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.
103 acting credits · 5 directing credits
Acting · 103
Hogan's Heroes
1965
Due South
1994
The Outer Limits
1995
Cannon
1971
Relic Hunter
1999
Private Eyes
2016
The Listener
2009
Marcus Welby, M.D.
1969
Republic of Doyle
2010
Kung Fu: The Legend Continues
1993
Friday the 13th: The Series
1987
The Red Green Show
1991
Corner Gas
2004
It Takes a Thief
1968
Banacek
1972
Danger Bay
1985
The Nature of Things
1960
The Pillars of the Earth
2010
The Hidden Room
1991
Babar and the Adventures of Badou
2010
Blue Murder
2001
Dan August
1970
Puppets Who Kill
2002
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
Pippi Longstocking
1997
For the Record
1976
Babar
1989
Angela's Eyes
2006
Sarge
1971
Seaway
1965
Power Play
1998
The Shipping News
2001
Made in Canada
1998
H2O
2004
The Thomas Crown Affair
1968
Colossus: The Forbin Project
1970
The Old Man and the Sea
1999
The Forest Rangers
1963
Away from Her
2007
The Grand Seduction
2014
Blacula
1972
Pale Saints
1997
Nothing
2003
Fallen Angel
2003
Babar: The Movie
1989
Chandler
1971
Incident on a Dark Street
1973
The Good Shepherd
2004
Back Home Again
2021
Saint Ralph
2005
Sex After Kids
2013
Klondike Fever
1980
Two Lovers and a Bear
2016
Who Has Seen the Wind
1977
The Heatwave Lasted Four Days
1975
Ambulance Girl
2005
Sunshine Sketches of a Little Town
2012
Bonds of Love
1993
Newman's Law
1974
Silence of the North
1981
A Holiday for Love
1996
The Red Green Story: We're All in This Together
2008
Heyday!
2006
Flight of the Butterflies
2012
Pirate's Passage
2015
Quarantined
1970
Escape from Iran: The Canadian Caper
1981
In the Eyes of a Stranger
1992
The Suicide's Wife
1979
Still Rowdy After All These Years
2011
The River of My Dreams
2017
A Vow to Kill
1995
Where Once They Mattered
2015
Only God Knows
1974
The Spine
2009
Cyrano De Bergerac
1962
At Home by Myself... with You
2009
Due South
1994
Blind Terror
2001
The Rowdyman
1972
Horse Latitudes
1975
Big News From Grand Rock
2015
The Polar Sea
2014
A Case of Libel
1983
John and the Missus
1987
Hemingway vs. Callaghan
2003
Kids for Character
1996
Blackwood
1976
Age of Dysphoria
2020
Mysteries of the Great Lakes
2008
The Devil at Your Heels
1981
The Time of the Tar Sands
1975
Drága kisfiam!
1978
The Sparky Book
2006
Blood Clan
1990
Newfoundland Scene
1951
A Passage from Burnt Islands
1992
A Diary Between Friends
2002
The Life and Times of Edwin Alonzo Boyd
1982
A Gift To Last
1976
An Unlikely Obsession
2011
Life Doesn't Frighten Me
2012
Playing the Machines
2009