corner Gas (2004)
TV
Man In Suit
Nothing (2003)
Movie
Morley Callaghan
Hemingway vs. Callaghan (2003)
Movie
Warren Wentworth
Fallen Angel (2003)
Movie
Puppets Who Kill (2002)
TV
Narrator
A Diary Between Friends (2002)
Movie
Billy Pretty
The Shipping News (2001)
Movie
7
Martin Howell
Blind Terror (2001)
Movie
Blue Murder (2001)
TV
Jimmy Jonesboro
Relic Hunter (1999)
TV
6
Old Man
The Old Man and the Sea (1999)
Movie
Duff McArdle
Power Play (1998)
TV
Captain Longstocking
Pippi Longstocking (1997)
TV
Capt. Longstocking (voice)
Pippi Longstocking (1997)
Movie
Gus
Pale Saints (1997)
Movie
Cal Marsdon
A Holiday for Love (1996)
Movie
Dr. Steven Molstad
The Outer Limits (1995)
TV
6
Frank Waring
A Vow to Kill (1995)
Movie
Robert 'Bob' Fraser Sr. / Robert 'Bob' Fraser Sr..
Due South (1994)
TV
6.55
Fraser Sr.
Due South (1994)
Movie
Ken Collins
Kung Fu: The Legend Continues (1993)
TV
6
Leon
Bonds of Love (1993)
Movie
Lt. Ted Burk
In the Eyes of a Stranger (1992)
Movie
Narrator
A Passage from Burnt Islands (1992)
Movie
Hap Shaughnessy
The Red Green Show (1991)
TV
Judge William McKay
Blood Clan (1990)
Movie
King Babar
Babar: The Movie (1989)
Movie
King Babar
Babar (1989)
TV
6
John Munn
John and the Missus (1987)
Movie
Desmond Williams
Friday the 13th: The Series (1987)
TV
5.33
Pete Bartlett
Danger Bay (1985)
TV
Narrator
High Schools (1984)
Movie
Dennis Corcoran
A Case of Libel (1983)
Movie
Edwin Boyd
The Life and Times of Edwin Alonzo Boyd (1982)
Movie
John Frederickson
Silence of the North (1981)
Movie
Director
Once (1981)
Movie
Ambassador Ken Taylor
Escape From Iran: The Canadian Caper (1981)
Movie
Narrator
The Devil At Your Heels (1981)
Movie
Swiftwater Bill
Klondike Fever (1980)
Movie
Allan Crane
The Suicide's Wife (1977)
Movie
Gerald O'Connal
Who Has Seen the Wind (1977)
Movie
Director
For The Record (1977)
TV
Narrator
Blackwood (1976)
Movie
The Time of the Tar Sands (1975)
Movie
Cliff Reynolds
The Heat Wave Lasted Four Days (1975)
Movie
Donald Crowhurst
Horse Latitudes (1975)
Movie
Father John Hagan
Only God Knows (1974)
Movie
Jack Eastman
Newman's Law (1974)
Movie
Joe - Mayor
Incident on a Dark Street (1973)
Movie
John Weymouth
Banacek (1972)
TV
4
Lt. John 'Jack' Peters
Blacula (1972)
Movie
6
Will Cole
The Rowdyman (1972)
Movie
John Melchior
Chandler (1971)
Movie
Stone
Sarge (1971)
TV
Cannon (1971)
TV
6
Frank Fairley
Dan August (1970)
TV
The President
Colossus: The Forbin Project (1970)
Movie
6
Dr. Bud Bedford
Quarantined (1970)
Movie
Dr. Joseph Xavier
Marcus Welby, M.D. (1969)
TV
4.8
Jamie McDonald
The Thomas Crown Affair (1968)
Movie
2
Gerald Lockridge
It Takes a Thief (1968)
TV
3.5
S.S. Capt. Steiner
Hogan's Heroes (1965)
TV
Grainger / Coffin
Seaway (1965)
TV
Sergeant Scott
The Forest Rangers (1963)
TV
Dr. Fred Urquhart
The Nature of Things (1960)
TV
Vicomte de Valvert
Hallmark Hall of Fame (1951)
TV
8.33
Himself
Newfoundland Scene (1951)
Movie
Sgt. Edgar Sturgess
A Gift To Last
Movie
Prof. Jim Holindrake
Corwin
TV
Quentin Durgens
Quentin Durgens, M.P.
TV
Writer
Up at Ours
TV
David Black
Scarlett Hill
TV
Ratings
Average 5.8
Based on 291 Thousand movie and tv ratings over time
1951
1977
1995
1981
2021
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Information
Known ForActing
GenderMale
Birthday1930-07-12
Deathday2023-02-25 (92 years old)
Birth PlaceGrand Falls-Windsor, Canada
ReligionAnglicanism
RelationshipsCharmion King (1962-01-01 - 2007-01-01)
CitizenshipsCanada
AwardsCompanion of the Order of Canada, Governor General's Performing Arts Award, Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada, Earle Grey Award, Canada's Walk of Fame
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