Gordon Pinsent

Gordon Pinsent

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

12/07/1930

Day of Death

25/02/2023
(93) years old

Place of Birth

Grand Falls, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada

Biography

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 ... Read More

Filmography

Cast

2021

Back Home Again

as Jack Rabbit (voice)

2020

Age of Dysphoria

as Fred

2016

Two Lovers and a Bear

as Bear (voice)

2015

Pirate's Passage

as Harry the Barber (voice)

2013

Sex After Kids

as Dr. Keaton

2012

Flight of the Butterflies

as Dr Fred Urquhart

2012

Life Doesn't Frighten Me

as Francis Weary

2012

Sunshine Sketches of a Little Town

as Elder Stephen Leacock / Narrator

2011

An Unlikely Obsession

as Narrator (voice)

2009

At Home by Myself... with You

as Narrator (voice)

2009

The Spine

as Dan Rutherford

2009

Playing the Machines

as Narrator

2007

Away from Her

as Grant

2006

Heyday!

as Monroe Gillette

2006

The Sparky Book

as Goldfish

2005

Ambulance Girl

as Pete

2004

The Good Shepherd

as Cardinal Ledesna

2003

Nothing

as Man In Suit

2003

Hemingway vs. Callaghan

as Morley Callaghan

2003

Fallen Angel

as Warren Wentworth

2001

The Shipping News

as Billy Pretty

2001

Blind Terror

as Martin Howell

1999

The Old Man and the Sea

as Old Man (voice)

1997

Pale Saints

as Gus

1997

Pippi Longstocking

as Capt. Efraim Longstocking (voice)

1996

A Holiday for Love

as Cal Marsdon

1995

A Vow to Kill

as Frank Waring

1994

Due South

as Fraser Sr.

1993

Bonds of Love

as Leon

1992

In the Eyes of a Stranger

as Lt. Ted Burk

1992

A Passage from Burnt Islands

as Narrator (voice)

1990

Blood Clan

as Judge William McKay

1989

Babar: The Movie

as King Babar

1987

John and the Missus

as John Munn

1983

A Case of Libel

as Dennis Corcoran

1981

Silence of the North

as John Frederickson

1981

Escape From Iran: The Canadian Caper

as Ambassador Ken Taylor

1981

The Devil at Your Heels

as Narrator (Voice)

1980

Klondike Fever

as Swiftwater Bill

1979

The Suicide's Wife

as Allan Crane

1977

Who Has Seen the Wind

as Gerald O'Connal

1976

Blackwood

as Narrator

1975

The Heatwave Lasted Four Days

as Cliff Reynolds

1975

Horse Latitudes

as Donald Crowhurst

1974

Only God Knows

as John Hagan

1974

Newman's Law

as Jack Eastman

1973

Incident on a Dark Street

as Joe - Mayor

1972

Blacula

as Lt. John "Jack" Peters

1972

The Rowdyman

as Will Cole

1971

Chandler

as John Melchior

1970

Colossus: The Forbin Project

as The President

1970

Quarantined

as Dr. Bud Bedford

1951

Newfoundland Scene

as Himself

Crew

2006

Heyday!

as Director

2006

Heyday!

as Writer

1987

John and the Missus

as Director

1987

John and the Missus

as Writer

1981

A Far Cry From Home

as Director

1981

Once

as Director

1972

The Rowdyman

as Writer