Gordon Pinsent

ActorDirectorWriter Jul 12 (died age 92) Grand Falls, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada 1951–2021 (70 year career)

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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 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 …

Known For

Film

The Pillars of the Earth

Archbishop

Film

The Thomas Crown Affair

Jamie

Film

The Grand Seduction

Simon

Film

The Old Man and the Sea

Old Man (voice)

Film

Colossus: The Forbin Project

The President

Film

The Shipping News

Billy Pretty

Film

Away from Her

Grant

Film

Due South

Fraser Sr.

Filmography

Acting (101)

Movies (66)

Back Home Again

2021

as Jack Rabbit (voice)

7.0

Age of Dysphoria

2020

as Fred

2.0

The River of My Dreams

2017

Two Lovers and a Bear

2016

as Bear (voice)

6.5

Where Once They Mattered

2015

as Narrator

Pirate's Passage

2015

as Harry the Barber (voice)

5.6

Big News From Grand Rock

The Grand Seduction

as Simon

Sex After Kids

as Dr. Keaton

Life Doesn't Frighten Me

2012

as Francis Weary

5.6

Sunshine Sketches of a Little Town

2012

as Elder Stephen Leacock / Narrator

5.2

Flight of the Butterflies

2012

as Dr Fred Urquhart

6.2

Still Rowdy After All These Years

2011

as Self

An Unlikely Obsession

2011

as Narrator (voice)

Playing the Machines

2009

as Narrator

The Spine

2009

as Dan Rutherford

6.0

At Home by Myself... with You

2009

as Narrator (voice)

3.0

Mysteries of the Great Lakes

2008

as Narrator

6.0

The Red Green Story: We're All in This Together

as Hap Shaughnessy

Away from Her

as Grant

The Sparky Book

as Goldfish

Heyday!

as Monroe Gillette

Saint Ralph

Ambulance Girl

as Pete

The Good Shepherd

as Cardinal Ledesna

Fallen Angel

as Warren Wentworth

Nothing

as Man In Suit

Hemingway vs. Callaghan

2003

as Morley Callaghan

A Diary Between Friends

2002

as Narrator

The Shipping News

as Billy Pretty

Blind Terror

as Martin Howell

The Old Man and the Sea

as Old Man (voice)

Pale Saints

as Gus

A Holiday for Love

as Cal Marsdon

A Vow to Kill

as Frank Waring

Due South

as Fraser Sr.

Bonds of Love

as Leon

In the Eyes of a Stranger

1992

as Lt. Ted Burk

4.0

A Passage from Burnt Islands

1992

as Narrator (voice)

Blood Clan

1990

as Judge William McKay

Babar: The Movie

as King Babar

John and the Missus

as John Munn

A Case of Libel

as Dennis Corcoran

The Life and Times of Edwin Alonzo Boyd

1982

as Edwin Boyd

Silence of the North

1981

as John Frederickson

4.0

The Devil at Your Heels

1981

as Narrator (Voice)

5.8

Escape from Iran: The Canadian Caper

1981

as Ambassador Ken Taylor

Klondike Fever

as Swiftwater Bill

The Suicide's Wife

as Allan Crane

Who Has Seen the Wind

as Gerald O'Connal

Blackwood

as Narrator

A Gift To Last

as Sgt. Edgar Sturgess

The Time of the Tar Sands

1975

Horse Latitudes

1975

as Donald Crowhurst

The Heatwave Lasted Four Days

1975

as Cliff Reynolds

Only God Knows

as John Hagan

Newman's Law

as Jack Eastman

Incident on a Dark Street

1973

as Joe - Mayor

5.0

Blacula

1972

as Lt. John "Jack" Peters

The Rowdyman

as Will Cole

Chandler

as John Melchior

Colossus: The Forbin Project

as The President

Quarantined

as Dr. Bud Bedford

The Thomas Crown Affair

1968

as Jamie

6.8

Cyrano De Bergerac

1962

as Vicomte de Valvert

Newfoundland Scene

1951

as Himself

Television (35)

Private Eyes

as Nevin Ainslie

The Polar Sea

The Pillars of the Earth

2010

as Archbishop

7.6

Babar and the Adventures of Badou

2010

as King Babar (voice)

Republic of Doyle

as Maurice Becker

The Listener

as Accident Victim

Angela's Eyes

Corner Gas

as Corky Dillems

H2O

as Michael Cameron

Puppets Who Kill

Blue Murder

Relic Hunter

as Jimmy Jonesboro

Made in Canada

as Walter Franklin, Sr.

Power Play

Pippi Longstocking

as Captain Longstocking

6.7

The Outer Limits

1995

as Dr. Steven Molstad

Due South

as Fraser Sr.

Due South

as Fraser Sr. (voice)

7.6

Kung Fu: The Legend Continues

as Ken Collins

The Red Green Show

as Hap Shaughnessy

Babar

as King Babar (voice)

6.2

Friday the 13th: The Series

as Desmond Williams

Danger Bay

as Pete Bartlett

For the Record

Banacek

as John Weymouth

Cannon

Sarge

as Stone

Dan August

as Frank Fairley

Marcus Welby, M.D.

as Dr. Joseph Xavier

It Takes a Thief

as Gerald Lockridge

Hogan's Heroes

as S.S. Capt. Steiner

Seaway

as Coffin

The Forest Rangers

as Sgt. Brian Scott

The Nature of Things

as Dr. Fred Urquhart

Hallmark Hall of Fame

1951

as Vicomte de Valvert

8.6

Crew (8)

Movies (7)

Heyday!

Director

Heyday!

Writer

John and the Missus

Director

John and the Missus

Writer

A Far Cry From Home

Director

Once

1981

Director

The Rowdyman

1972

Writer

2.7

Television (1)

For the Record

1976

Director