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Birthday: Jul 12, 1930
Place of Birth: Grand Falls, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada

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.

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