Acting · Grand Falls, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada · Born July 12, 1930
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.
MovieBack Home Again
2021
as Jack Rabbit (voice)
MovieAge of Dysphoria
2020
as Fred
MovieThe River of My Dreams
2017
MovieTwo Lovers and a Bear
2016
as Bear (voice)
TVPrivate Eyes
2016
as Nevin Ainslie
MovieWhere Once They Mattered
2015
as Narrator
MovieBig News From Grand Rock
2015
MoviePirate's Passage
2015
as Harry the Barber (voice)
TVThe Polar Sea
2014
MovieThe Grand Seduction
2014
as Simon
MovieSex After Kids
2013
as Dr. Keaton
MovieFlight of the Butterflies
2012
as Dr Fred Urquhart
MovieLife Doesn't Frighten Me
2012
as Francis Weary
Sunshine Sketches of a Little Town
2012
as Elder Stephen Leacock / Narrator
MovieStill Rowdy After All These Years
2011
as Self
MovieAn Unlikely Obsession
2011
as Narrator (voice)
TVBabar and the Adventures of Badou
2010
as King Babar (voice)
TVThe Pillars of the Earth
2010
as Archbishop
TVRepublic of Doyle
2010
as Maurice Becker
MovieAt Home by Myself... with You
2009
as Narrator (voice)
MovieThe Spine
2009
as Dan Rutherford
TVThe Listener
2009
as Accident Victim
MoviePlaying the Machines
2009
as Narrator
The Red Green Story: We're All in This Together
2008
as Hap Shaughnessy
MovieMysteries of the Great Lakes
2008
as Narrator
MovieAway from Her
2007
as Grant
TVAngela's Eyes
2006
MovieHeyday!
2006
as Monroe Gillette
MovieThe Sparky Book
2006
as Goldfish
MovieAmbulance Girl
2005
as Pete
MovieSaint Ralph
2005
TVH2O
2004
as Michael Cameron
MovieThe Good Shepherd
2004
as Cardinal Ledesna
TVCorner Gas
2004
as Corky Dillems
MovieNothing
2003
as Man In Suit
Hemingway vs. Callaghan
2003
as Morley Callaghan
MovieFallen Angel
2003
as Warren Wentworth
TVPuppets Who Kill
2002
MovieA Diary Between Friends
2002
as Narrator
MovieThe Shipping News
2001
as Billy Pretty
MovieBlind Terror
2001
as Martin Howell
TVBlue Murder
2001
TVRelic Hunter
1999
as Jimmy Jonesboro
MovieThe Old Man and the Sea
1999
as Old Man (voice)
Win, Again!
1999
as Win Morrissey
Power Play
1998
TVMade in Canada
1998
as Walter Franklin, Sr.
TVPippi Longstocking
1997
as Captain Longstocking
Pale Saints
1997
as Gus
MovieA Holiday for Love
1996
as Cal Marsdon
MovieKids for Character
1996
as King Babar(archive footage) (voice)
TVThe Outer Limits
1995
as Dr. Steven Molstad
MovieA Vow to Kill
1995
as Frank Waring
TVDue South
1994
as Fraser Sr. (voice)
MovieDue South
1994
as Fraser Sr.
TVKung Fu: The Legend Continues
1993
as Ken Collins
MovieBonds of Love
1993
as Leon
MovieIn the Eyes of a Stranger
1992
as Lt. Ted Burk
MovieA Passage from Burnt Islands
1992
as Narrator (voice)
TVThe Red Green Show
1991
as Hap Shaughnessy
TVThe Hidden Room
1991
as Abraham Stone
MovieBlood Clan
1990
as Judge William McKay
MovieBabar: The Movie
1989
as King Babar
TVBabar
1989
as King Babar (voice)
MovieJohn and the Missus
1987
as John Munn
TVFriday the 13th: The Series
1987
as Desmond Williams
TVDanger Bay
1985
as Pete Bartlett
MovieA Case of Libel
1983
as Dennis Corcoran
The Life and Times of Edwin Alonzo Boyd
1982
as Edwin Boyd
TVAmerican Playhouse
1982
as Dennis Corcoran
MovieSilence of the North
1981
as John Frederickson
MovieEscape from Iran: The Canadian Caper
1981
as Ambassador Ken Taylor
MovieThe Devil at Your Heels
1981
as Narrator (Voice)
MovieKlondike Fever
1980
as Swiftwater Bill
MovieThe Suicide's Wife
1979
as Allan Crane
MovieDrága kisfiam!
1978
MovieWho Has Seen the Wind
1977
as Gerald O'Connal
A Gift To Last
1976
as Sgt. Edgar Sturgess
TVFor the Record
1976
MovieBlackwood
1976
as Narrator
The Time of the Tar Sands
1975
MovieThe Heatwave Lasted Four Days
1975
as Cliff Reynolds
MovieHorse Latitudes
1975
as Donald Crowhurst
MovieOnly God Knows
1974
as John Hagan
MovieNewman's Law
1974
as Jack Eastman
Back to Beulah
1974
as Host
MovieIncident on a Dark Street
1973
as Joe - Mayor
TVBanacek
1972
as John Weymouth
MovieBlacula
1972
as Lt. John "Jack" Peters
MovieThe Rowdyman
1972
as Will Cole
MovieChandler
1971
as John Melchior
TVSarge
1971
as Stone
TVCannon
1971
TVDan August
1970
as Frank Fairley
MovieColossus: The Forbin Project
1970
as The President
MovieQuarantined
1970
as Dr. Bud Bedford
TVMarcus Welby, M.D.
1969
as Dr. Joseph Xavier
MovieThe Thomas Crown Affair
1968
as Jamie
TVIt Takes a Thief
1968
as Gerald Lockridge
TVHogan's Heroes
1965
as S.S. Capt. Steiner
TVSeaway
1965
as Coffin
TVThe Forest Rangers
1963
as Sgt. Brian Scott
Cyrano De Bergerac
1962
as Vicomte de Valvert
TVThe Nature of Things
1960
as Dr. Fred Urquhart
TVHallmark Hall of Fame
1951
as Vicomte de Valvert
MovieNewfoundland Scene
1951
as Himself
