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Gordon Pinsent
Actor, Writer, Director
Born July 12, 1930Died February 25, 2023 (92 years)
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.
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Filmography
| 2016 | Two Lovers and a Bear · as Bear (voice) |
| 2016 | |
| 2016 | Private Eyes (TV Series) · as Nevin Ainslie |
| 2016 | Call of the Forest: The Forgotten Wisdom of Trees · as Narrator |
| 2016 | The Detour (TV Series) · as Sleepy |
| 2015 | Pirate's Passage · as Harry The Barber (voice) |
| 2014 | The Polar Sea (TV Series) |
| 2014 | |
| 2013 | Sex After Kids · as Dr. Keaton |
| 2013 | The Grand Seduction · as Simon |
| 2013 | Satisfaction (2013) (TV Series) · as Dr. Faskin |
| 2012 | Flight of the Butterflies · as Dr Fred Urquhart |
| 2012 | Sunshine Sketches of a Little Town · as Elder Stephen Leacock / Narrator |
| 2011 | An Unlikely Obsession · as Narrator (voice) |
| 2010 | Babar and the Adventures of Badou (TV Series) · as King Babar (voice) |
| 2010 | The Pillars of the Earth (TV Series) · as Archbishop |
| 2010 | Republic of Doyle (TV Series) · as Maurice Becker |
| 2009 | At Home by Myself... with You · as Narrator (voice) |
| 2009 | The Ron James Show (TV Series) · as Dad |
| 2009 | The Spine · as Dan Rutherford |
| 2009 | The Listener (TV Series) · as Accident Victim / Frank Cardea |
| 2008 | The Red Green Story: We're All in This Together · as Hap Shaughnessy |
| 2008 | Mysteries of the Great Lakes · as Narrator |
| 2008 | Eating Buccaneers · as Hermit Trapper |
| 2006 | Away from Her · as Grant |
| 2006 | Angela's Eyes (TV Series) |
| 2006 | |
| 2006 | The Sparky Book · as Goldfish |
| 2005 | Ambulance Girl · as Pete |
| 2004 | H2O: The Last Prime Minister (TV Series) · as Michael Cameron |
| 2004 | |
| 2004 | The Confessor · as Cardinal Ledesna |
| 2004 | Corner Gas (TV Series) · as Corky Dillems |
| 2003 | Fallen Angel · as Warren Wentworth |
| 2003 | Shattered City: The Halifax Explosion (TV Series) · as Host |
| 2003 | Nothing · as Man In Suit |
| 2003 | Hemingway: That Summer in Paris · as Morley Callaghan |
| 2002 | The Eleventh Hour (2002) (TV Series) · as Mr. Walker |
| 2002 | The New Beachcombers · as Host |
| 2002 | Puppets Who Kill (TV Series) |
| 2002 | Stranded Yanks: A Diary Between Friends · as Narrator |
| 2001 | The Shipping News · as Billy Pretty |
| 2001 | Just Cause (TV Series) · as Stanton Milbury |
| 2001 | Blind Terror · as Martin Howell |
| 2001 | Blue Murder (TV Series) |
| 1999 | Relic Hunter (TV Series) · as Jimmy Jonesboro |
| 1999 | The Old Man and the Sea · as Old Man (voice) |
| 1999 | Win, Again! · as Win Morrissey |
| 1998 | Power Play (TV Series) |
| 1998 | Made in Canada (TV Series) · as Myron Kingswell |
| 1998 | Mentors (TV Series) · as Old Oliver Cates |
| 1997 | Pippi Longstocking (1998) (TV Series) · as Captain Longstocking |
| 1997 | Pippi Longstocking · as Capt. Efraim Longstocking (voice) |
| 1997 | Pale Saints · as Gus |
| 1996 | A Holiday for Love · as Cal Marsdon |
| 1996 | Wind at My Back (TV Series) · as Leo Mcginty |
| 1996 | Kids for Character · as King Babar |
| 1995 | The Outer Limits (1995) (TV Series) · as Dr. Steven Molstad |
| 1995 | A Vow to Kill · as Frank Waring |
| 1994 | Lonesome Dove: The Series (TV Series) · as Randall Shaw |
| 1994 | Due South · as Fraser Sr. |
| 1994 | Due South (TV Series) · as Fraser Sr. |
| 1993 | Kung Fu: The Legend Continues (TV Series) · as Ken Collins |
| 1993 | Bonds of Love · as Leon |
| 1992 | Secret Service (TV Series) · as Jerry Parr |
| 1992 | In the Eyes of a Stranger · as Lt. Ted Burk |
| 1991 | Beyond Reality (TV Series) · as James Williamson |
| 1991 | The Hidden Room (TV Series) · as Abraham Stone |
| 1991 | The Red Green Show (TV Series) · as Hap Shaughnessy |
| 1990 | Blood Clan · as Judge William Mckay |
| 1990 | Counterstrike (TV Series) · as Jack Devon |
| 1990 | Road to Avonlea (TV Series) · as John Hodgson |
| 1989 | E.N.G. (TV Series) · as Jim Kanby |
| 1989 | Babar: The Movie · as King Babar |
| 1989 | |
| 1987 | John and the Missus · as John Munn |
| 1987 | Friday the 13th: The Series (TV Series) · as Desmond Williams |
| 1987 | Street Legal (TV Series) · as Harold Vickers |
| 1985 | The Ray Bradbury Theater (TV Series) · as Mr. X |
| 1983 | A Case of Libel · as Dennis Corcoran |
| 1983 | Danger Bay (TV Series) · as Pete Bartlett |
| 1981 | Silence of the North · as John Frederickson |
| 1981 | Seeing Things (TV Series) · as Englander |
| 1981 | Escape from Iran: The Canadian Caper · as Ambassador Ken Taylor |
| 1981 | The Devil at Your Heels · as Narrator (voice) |
| 1980 | American Playhouse (TV Series) · as Dennis Corcoran |
| 1979 | Klondike Fever · as Swiftwater Bill |
| 1979 | The Suicide's Wife · as Allan Crane |
| 1977 | Who Has Seen the Wind · as Gerald O'connal |
| 1976 | Blackwood · as Narrator |
| 1974 | Only God Knows · as John Hagan |
| 1974 | Newman's Law · as Jack Eastman |
| 1973 | Incident on a Dark Street · as Joe - Mayor |
| 1972 | The Beachcombers (TV Series) · as John Vincent |
| 1972 | Blacula · as Lt. John "jack" Peters |
| 1972 | The Rowdyman · as Will Cole |
| 1972 | Banacek (TV Series) · as John Weymouth |
| 1971 | Chandler · as John Melchior |
| 1971 | Cannon (TV Series) |
| 1971 | Sarge (TV Series) · as Stone |
| 1970 | Dan August (TV Series) · as Frank Fairley |
| 1970 | Colossus: The Forbin Project · as The President |
| 1970 | Quarantined · as Dr. Bud Bedford |
| 1969 | Adventures in Rainbow Country (TV Series) · as Father Bob Coburn |
| 1969 | The Young Lawyers (TV Series) · as Henry Norman |
| 1969 | Marcus Welby, M.D. (TV Series) · as Dr. Joseph Xavier |
| 1968 | The Thomas Crown Affair · as Jamie |
| 1968 | It Takes a Thief (TV Series) · as Gerald Lockridge |
| 1965 | Hogan's Heroes (TV Series) · as S.s. Capt. Steiner |
| 1965 | Seaway (TV Series) · as Grainger |
| 1963 | The Forest Rangers (TV Series) · as Sgt. Brian Scott |
| 1960 | The Nature of Things (TV Series) · as Dr. Fred Urquhart |
| 1951 | Hallmark Hall Of Fame (TV Series) · as Vicomte De Valvert |