Gordon Pinsent
Known for: Acting
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.
Filmography
Series
Hogan's Heroes
S.S. Capt. Steiner
1965
Series
Private Eyes
Nevin Ainslie
2016
Series
The Red Green Show
Hap Shaughnessy
1991
Series
Relic Hunter
Jimmy Jonesboro
1999
Series
Due South
Fraser Sr. (voice)
1994
Series
Due South
Fraser Sr.
1994
Series
Cannon
1971
Series
The Nature of Things
Dr. Fred Urquhart
1960
Series
The Outer Limits
Dr. Steven Molstad
1995
Series
Marcus Welby, M.D.
Dr. Joseph Xavier
1969
Series
American Playhouse
Dennis Corcoran
1982
Series
Kung Fu: The Legend Continues
Ken Collins
1993
Series
The Listener
Accident Victim
2009
Series
The Listener
Accident Victim / Frank Cardea
2009
Series
Corner Gas
Corky Dillems
2004
Series
Republic of Doyle
Maurice Becker
2010
Series
Babar and the Adventures of Badou
King Babar (voice)
2010
Series
It Takes a Thief
Gerald Lockridge
1968
Series
Friday the 13th: The Series
Desmond Williams
1987
Series
The Pillars of the Earth
Archbishop
2010
Series
Banacek
John Weymouth
1972
Series
Danger Bay
Pete Bartlett
1985
Series
Pippi Longstocking
Captain Longstocking
1997
Series
Blue Murder
2001
Series
Babar
King Babar (voice)
1989
Series
The Hidden Room
Abraham Stone
1991
Series
Dan August
Frank Fairley
1970
Series
Made in Canada
Walter Franklin, Sr.
1998
Series
Puppets Who Kill
2002
Film
The Thomas Crown Affair
Jamie
1968
Series
For the Record
1976
Film
The Shipping News
Billy Pretty
2001
Series
Angela's Eyes
2006
Film
Colossus: The Forbin Project
The President
1970
Series
Seaway
Coffin
1965
Series
Seaway
Grainger
1965
Series
Sarge
Stone
1971
Power Play
1998
Series
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Vicomte de Valvert
1951
Film
Blacula
Lt. John "Jack" Peters
1972
Film
Away from Her
Grant
2007
Series
H2O
Michael Cameron
2004
Film
Drága kisfiam!
1978
Series
The Forest Rangers
Sgt. Brian Scott
1963
Film
Saint Ralph
2005
Film
The Grand Seduction
Simon
2014
Film
The Old Man and the Sea
Old Man (voice)
1999
Film
The Good Shepherd
Cardinal Ledesna
2004
Film
Horse Latitudes
Donald Crowhurst
1975
Film
Chandler
John Melchior
1971
Film
Two Lovers and a Bear
Bear (voice)
2016
Film
Babar: The Movie
King Babar
1989
Film
Due South
Fraser Sr.
1994
Film
Newman's Law
Jack Eastman
1974
Film
Klondike Fever
Swiftwater Bill
1980
Film
Bonds of Love
Leon
1993
Film
Sex After Kids
Dr. Keaton
2013
Film
Flight of the Butterflies
Dr Fred Urquhart
2012
Film
Back Home Again
Jack Rabbit (voice)
2021
Film
A Holiday for Love
Cal Marsdon
1996
Film
Pirate's Passage
Harry the Barber (voice)
2015
Film
Fallen Angel
Warren Wentworth
2003
Film
Kids for Character
King Babar(archive footage) (voice)
1996
Series
The Polar Sea
2014
Film
Escape from Iran: The Canadian Caper
Ambassador Ken Taylor
1981
Film
Incident on a Dark Street
Joe - Mayor
1973
Film
Nothing
Man In Suit
2003
Film
Blind Terror
Martin Howell
2001
Film
Newfoundland Scene
Himself
1951
Cyrano De Bergerac
Vicomte de Valvert
1962
Film
Where Once They Mattered
Narrator
2015
Film
Who Has Seen the Wind
Gerald O'Connal
1977
Film
A Vow to Kill
Frank Waring
1995
Sunshine Sketches of a Little Town
Elder Stephen Leacock / Narrator
2012
Film
Only God Knows
John Hagan
1974
Film
The River of My Dreams
2017
Film
The Rowdyman
Will Cole
1972
Film
Silence of the North
John Frederickson
1981
Film
A Case of Libel
Dennis Corcoran
1983
Film
Ambulance Girl
Pete
2005
Win, Again!
Win Morrissey
1999
Film
The Suicide's Wife
Allan Crane
1979
Film
A Diary Between Friends
Narrator
2002
Film
The Heatwave Lasted Four Days
Cliff Reynolds
1975
Film
Quarantined
Dr. Bud Bedford
1970
The Red Green Story: We're All in This Together
Hap Shaughnessy
2008
Film
Heyday!
Monroe Gillette
2006
Film
John and the Missus
John Munn
1987
Film
At Home by Myself... with You
Narrator (voice)
2009
Film
Age of Dysphoria
Fred
2020
Film
Blood Clan
Judge William McKay
1990
Film
Life Doesn't Frighten Me
Francis Weary
2012
A Gift To Last
Sgt. Edgar Sturgess
1976
Film
A Passage from Burnt Islands
Narrator (voice)
1992
Hemingway vs. Callaghan
Morley Callaghan
2003
Film
In the Eyes of a Stranger
Lt. Ted Burk
1992
Film
The Sparky Book
Goldfish
2006
Back to Beulah
Host
1974
Film
Big News From Grand Rock
2015
Film
Mysteries of the Great Lakes
Narrator
2008
Pale Saints
Gus
1997
Film
The Spine
Dan Rutherford
2009
Film
An Unlikely Obsession
Narrator (voice)
2011
Film
Blackwood
Narrator
1976
Film
Playing the Machines
Narrator
2009
The Time of the Tar Sands
1975
The Life and Times of Edwin Alonzo Boyd
Edwin Boyd
1982
Film
The Devil at Your Heels
Narrator (Voice)
1981
Film
Still Rowdy After All These Years
Self
2011