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.
★4.6
MOVIE1971
Chandler
as John Melchior
MOVIE2015
Where Once They Mattered
as Narrator
★9.0
MOVIE1978
Drága kisfiam!
★6.8
MOVIE1968
The Thomas Crown Affair
as Jamie
★7.0
MOVIE2007
Away from Her
as Grant
★7.0
MOVIE1970
Colossus: The Forbin Project
as The President
MOVIE2017
The River of My Dreams
★8.7
MOVIE1994
Due South
as Fraser Sr.
★7.0
MOVIE1975
Horse Latitudes
as Donald Crowhurst
★5.7
MOVIE1974
Only God Knows
as John Hagan
★5.5
MOVIE1972
Blacula
as Lt. John "Jack" Peters
★5.3
MOVIE2004
The Good Shepherd
as Cardinal Ledesna
★5.5
MOVIE2013
Sex After Kids
as Dr. Keaton
★6.4
MOVIE2001
The Shipping News
as Billy Pretty
★6.7
MOVIE2014
The Grand Seduction
as Simon
MOVIE1999
Win, Again!
as Win Morrissey
MOVIE1996
Kids for Character
as King Babar(archive footage) (voice)
★8.0
MOVIE2003
Hemingway vs. Callaghan
as Morley Callaghan
★7.6
MOVIE1999
The Old Man and the Sea
as Old Man (voice)
★5.9
MOVIE2003
Nothing
as Man In Suit
★6.5
MOVIE2016
Two Lovers and a Bear
as Bear (voice)
★5.8
MOVIE1996
A Holiday for Love
as Cal Marsdon
★5.5
MOVIE2015
Pirate's Passage
as Harry the Barber (voice)
★4.5
MOVIE1983
A Case of Libel
as Dennis Corcoran
★7.0
MOVIE2005
Saint Ralph
★7.0
MOVIE2021
Back Home Again
as Jack Rabbit (voice)
★5.3
MOVIE1973
Incident on a Dark Street
as Joe - Mayor
★9.0
MOVIE1962
Cyrano De Bergerac
as Vicomte de Valvert
★5.0
MOVIE1951
Newfoundland Scene
as Himself
★5.8
MOVIE1993
Bonds of Love
as Leon
★7.0
MOVIE1981
Silence of the North
as John Frederickson
★4.7
MOVIE2001
Blind Terror
as Martin Howell
MOVIE1975
The Time of the Tar Sands
★5.6
MOVIE2005
Ambulance Girl
as Pete
★5.8
MOVIE1989
Babar: The Movie
as King Babar
★6.6
MOVIE1974
Newman's Law
as Jack Eastman
★7.0
MOVIE1977
Who Has Seen the Wind
as Gerald O'Connal
★6.0
MOVIE2008
Mysteries of the Great Lakes
as Narrator
★8.0
MOVIE1987
John and the Missus
as John Munn
★4.0
MOVIE1972
The Rowdyman
as Will Cole
★5.8
MOVIE1980
Klondike Fever
as Swiftwater Bill
★6.3
MOVIE2003
Fallen Angel
as Warren Wentworth
★5.6
MOVIE2012
Life Doesn't Frighten Me
as Francis Weary
★6.2
MOVIE2012
Flight of the Butterflies
as Dr Fred Urquhart
★9.0
MOVIE2002
A Diary Between Friends
as Narrator
★4.8
MOVIE1992
In the Eyes of a Stranger
as Lt. Ted Burk
★7.5
MOVIE2006
Heyday!
as Monroe Gillette
★7.0
MOVIE1979
The Suicide's Wife
as Allan Crane
MOVIE1974
Back to Beulah
as Host
★8.0
MOVIE1975
The Heatwave Lasted Four Days
as Cliff Reynolds
MOVIE2009
Playing the Machines
as Narrator
★4.5
MOVIE1997
Pale Saints
as Gus
★3.0
MOVIE2009
At Home by Myself... with You
as Narrator (voice)
★5.9
MOVIE1981
The Devil at Your Heels
as Narrator (Voice)
MOVIE2006
The Sparky Book
as Goldfish
★6.0
MOVIE2009
The Spine
as Dan Rutherford
★5.7
MOVIE1995
A Vow to Kill
as Frank Waring
MOVIE2015
Big News From Grand Rock
★6.0
MOVIE1970
Quarantined
as Dr. Bud Bedford
★4.3
MOVIE1990
Blood Clan
as Judge William McKay
★8.0
MOVIE1981
Escape from Iran: The Canadian Caper
as Ambassador Ken Taylor
MOVIE2011
An Unlikely Obsession
as Narrator (voice)
★2.0
MOVIE2020
Age of Dysphoria
as Fred
★5.2
MOVIE2012
Sunshine Sketches of a Little Town
as Elder Stephen Leacock / Narrator
MOVIE2011
Still Rowdy After All These Years
as Self
★10.0
MOVIE1982
The Life and Times of Edwin Alonzo Boyd
as Edwin Boyd
MOVIE1976
A Gift To Last
as Sgt. Edgar Sturgess
★5.1
MOVIE2008
The Red Green Story: We're All in This Together
as Hap Shaughnessy
★6.0
MOVIE1976
Blackwood
as Narrator
★9.0
MOVIE1992
A Passage from Burnt Islands
as Narrator (voice)