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