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

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

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)

The Life and Times of Edwin Alonzo Boyd

(Edwin Boyd)

Who Has Seen the Wind

(Gerald O'Connal)

Bonds of Love

(Leon)

Blood Clan

(Judge William McKay)

Heyday!

(Monroe Gillette)

Big News From Grand Rock

Two Lovers and a Bear

(Bear (voice))

The Rowdyman

(Will Cole)

The River of My Dreams

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 Heat Wave Lasted Four Days

(Cliff Reynolds)

Angela's Eyes

Kung Fu: The Legend Continues

(Ken Collins)

Corner Gas

(Corky Dillems)

Babar

(King Babar (voice))

Due South

(Fraser Sr. (voice))

Friday the 13th: The Series

(Desmond Williams)

Blue Murder

Puppets Who Kill

Hogan's Heroes

(S.S. Capt. Steiner)

The Polar Sea

Cannon

Hallmark Hall of Fame

(Vicomte de Valvert)

The Forest Rangers

(Sgt. Brian Scott)

Power Play

The Listener

(Accident Victim)

The Outer Limits

(Dr. Steven Molstad)

The Pillars of the Earth

(Archbishop)

Babar and the Adventures of Badou

(King Babar (voice))

Pippi Longstocking

(Captain Longstocking)

Relic Hunter

(Jimmy Jonesboro)

It Takes a Thief

(Gerald Lockridge)

Danger Bay

(Pete Bartlett)

H2O

(Michael Cameron)

The Red Green Show

(Hap Shaughnessy)

Republic of Doyle

(Maurice Becker)

The Listener

(Accident Victim / Frank Cardea)

Sarge

(Stone)

Dan August

(Frank Fairley)

Marcus Welby, M.D.

(Dr. Joseph Xavier)

Seaway

(Coffin)

The Nature of Things

(Dr. Fred Urquhart)

Seaway

(Grainger)

For The Record

Due South

(Fraser Sr.)

Private Eyes

(Nevin Ainslie)

Banacek

(John Weymouth)