Gordon Pinsent
Acting
1930-07-12 · Grand Falls, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada
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
Back Home Again
2021 · Movie
Age of Dysphoria
2020 · Movie
The River of My Dreams
2017 · Movie
Two Lovers and a Bear
2016 · Movie
Private Eyes
2016 · Series
Where Once They Mattered
2015 · Movie
Big News From Grand Rock
2015 · Movie
Pirate's Passage
2015 · Movie
The Polar Sea
2014 · Series
The Grand Seduction
2014 · Movie
Sex After Kids
2013 · Movie
Flight of the Butterflies
2012 · Movie
Life Doesn't Frighten Me
2012 · Movie
Sunshine Sketches of a Little Town
2012 · Movie
Still Rowdy After All These Years
2011 · Movie
An Unlikely Obsession
2011 · Movie
Babar and the Adventures of Badou
2010 · Series
The Pillars of the Earth
2010 · Series
Republic of Doyle
2010 · Series
At Home by Myself... with You
2009 · Movie
The Spine
2009 · Movie
The Listener
2009 · Series
Playing the Machines
2009 · Movie
The Red Green Story: We're All in This Together
2008 · Movie
Mysteries of the Great Lakes
2008 · Movie
Away from Her
2007 · Movie
Angela's Eyes
2006 · Series
Heyday!
2006 · Movie
The Sparky Book
2006 · Movie
Ambulance Girl
2005 · Movie
Saint Ralph
2005 · Movie
H2O
2004 · Series
The Good Shepherd
2004 · Movie
Corner Gas
2004 · Series
Nothing
2003 · Movie
Hemingway vs. Callaghan
2003 · Movie
Fallen Angel
2003 · Movie
Puppets Who Kill
2002 · Series
A Diary Between Friends
2002 · Movie
The Shipping News
2001 · Movie
Blind Terror
2001 · Movie
Blue Murder
2001 · Series
Relic Hunter
1999 · Series
The Old Man and the Sea
1999 · Movie
Win, Again!
1999 · Movie
Power Play
1998 · Series
Made in Canada
1998 · Series
Pippi Longstocking
1997 · Series
Pale Saints
1997 · Movie
Pippi Longstocking
1997 · Movie
A Holiday for Love
1996 · Movie
Kids for Character
1996 · Movie
The Outer Limits
1995 · Series
A Vow to Kill
1995 · Movie
Due South
1994 · Series
Due South
1994 · Movie
Kung Fu: The Legend Continues
1993 · Series
Bonds of Love
1993 · Movie
In the Eyes of a Stranger
1992 · Movie
A Passage from Burnt Islands
1992 · Movie
The Red Green Show
1991 · Series
The Hidden Room
1991 · Series
Blood Clan
1990 · Movie
Babar: The Movie
1989 · Movie
Babar
1989 · Series
Two Men
1988 · Movie
John and the Missus
1987 · Movie
Friday the 13th: The Series
1987 · Series
Danger Bay
1985 · Series
A Case of Libel
1983 · Movie
The Life and Times of Edwin Alonzo Boyd
1982 · Movie
American Playhouse
1982 · Series
A Far Cry From Home
1981 · Movie
Silence of the North
1981 · Movie
Once
1981 · Movie
Escape from Iran: The Canadian Caper
1981 · Movie
The Devil at Your Heels
1981 · Movie
Klondike Fever
1980 · Movie
The Suicide's Wife
1979 · Movie
Drága kisfiam!
1978 · Movie
Who Has Seen the Wind
1977 · Movie
A Gift To Last
1976 · Movie
For the Record
1976 · Series
Blackwood
1976 · Movie
The Time of the Tar Sands
1975 · Movie
The Heatwave Lasted Four Days
1975 · Movie
Horse Latitudes
1975 · Movie
Only God Knows
1974 · Movie
Newman's Law
1974 · Movie
Back to Beulah
1974 · Movie
Incident on a Dark Street
1973 · Movie
Banacek
1972 · Series
Blacula
1972 · Movie
The Rowdyman
1972 · Movie
Chandler
1971 · Movie
Cannon
1971 · Series
Sarge
1971 · Series
Dan August
1970 · Series
Colossus: The Forbin Project
1970 · Movie
Quarantined
1970 · Movie
Marcus Welby, M.D.
1969 · Series
The Thomas Crown Affair
1968 · Movie
It Takes a Thief
1968 · Series
Hogan's Heroes
1965 · Series
Seaway
1965 · Series
The Forest Rangers
1963 · Series
Cyrano De Bergerac
1962 · Movie
The Nature of Things
1960 · Series
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951 · Series
Newfoundland Scene
1951 · Movie
Up at Ours
Series