Acting
Gordon Pinsent
EN, FR, RU, NL cinema · 75 credits
Born
12 July 1930
Died
25 February 2023 (aged 92)
Birthplace
Grand Falls, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada
Also known as Gordon Edward Pinsent
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
Filmography
Back Home Again
as Jack Rabbit (voice)
Age of Dysphoria
as Fred
Two Lovers and a Bear
as Bear (voice)
Pirate's Passage
as Harry the Barber (voice)
Where Once They Mattered
as Narrator
The Grand Seduction
as Simon
Sex After Kids
as Dr. Keaton
Nuts Nothing and Nobody
as English narrator
Flight of the Butterflies
as Dr Fred Urquhart
Life Doesn't Frighten Me
as Francis Weary
Sunshine Sketches of a Little Town
2012
Sunshine Sketches of a Little Town
as Elder Stephen Leacock / Narrator
An Unlikely Obsession
as Narrator (voice)
The Spine
as Dan Rutherford
At Home by Myself... with You
as Narrator (voice)
Playing the Machines
as Narrator
The Red Green Story: We're All in This Together
2008
The Red Green Story: We're All in This Together
as Hap Shaughnessy
Mysteries of the Great Lakes
as Narrator
Away from Her
as Grant
The Sparky Book
as Goldfish
Heyday!
as Monroe Gillette, Director, Writer
Ambulance Girl
as Pete
The Good Shepherd
as Cardinal Ledesna
Nothing
as Man In Suit
Fallen Angel
as Warren Wentworth
Hemingway vs. Callaghan
2003
Hemingway vs. Callaghan
as Morley Callaghan
The Shipping News
as Billy Pretty
Blind Terror
as Martin Howell
The Old Man and the Sea
as Old Man (voice)
Win, Again!
1999
Win, Again!
as Win Morrissey, Writer
Pippi Longstocking
as Captain Longstocking (voice)
A Holiday for Love
as Cal Marsdon
Kids for Character
as King Babar(archive footage) (voice)
A Vow to Kill
as Frank Waring
Due South
as Fraser Sr.
Bonds of Love
as Leon
A Passage from Burnt Islands
as Narrator (voice)
In the Eyes of a Stranger
as Lt. Ted Burk
Blood Clan
as Judge William McKay
Babar: The Movie
as King Babar
Two Men
Director
John and the Missus
as John Munn, Director, Writer
A Case of Libel
as Dennis Corcoran
The Life and Times of Edwin Alonzo Boyd
1982
The Life and Times of Edwin Alonzo Boyd
as Edwin Boyd
The Devil at Your Heels
as Narrator (Voice)
Silence of the North
as John Frederickson
Escape from Iran: The Canadian Caper
as Ambassador Ken Taylor
Once
1981
Once
Director
Klondike Fever
as Swiftwater Bill
The Suicide's Wife
as Allan Crane
Who Has Seen the Wind
as Gerald O'Connal
Blackwood
as Narrator
A Gift To Last
1976
A Gift To Last
as Sgt. Edgar Sturgess
Horse Latitudes
as Donald Crowhurst
The Heatwave Lasted Four Days
as Cliff Reynolds
Newman's Law
as Jack Eastman
Only God Knows
as John Hagan
Incident on a Dark Street
as Joe - Mayor
Blacula
as Lt. John "Jack" Peters
The Rowdyman
as Will Cole, Writer
Chandler
as John Melchior
Colossus: The Forbin Project
as The President
Quarantined
as Dr. Bud Bedford
Cyrano De Bergerac
1962
Cyrano De Bergerac
as Vicomte de Valvert
Newfoundland Scene
as Himself