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