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Known For
Acting
Birthday
July 12, 1930
Died
February 25, 2023
Place of Birth
Grand Falls, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada
Also Known As
- Gordon Edward Pinsent
Gordon Pinsent
0.7 Popularity
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
7.0
Jack Rabbit (voice)
Back Home Again
2021
2.0
Fred
Age of Dysphoria
2020
0.0
The River of My Dreams
2017
6.5
Bear (voice)
Two Lovers and a Bear
2016
7.3
Nevin Ainslie
Private Eyes
2016
0.0
Narrator
Where Once They Mattered
2015
0.0
Big News From Grand Rock
2015
5.6
Harry the Barber (voice)
Pirate's Passage
2015
6.0
The Polar Sea
2014
6.7
Simon
The Grand Seduction
2014
Credits
Back Home Again
as Jack Rabbit (voice)
2021
7.0
Age of Dysphoria
as Fred
2020
2.0
The River of My Dreams
2017
0.0
Two Lovers and a Bear
as Bear (voice)
2016
6.5
Private Eyes
as Nevin Ainslie
2016
7.3
Where Once They Mattered
as Narrator
2015
0.0
Big News From Grand Rock
2015
0.0
Pirate's Passage
as Harry the Barber (voice)
2015
5.6
The Polar Sea
2014
6.0
The Grand Seduction
as Simon
2014
6.7
Sex After Kids
as Dr. Keaton
2013
5.5
Flight of the Butterflies
as Dr Fred Urquhart
2012
6.2
Life Doesn't Frighten Me
as Francis Weary
2012
5.6
🎬
Sunshine Sketches of a Little Town
as Elder Stephen Leacock / Narrator
2012
5.2
Still Rowdy After All These Years
as Self
2011
0.0
An Unlikely Obsession
as Narrator (voice)
2011
0.0
Babar and the Adventures of Badou
as King Babar (voice)
2010
4.3
The Pillars of the Earth
as Archbishop
2010
7.6
Republic of Doyle
as Maurice Becker
2010
7.0
At Home by Myself... with You
as Narrator (voice)
2009
3.0
The Spine
as Dan Rutherford
2009
6.0
The Listener
as Accident Victim
2009
6.9
The Listener
as Accident Victim / Frank Cardea
2009
6.9
Playing the Machines
as Narrator
2009
0.0
🎬
The Red Green Story: We're All in This Together
as Hap Shaughnessy
2008
5.1
Mysteries of the Great Lakes
as Narrator
2008
6.0
Away from Her
as Grant
2007
7.0
Angela's Eyes
2006
8.3
Heyday!
as Monroe Gillette
2006
7.5
The Sparky Book
as Goldfish
2006
0.0
Ambulance Girl
as Pete
2005
4.8
Saint Ralph
2005
7.0
H2O
as Michael Cameron
2004
9.0
The Good Shepherd
as Cardinal Ledesna
2004
5.1
Corner Gas
as Corky Dillems
2004
8.0
Nothing
as Man In Suit
2003
5.8
🎬
Hemingway vs. Callaghan
as Morley Callaghan
2003
0.0
Fallen Angel
as Warren Wentworth
2003
6.1
Puppets Who Kill
2002
6.5
A Diary Between Friends
as Narrator
2002
0.0
The Shipping News
as Billy Pretty
2001
6.4
Blind Terror
as Martin Howell
2001
3.5
Blue Murder
2001
6.0
Relic Hunter
as Jimmy Jonesboro
1999
6.7
The Old Man and the Sea
as Old Man (voice)
1999
7.6
🎬
Power Play
1998
10.0
Pippi Longstocking
as Captain Longstocking
1997
6.7
🎬
Pale Saints
as Gus
1997
2.0
Pippi Longstocking
as Capt. Efraim Longstocking (voice)
1997
5.7
A Holiday for Love
as Cal Marsdon
1996
5.7
The Outer Limits
as Dr. Steven Molstad
1995
7.7
A Vow to Kill
as Frank Waring
1995
5.2
Due South
as Fraser Sr. (voice)
1994
7.6
Due South
as Fraser Sr.
1994
7.6
Due South
as Fraser Sr.
1994
8.6
Kung Fu: The Legend Continues
as Ken Collins
1993
6.7
Bonds of Love
as Leon
1993
5.3
In the Eyes of a Stranger
as Lt. Ted Burk
1992
4.0
A Passage from Burnt Islands
as Narrator (voice)
1992
0.0
The Red Green Show
as Hap Shaughnessy
1991
7.3
Blood Clan
as Judge William McKay
1990
3.0
Babar: The Movie
as King Babar
1989
5.7
Babar
as King Babar (voice)
1989
6.2
John and the Missus
as John Munn
1987
6.0
Friday the 13th: The Series
as Desmond Williams
1987
7.3
Danger Bay
as Pete Bartlett
1985
7.1
A Case of Libel
as Dennis Corcoran
1983
2.0
🎬
The Life and Times of Edwin Alonzo Boyd
as Edwin Boyd
1982
0.0
Silence of the North
as John Frederickson
1981
4.0
Escape from Iran: The Canadian Caper
as Ambassador Ken Taylor
1981
0.0
The Devil at Your Heels
as Narrator (Voice)
1981
5.8
Klondike Fever
as Swiftwater Bill
1980
5.7
The Suicide's Wife
as Allan Crane
1979
5.0
Who Has Seen the Wind
as Gerald O'Connal
1977
6.8
For The Record
1977
0.0
Blackwood
as Narrator
1976
5.3
🎬
The Time of the Tar Sands
1975
0.0
The Heatwave Lasted Four Days
as Cliff Reynolds
1975
0.0
Horse Latitudes
as Donald Crowhurst
1975
0.0
Only God Knows
as John Hagan
1974
5.0
Newman's Law
as Jack Eastman
1974
6.1
Incident on a Dark Street
as Joe - Mayor
1973
5.0
Banacek
as John Weymouth
1972
8.6
Blacula
as Lt. John "Jack" Peters
1972
5.4
The Rowdyman
as Will Cole
1972
2.7
Chandler
as John Melchior
1971
4.3
Sarge
as Stone
1971
5.0
Cannon
1971
6.6
Dan August
as Frank Fairley
1970
6.8
Colossus: The Forbin Project
as The President
1970
6.9
Quarantined
as Dr. Bud Bedford
1970
5.0
Marcus Welby, M.D.
as Dr. Joseph Xavier
1969
6.5
The Thomas Crown Affair
as Jamie
1968
6.8
It Takes a Thief
as Gerald Lockridge
1968
7.2
Hogan's Heroes
as S.S. Capt. Steiner
1965
7.5
Seaway
as Coffin
1965
5.0
Seaway
as Grainger
1965
5.0
The Forest Rangers
as Sgt. Brian Scott
1963
7.3
The Nature of Things
as Dr. Fred Urquhart
1960
7.1
Hallmark Hall of Fame
as Vicomte de Valvert
1951
8.6
Newfoundland Scene
as Himself
1951
0.0