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.
Movies
Back Home Again
Jack Rabbit (voice)
Age of Dysphoria
Fred
The River of My Dreams
Two Lovers and a Bear
Bear (voice)
Where Once They Mattered
Narrator
Big News From Grand Rock
Pirate's Passage
Harry the Barber (voice)
The Grand Seduction
Simon
Sex After Kids
Dr. Keaton
Flight of the Butterflies
Dr Fred Urquhart
Life Doesn't Frighten Me
Francis Weary
Sunshine Sketches of a Little Town
Elder Stephen Leacock / Narrator
An Unlikely Obsession
Narrator (voice)
At Home by Myself... with You
Narrator (voice)
The Spine
Dan Rutherford
Playing the Machines
Narrator
The Red Green Story: We're All in This Together
Hap Shaughnessy
Mysteries of the Great Lakes
Narrator
Away from Her
Grant
Heyday!
Monroe Gillette
The Sparky Book
Goldfish
Ambulance Girl
Pete
Saint Ralph
The Good Shepherd
Cardinal Ledesna
Nothing
Man In Suit
Hemingway vs. Callaghan
Morley Callaghan
Fallen Angel
Warren Wentworth
A Diary Between Friends
Narrator
The Shipping News
Billy Pretty
Blind Terror
Martin Howell
The Old Man and the Sea
Old Man (voice)
Pale Saints
Gus
Pippi Longstocking
Capt. Efraim Longstocking (voice)
A Holiday for Love
Cal Marsdon
A Vow to Kill
Frank Waring
Due South
Fraser Sr.
Bonds of Love
Leon
In the Eyes of a Stranger
Lt. Ted Burk
A Passage from Burnt Islands
Narrator (voice)
Blood Clan
Judge William McKay
Babar: The Movie
King Babar
John and the Missus
John Munn
A Case of Libel
Dennis Corcoran
The Life and Times of Edwin Alonzo Boyd
Edwin Boyd
Silence of the North
John Frederickson
Escape From Iran: The Canadian Caper
Ambassador Ken Taylor
The Devil at Your Heels
Narrator (Voice)
Klondike Fever
Swiftwater Bill
The Suicide's Wife
Allan Crane
Who Has Seen the Wind
Gerald O'Connal
Blackwood
Narrator
The Time of the Tar Sands
The Heatwave Lasted Four Days
Cliff Reynolds
Horse Latitudes
Donald Crowhurst
Only God Knows
John Hagan
Newman's Law
Jack Eastman
Incident on a Dark Street
Joe - Mayor
Blacula
Lt. John "Jack" Peters
The Rowdyman
Will Cole
Chandler
John Melchior
Colossus: The Forbin Project
The President
Quarantined
Dr. Bud Bedford
The Thomas Crown Affair
Jamie
TV Series
Private Eyes
Nevin Ainslie
1 Episode
The Polar Sea
10 Episodes
Babar and the Adventures of Badou
King Babar (voice)
104 Episodes
The Pillars of the Earth
Archbishop
8 Episodes
Republic of Doyle
Maurice Becker
7 Episodes
The Listener
Accident Victim
1 Episode
Angela's Eyes
1 Episode
H2O
Michael Cameron
2 Episodes
Corner Gas
Corky Dillems
1 Episode
Puppets Who Kill
1 Episode
Blue Murder
1 Episode
Relic Hunter
Jimmy Jonesboro
1 Episode
Power Play
26 Episodes
Pippi Longstocking
Captain Longstocking
13 Episodes
The Outer Limits
Dr. Steven Molstad
1 Episode
Due South
Fraser Sr. (voice)
3 Episodes
Kung Fu: The Legend Continues
Ken Collins
1 Episode
The Red Green Show
Hap Shaughnessy
304 Episodes
Babar
King Babar (voice)
65 Episodes
Friday the 13th: The Series
Desmond Williams
1 Episode
Danger Bay
Pete Bartlett
1 Episode
For The Record
1 Episode
Banacek
John Weymouth
1 Episode
Sarge
Stone
1 Episode
Cannon
1 Episode
Dan August
Frank Fairley
1 Episode
Marcus Welby, M.D.
Dr. Joseph Xavier
1 Episode
It Takes a Thief
Gerald Lockridge
1 Episode
Hogan's Heroes
S.S. Capt. Steiner
1 Episode
Seaway
Coffin
1 Episode
The Forest Rangers
Sgt. Brian Scott
104 Episodes
The Nature of Things
Dr. Fred Urquhart
1 Episode
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Vicomte de Valvert
1 Episode