Cast
Gordon Pinsent
Acting
Cast
Gordon Pinsent
Known for
Acting
Born
1930-07-12
From
Grand Falls, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada
Died
2023-02-25
Also known as Gordon Edward 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 family.
The Thomas Crown Affair
as Jamie
Chandler
as John Melchior
Blacula
as Lt. John "Jack" Peters
The Shipping News
as Billy Pretty
Colossus: The Forbin Project
as The President
Away from Her
as Grant
The Old Man and the Sea
as Old Man (voice)
Pale Saints
as Gus
Saint Ralph
Klondike Fever
as Swiftwater Bill
Babar: The Movie
as King Babar
Fallen Angel
as Warren Wentworth
Flight of the Butterflies
as Dr Fred Urquhart
The Good Shepherd
as Cardinal Ledesna
Nothing
as Man In Suit
The Grand Seduction
as Simon
Kids for Character
as King Babar(archive footage) (voice)
Where Once They Mattered
as Narrator
Two Lovers and a Bear
as Bear (voice)
The Rowdyman
as Will Cole
Incident on a Dark Street
as Joe - Mayor
Blood Clan
as Judge William McKay
Sex After Kids
as Dr. Keaton
Silence of the North
as John Frederickson
Pirate's Passage
as Harry the Barber (voice)
A Holiday for Love
as Cal Marsdon
Back Home Again
as Jack Rabbit (voice)
In the Eyes of a Stranger
as Lt. Ted Burk
Escape from Iran: The Canadian Caper
as Ambassador Ken Taylor
Newman's Law
as Jack Eastman
Heyday!
as Monroe Gillette
Sunshine Sketches of a Little Town
as Elder Stephen Leacock / Narrator
The Red Green Story: We're All in This Together
as Hap Shaughnessy
Bonds of Love
as Leon
Quarantined
as Dr. Bud Bedford
Big News From Grand Rock
A Case of Libel
as Dennis Corcoran
Hemingway vs. Callaghan
as Morley Callaghan
Ambulance Girl
as Pete
Due South
as Fraser Sr.
The River of My Dreams
The Devil at Your Heels
as Narrator (Voice)
Horse Latitudes
as Donald Crowhurst
Life Doesn't Frighten Me
as Francis Weary
Blind Terror
as Martin Howell
Age of Dysphoria
as Fred
The Suicide's Wife
as Allan Crane
The Heatwave Lasted Four Days
as Cliff Reynolds
At Home by Myself... with You
as Narrator (voice)
Who Has Seen the Wind
as Gerald O'Connal
The Time of the Tar Sands
Cyrano De Bergerac
as Vicomte de Valvert
Only God Knows
as John Hagan
A Gift To Last
as Sgt. Edgar Sturgess
John and the Missus
as John Munn
Mysteries of the Great Lakes
as Narrator
The Sparky Book
as Goldfish
Still Rowdy After All These Years
as Self
A Vow to Kill
as Frank Waring
Playing the Machines
as Narrator
Drága kisfiam!
Newfoundland Scene
as Himself
Blackwood
as Narrator
A Diary Between Friends
as Narrator
An Unlikely Obsession
as Narrator (voice)
A Passage from Burnt Islands
as Narrator (voice)
The Spine
as Dan Rutherford
The Life and Times of Edwin Alonzo Boyd
as Edwin Boyd