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