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Gordon Pinsent

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'

Born

Jul 12, 1930

Grand Falls, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada

Died

Feb 25, 2023

Known For

Acting

Movies

72 acting

9 crew

Popularity

0.9

Known For

The Thomas Crown Affair
The Thomas Crown Affair
1968 • as Jamie
★ 6.8
Colossus: The Forbin Project
Colossus: The Forbin Project
1970 • as The President
★ 6.9
The Shipping News
The Shipping News
2001 • as Billy Pretty
★ 6.4
Away from Her
Away from Her
2007 • as Grant
★ 7.1
Blacula
Blacula
1972 • as Lt. John "Jack" Peters
★ 5.5
The Grand Seduction
The Grand Seduction
2014 • as Simon
★ 6.7
Pippi Longstocking
Pippi Longstocking
1997 • as Captain Longstocking (voice)
★ 5.8
Chandler
Chandler
1971 • as John Melchior
★ 4.6
The Old Man and the Sea
The Old Man and the Sea
1999 • as Old Man (voice)
★ 7.6
Flight of the Butterflies
Flight of the Butterflies
2012 • as Dr Fred Urquhart
★ 6.2
Sex After Kids
Sex After Kids
2013 • as Dr. Keaton
★ 5.5
Saint Ralph
★ 7.1
Two Lovers and a Bear
Two Lovers and a Bear
2016 • as Bear (voice)
★ 6.5
Nothing
Nothing
2003 • as Man In Suit
★ 5.9
The Good Shepherd
The Good Shepherd
2004 • as Cardinal Ledesna
★ 5.3
Babar: The Movie
Babar: The Movie
1989 • as King Babar
★ 5.8
Fallen Angel
Fallen Angel
2003 • as Warren Wentworth
★ 6.3
The Devil at Your Heels
The Devil at Your Heels
1981 • as Narrator (Voice)
★ 5.9
John and the Missus
John and the Missus
1987 • as John Munn
★ 8.0
movie
Hemingway vs. Callaghan
2003 • as Morley Callaghan
★ 8.0
Escape from Iran: The Canadian Caper
Escape from Iran: The Canadian Caper
1981 • as Ambassador Ken Taylor
★ 8.0
The Heatwave Lasted Four Days
The Heatwave Lasted Four Days
1975 • as Cliff Reynolds
★ 8.0
Where Once They Mattered
Where Once They Mattered
2015 • as Narrator
Pirate's Passage
Pirate's Passage
2015 • as Harry the Barber (voice)
★ 5.5
Incident on a Dark Street
Incident on a Dark Street
1973 • as Joe - Mayor
★ 5.3
Bonds of Love
Bonds of Love
1993 • as Leon
★ 5.8
A Holiday for Love
A Holiday for Love
1996 • as Cal Marsdon
★ 5.8
Klondike Fever
Klondike Fever
1980 • as Swiftwater Bill
★ 5.8
Blood Clan
Blood Clan
1990 • as Judge William McKay
★ 4.2
Ambulance Girl
Ambulance Girl
2005 • as Pete
★ 5.6
Heyday!
Heyday!
2006 • as Monroe Gillette
★ 7.5
Newman's Law
Newman's Law
1974 • as Jack Eastman
★ 6.6
Who Has Seen the Wind
Who Has Seen the Wind
1977 • as Gerald O'Connal
★ 7.0
Mysteries of the Great Lakes
Mysteries of the Great Lakes
2008 • as Narrator
★ 6.0
Silence of the North
Silence of the North
1981 • as John Frederickson
★ 7.0
Kids for Character
Kids for Character
1996 • as King Babar(archive footage) (voice)
Horse Latitudes
Horse Latitudes
1975 • as Donald Crowhurst
★ 7.0
Back Home Again
Back Home Again
2021 • as Jack Rabbit (voice)
★ 7.0
movie
Sunshine Sketches of a Little Town
2012 • as Elder Stephen Leacock / Narrator
★ 5.2
movie
Win, Again!
1999 • as Win Morrissey
Newfoundland Scene
Newfoundland Scene
1951 • as Himself
★ 5.0
Only God Knows
Only God Knows
1974 • as John Hagan
★ 5.7
In the Eyes of a Stranger
In the Eyes of a Stranger
1992 • as Lt. Ted Burk
★ 4.8
Due South
Due South
1994 • as Fraser Sr.
★ 8.7
A Case of Libel
A Case of Libel
1983 • as Dennis Corcoran
★ 4.5
Life Doesn't Frighten Me
Life Doesn't Frighten Me
2012 • as Francis Weary
★ 5.6
movie
A Gift To Last
1976 • as Sgt. Edgar Sturgess
The Suicide's Wife
The Suicide's Wife
1979 • as Allan Crane
★ 7.0
Blind Terror
Blind Terror
2001 • as Martin Howell
★ 4.7
A Passage from Burnt Islands
A Passage from Burnt Islands
1992 • as Narrator (voice)
★ 9.0
At Home by Myself... with You
At Home by Myself... with You
2009 • as Narrator (voice)
★ 3.0
Quarantined
Quarantined
1970 • as Dr. Bud Bedford
★ 6.0
A Vow to Kill
A Vow to Kill
1995 • as Frank Waring
★ 5.7
The Rowdyman
The Rowdyman
1972 • as Will Cole
★ 4.0
movie
Cyrano De Bergerac
1962 • as Vicomte de Valvert
★ 9.0
The Spine
The Spine
2009 • as Dan Rutherford
★ 6.0
Blackwood
Blackwood
1976 • as Narrator
★ 6.0
movie
Pale Saints
1997 • as Gus
★ 4.5
The Sparky Book
The Sparky Book
2006 • as Goldfish
Nuts Nothing and Nobody
Nuts Nothing and Nobody
2013 • as English narrator
Playing the Machines
Playing the Machines
2009 • as Narrator
Stranded Yanks: A Diary Between Friends
★ 9.0
movie
★ 5.1
movie
★ 10.0
Drága kisfiam!
★ 9.0
movie
Back to Beulah
1974 • as Host
Age of Dysphoria
Age of Dysphoria
2020 • as Fred
★ 2.0
An Unlikely Obsession
An Unlikely Obsession
2011 • as Narrator (voice)