8.6
8.6
Due South
1994
as Fraser Sr.
Gordon Pinsent
Acting
Born:July 12, 1930
Died:February 25, 2023(aged 92)
Birthplace:Grand Falls, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada
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CommunityBiography
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 (66 movies)
7.6
7.6
The Old Man and the Sea
1999
as Old Man (voice)
7.5
7.5
Heyday!
2006
Writer
7.0
7.0
Away from Her
2007
as Grant
7.0
7.0
Back Home Again
2021
as Jack Rabbit (voice)
6.9
6.9
Saint Ralph
2005
6.9
6.9
Colossus: The Forbin Project
1970
as The President
6.8
6.8
Who Has Seen the Wind
1977
as Gerald O'Connal
6.8
6.8
The Thomas Crown Affair
1968
as Jamie
6.7
6.7
The Grand Seduction
2014
as Simon
6.5
6.5
Two Lovers and a Bear
2016
as Bear (voice)
6.4
6.4
The Shipping News
2001
as Billy Pretty
6.2
6.2
Flight of the Butterflies
2012
as Dr Fred Urquhart
6.1
6.1
Fallen Angel
2003
as Warren Wentworth
6.1
6.1
Newman's Law
1974
as Jack Eastman
6.0
6.0
Mysteries of the Great Lakes
2008
as Narrator
6.0
6.0
The Spine
2009
as Dan Rutherford
6.0
6.0
John and the Missus
1987
Writer
5.8
5.8
The Devil at Your Heels
1981
as Narrator (Voice)
5.8
5.8
Nothing
2003
as Man In Suit
5.7
5.7
Babar: The Movie
1989
as King Babar
5.7
5.7
Pippi Longstocking
1997
as Capt. Efraim Longstocking (voice)
5.7
5.7
A Holiday for Love
1996
as Cal Marsdon
5.7
5.7
Klondike Fever
1980
as Swiftwater Bill
5.6
5.6
Pirate's Passage
2015
as Harry the Barber (voice)
5.6
5.6
Life Doesn't Frighten Me
2012
as Francis Weary
5.5
5.5
Sex After Kids
2013
as Dr. Keaton
5.4
5.4
Blacula
1972
as Lt. John "Jack" Peters
5.3
5.3
Bonds of Love
1993
as Leon
5.3
5.3
Blackwood
1976
as Narrator
5.2
5.2
Sunshine Sketches of a Little Town
2012
as Elder Stephen Leacock / Narrator
5.2
5.2
A Vow to Kill
1995
as Frank Waring
5.1
5.1
The Good Shepherd
2004
as Cardinal Ledesna
5.1
5.1
The Red Green Story: We're All in This Together
2008
as Hap Shaughnessy
5.0
5.0
Quarantined
1970
as Dr. Bud Bedford
5.0
5.0
The Suicide's Wife
1979
as Allan Crane
5.0
5.0
Only God Knows
1974
as John Hagan
4.8
4.8
Ambulance Girl
2005
as Pete
4.3
4.3
Chandler
1971
as John Melchior
4.0
4.0
In the Eyes of a Stranger
1992
as Lt. Ted Burk
4.0
4.0
Silence of the North
1981
as John Frederickson
3.5
3.5
Blind Terror
2001
as Martin Howell
3.0
3.0
Blood Clan
1990
as Judge William McKay
3.0
3.0
At Home by Myself... with You
2009
as Narrator (voice)
2.7
2.7
The Rowdyman
1972
Writer
2.0
2.0
A Case of Libel
1983
as Dennis Corcoran
2.0
2.0
Pale Saints
1997
as Gus
2.0
2.0
Age of Dysphoria
2020
as Fred
A Diary Between Friends
2002
as Narrator
The Time of the Tar Sands
1975
Horse Latitudes
1975
as Donald Crowhurst
A Passage from Burnt Islands
1992
as Narrator (voice)
Still Rowdy After All These Years
2011
as Self
Playing the Machines
2009
as Narrator
Big News From Grand Rock
2015
Where Once They Mattered
2015
as Narrator
Escape From Iran: The Canadian Caper
1981
as Ambassador Ken Taylor
The Life and Times of Edwin Alonzo Boyd
1982
as Edwin Boyd
Hemingway vs. Callaghan
2003
as Morley Callaghan
The River of My Dreams
2017
Newfoundland Scene
1951
as Himself
The Heatwave Lasted Four Days
1975
as Cliff Reynolds
The Sparky Book
2006
as Goldfish
An Unlikely Obsession
2011
as Narrator (voice)
A Far Cry From Home
1981
Director
Once
1981
Director
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