People
Gordon Pinsent
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... Read More
Movies:
Title | Release date |
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Back Home Again as Jack Rabbit (voice) | 2021-10-28 |
Age of Dysphoria as Fred | 2020-02-14 |
The River of My Dreams | 2017-01-27 |
Two Lovers and a Bear as Bear (voice) | 2016-10-02 |
Big News From Grand Rock | 2015-02-27 |
Pirate's Passage as Harry the Barber (voice) | 2015-01-04 |
The Grand Seduction as Simon | 2014-05-30 |
Sex After Kids as Dr. Keaton | 2013-01-26 |
Flight of the Butterflies as Dr Fred Urquhart | 2012-10-01 |
Life Doesn't Frighten Me as Francis Weary | 2012-05-22 |
Sunshine Sketches of a Little Town as Elder Stephen Leacock / Narrator | 2012-02-12 |
Still Rowdy After All These Years as Self | 2011-09-09 |
An Unlikely Obsession as Narrator (voice) | 2011-01-17 |
At Home by Myself... with You as Narrator (voice) | 2009-10-06 |
The Spine as Dan Rutherford | 2009-06-08 |
The Red Green Story: We're All in This Together as Hap Shaughnessy | 2008-12-01 |
Mysteries of the Great Lakes as Narrator | 2008-01-01 |
Away from Her as Grant | 2007-05-04 |
Heyday! as Monroe Gillette | 2006-03-27 |
The Sparky Book as Goldfish | 2006-01-01 |
Ambulance Girl as Pete | 2005-09-12 |
Saint Ralph | 2005-08-05 |
The Good Shepherd as Cardinal Ledesna | 2004-03-21 |
Nothing as Man In Suit | 2003-09-09 |
Hemingway vs. Callaghan as Morley Callaghan | 2003-03-31 |
Fallen Angel as Warren Wentworth | 2003-03-23 |
A Diary Between Friends as Narrator | 2002-01-01 |
The Shipping News as Billy Pretty | 2001-12-18 |
Blind Terror as Martin Howell | 2001-04-23 |
The Old Man and the Sea as Old Man (voice) | 1999-07-03 |
Pippi Longstocking as Capt. Efraim Longstocking (voice) | 1997-08-20 |
Pale Saints as Gus | 1997-01-01 |
A Holiday for Love as Cal Marsdon | 1996-12-10 |
A Vow to Kill as Frank Waring | 1995-02-01 |
Due South as Fraser Sr. | 1994-04-23 |
Bonds of Love as Leon | 1993-01-24 |
In the Eyes of a Stranger as Lt. Ted Burk | 1992-04-07 |
A Passage from Burnt Islands as Narrator (voice) | 1992-03-01 |
Blood Clan as Judge William McKay | 1990-08-30 |
Babar: The Movie as King Babar | 1989-07-28 |
John and the Missus as John Munn | 1987-10-23 |
A Case of Libel as Dennis Corcoran | 1983-10-17 |
The Life and Times of Edwin Alonzo Boyd as Edwin Boyd | 1982-09-18 |
Silence of the North as John Frederickson | 1981-10-23 |
Escape From Iran: The Canadian Caper as Ambassador Ken Taylor | 1981-05-17 |
The Devil at Your Heels as Narrator (Voice) | 1981-03-13 |
Klondike Fever as Swiftwater Bill | 1980-01-12 |
The Suicide's Wife as Allan Crane | 1977-11-07 |
Who Has Seen the Wind as Gerald O'Connal | 1977-04-20 |
Blackwood as Narrator | 1976-01-01 |
The Time of the Tar Sands | 1975-08-01 |
The Heat Wave Lasted Four Days as Cliff Reynolds | 1975-04-28 |
Horse Latitudes as Donald Crowhurst | 1975-01-01 |
Only God Knows as John Hagan | 1974-09-13 |
Newman's Law as Jack Eastman | 1974-08-21 |
Incident on a Dark Street as Joe - Mayor | 1973-01-13 |
Blacula as Lt. John "Jack" Peters | 1972-08-25 |
The Rowdyman as Will Cole | 1972-05-18 |
Chandler as John Melchior | 1971-12-01 |
Colossus: The Forbin Project as The President | 1970-04-08 |
Quarantined as Dr. Bud Bedford | 1970-02-24 |
The Thomas Crown Affair as Jamie | 1968-06-26 |
Newfoundland Scene as Himself | 1951-01-02 |