Gordon Pinsent
Born in Grand Falls, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada — Jul 12 1930• Died Feb 25 2023
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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,…
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Hogan's Heroes
S.S. Capt. Steiner
Marcus Welby, M.D.
Dr. Joseph Xavier
The Outer Limits
Dr. Steven Molstad
Cannon
Relic Hunter
Jimmy Jonesboro
Due South
Fraser Sr. (voice)
The Listener
Accident Victim
Republic of Doyle
Maurice Becker
Kung Fu: The Legend Continues
Ken Collins
Private Eyes
Nevin Ainslie
Corner Gas
Corky Dillems
Friday the 13th: The Series
Desmond Williams
Banacek
John Weymouth
Danger Bay
Pete Bartlett
It Takes a Thief
Gerald Lockridge
The Pillars of the Earth
Archbishop
The Red Green Show
Hap Shaughnessy
Puppets Who Kill
Blue Murder
Dan August
Frank Fairley
The Nature of Things
Dr. Fred Urquhart
Pippi Longstocking
Captain Longstocking
Babar and the Adventures of Badou
King Babar (voice)
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Vicomte de Valvert
Made in Canada
Walter Franklin, Sr.
Power Play
Babar
King Babar (voice)
For the Record
Angela's Eyes
The Shipping News
Billy Pretty
Sarge
Stone
The Thomas Crown Affair
Jamie
Seaway
Coffin
H2O
Michael Cameron
Nothing
Man In Suit
Away from Her
Grant
Colossus: The Forbin Project
The President
Blacula
Lt. John "Jack" Peters
The Old Man and the Sea
Old Man (voice)
Chandler
John Melchior
Heyday!
Monroe Gillette
The Forest Rangers
Sgt. Brian Scott
Saint Ralph
The Good Shepherd
Cardinal Ledesna
The Grand Seduction
Simon
Incident on a Dark Street
Joe - Mayor
Sunshine Sketches of a Little Town
Elder Stephen Leacock / Narrator
Newman's Law
Jack Eastman
Back Home Again
Jack Rabbit (voice)
Bonds of Love
Leon
Pale Saints
Gus
A Holiday for Love
Cal Marsdon
Sex After Kids
Dr. Keaton
Babar: The Movie
King Babar
Pirate's Passage
Harry the Barber (voice)
Blind Terror
Martin Howell
Fallen Angel
Warren Wentworth
Only God Knows
John Hagan
Klondike Fever
Swiftwater Bill
Hemingway vs. Callaghan
Morley Callaghan
The Rowdyman
Will Cole
Due South
Fraser Sr.
The Spine
Dan Rutherford
Silence of the North
John Frederickson
The Devil at Your Heels
Narrator (Voice)
The Suicide's Wife
Allan Crane
Quarantined
Dr. Bud Bedford
A Case of Libel
Dennis Corcoran
Big News From Grand Rock
In the Eyes of a Stranger
Lt. Ted Burk
Escape from Iran: The Canadian Caper
Ambassador Ken Taylor
Blood Clan
Judge William McKay
Two Lovers and a Bear
Bear (voice)
Flight of the Butterflies
Dr Fred Urquhart
The River of My Dreams
At Home by Myself... with You
Narrator (voice)
Ambulance Girl
Pete
The Red Green Story: We're All in This Together
Hap Shaughnessy
Where Once They Mattered
Narrator
The Heatwave Lasted Four Days
Cliff Reynolds
Who Has Seen the Wind
Gerald O'Connal
Life Doesn't Frighten Me
Francis Weary
Still Rowdy After All These Years
Self
Once
Directing
Cyrano De Bergerac
Vicomte de Valvert
Horse Latitudes
Donald Crowhurst
A Vow to Kill
Frank Waring
A Far Cry From Home
Directing
The Sparky Book
Goldfish
John and the Missus
John Munn
Age of Dysphoria
Fred
A Passage from Burnt Islands
Narrator (voice)
A Gift To Last
Sgt. Edgar Sturgess
Playing the Machines
Narrator
A Diary Between Friends
Narrator
Mysteries of the Great Lakes
Narrator
The Life and Times of Edwin Alonzo Boyd
Edwin Boyd
Newfoundland Scene
Himself
Blackwood
Narrator
The Time of the Tar Sands
The Polar Sea
An Unlikely Obsession
Narrator (voice)
Up at Ours
Creator