Gordon Pinsent

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 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

Due South

Due South

The Red Green Show

Republic of Doyle

Cannon

The Outer Limits

Kung Fu: The Legend Continues

All Movies (70)

• Back Home Again2021 · as Jack Rabbit (voice)
• Age of Dysphoria2020 · as Fred
• The River of My Dreams2017
• Two Lovers and a Bear2016 · as Bear (voice)
• Where Once They Mattered2015 · as Narrator
• Big News From Grand Rock2015
• Pirate's Passage2015 · as Harry the Barber (voice)
• The Grand Seduction2014 · as Simon
• Sex After Kids2013 · as Dr. Keaton
• Flight of the Butterflies2012 · as Dr Fred Urquhart
• Life Doesn't Frighten Me2012 · as Francis Weary
• Sunshine Sketches of a Little Town2012 · as Elder Stephen Leacock / Narrator
• Still Rowdy After All These Years2011 · as Self
• An Unlikely Obsession2011 · as Narrator (voice)
• At Home by Myself... with You2009 · as Narrator (voice)
• The Spine2009 · as Dan Rutherford
• Playing the Machines2009 · as Narrator
• The Red Green Story: We're All in This Together2008 · as Hap Shaughnessy
• Mysteries of the Great Lakes2008 · as Narrator
• Away from Her2007 · as Grant
• Heyday!2006 · as Monroe Gillette
• The Sparky Book2006 · as Goldfish
• Ambulance Girl2005 · as Pete
• Saint Ralph2005
• The Good Shepherd2004 · as Cardinal Ledesna
• Nothing2003 · as Man In Suit
• Hemingway vs. Callaghan2003 · as Morley Callaghan
• Fallen Angel2003 · as Warren Wentworth
• A Diary Between Friends2002 · as Narrator
• The Shipping News2001 · as Billy Pretty
• Blind Terror2001 · as Martin Howell
• The Old Man and the Sea1999 · as Old Man (voice)
• Win, Again!1999 · as Win Morrissey
• Pale Saints1997 · as Gus
• A Holiday for Love1996 · as Cal Marsdon
• Kids for Character1996 · as King Babar(archive footage) (voice)
• A Vow to Kill1995 · as Frank Waring
• Due South1994 · as Fraser Sr.
• Bonds of Love1993 · as Leon
• In the Eyes of a Stranger1992 · as Lt. Ted Burk
• A Passage from Burnt Islands1992 · as Narrator (voice)
• Blood Clan1990 · as Judge William McKay
• Babar: The Movie1989 · as King Babar
• John and the Missus1987 · as John Munn
• A Case of Libel1983 · as Dennis Corcoran
• The Life and Times of Edwin Alonzo Boyd1982 · as Edwin Boyd
• Silence of the North1981 · as John Frederickson
• Escape from Iran: The Canadian Caper1981 · as Ambassador Ken Taylor
• The Devil at Your Heels1981 · as Narrator (Voice)
• Klondike Fever1980 · as Swiftwater Bill
• The Suicide's Wife1979 · as Allan Crane
• Drága kisfiam!1978
• Who Has Seen the Wind1977 · as Gerald O'Connal
• A Gift To Last1976 · as Sgt. Edgar Sturgess
• Blackwood1976 · as Narrator
• The Time of the Tar Sands1975
• The Heatwave Lasted Four Days1975 · as Cliff Reynolds
• Horse Latitudes1975 · as Donald Crowhurst
• Only God Knows1974 · as John Hagan
• Newman's Law1974 · as Jack Eastman
• Back to Beulah1974 · as Host
• Incident on a Dark Street1973 · as Joe - Mayor
• Blacula1972 · as Lt. John "Jack" Peters
• The Rowdyman1972 · as Will Cole
• Chandler1971 · as John Melchior
• Colossus: The Forbin Project1970 · as The President
• Quarantined1970 · as Dr. Bud Bedford
• The Thomas Crown Affair1968 · as Jamie
• Cyrano De Bergerac1962 · as Vicomte de Valvert
• Newfoundland Scene1951 · as Himself

All TV Shows (38)

• Private Eyes2016 · as Nevin Ainslie
• The Polar Sea2014
• Babar and the Adventures of Badou2010 · as King Babar (voice)
• The Pillars of the Earth2010 · as Archbishop
• Republic of Doyle2010 · as Maurice Becker
• The Listener2009 · as Accident Victim
• The Listener2009 · as Accident Victim / Frank Cardea
• Angela's Eyes2006
• H2O2004 · as Michael Cameron
• Corner Gas2004 · as Corky Dillems
• Puppets Who Kill2002
• Blue Murder2001
• Relic Hunter1999 · as Jimmy Jonesboro
• Power Play1998
• Made in Canada1998 · as Walter Franklin, Sr.
• Pippi Longstocking1997 · as Captain Longstocking
• The Outer Limits1995 · as Dr. Steven Molstad
• Due South1994 · as Fraser Sr. (voice)
• Due South1994 · as Fraser Sr.
• Kung Fu: The Legend Continues1993 · as Ken Collins
• The Red Green Show1991 · as Hap Shaughnessy
• The Hidden Room1991 · as Abraham Stone
• Babar1989 · as King Babar (voice)
• Friday the 13th: The Series1987 · as Desmond Williams
• Danger Bay1985 · as Pete Bartlett
• For the Record1976
• Banacek1972 · as John Weymouth
• Sarge1971 · as Stone
• Cannon1971
• Dan August1970 · as Frank Fairley
• Marcus Welby, M.D.1969 · as Dr. Joseph Xavier
• It Takes a Thief1968 · as Gerald Lockridge
• Hogan's Heroes1965 · as S.S. Capt. Steiner
• Seaway1965 · as Coffin
• Seaway1965 · as Grainger
• The Forest Rangers1963 · as Sgt. Brian Scott
• The Nature of Things1960 · as Dr. Fred Urquhart
• Hallmark Hall of Fame1951 · as Vicomte de Valvert