Gordon Pinsent
Born: 1930-07-12
• Grand Falls, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada
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
Back Home Again
Age of Dysphoria
The River of My Dreams
Two Lovers and a Bear
Where Once They Mattered
Big News From Grand Rock
Pirate's Passage
The Grand Seduction
Sex After Kids
Flight of the Butterflies
Life Doesn't Frighten Me
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Sunshine Sketches of a Little Town
Still Rowdy After All These Years
An Unlikely Obsession
At Home by Myself... with You
The Spine
Playing the Machines
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The Red Green Story: We're All in This Together
Mysteries of the Great Lakes
Away from Her
Heyday!
The Sparky Book
Ambulance Girl
Saint Ralph
The Good Shepherd
Nothing
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Hemingway vs. Callaghan
Fallen Angel
A Diary Between Friends
The Shipping News
Blind Terror
The Old Man and the Sea
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Pale Saints
A Holiday for Love
A Vow to Kill
Due South
Bonds of Love
In the Eyes of a Stranger
A Passage from Burnt Islands
Blood Clan
Babar: The Movie
John and the Missus
A Case of Libel
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The Life and Times of Edwin Alonzo Boyd
Silence of the North
Escape from Iran: The Canadian Caper
The Devil at Your Heels
Klondike Fever
The Suicide's Wife
Who Has Seen the Wind
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A Gift To Last
Blackwood
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The Time of the Tar Sands
The Heatwave Lasted Four Days
Horse Latitudes
Only God Knows
Newman's Law
Incident on a Dark Street
Blacula
The Rowdyman
Chandler
Colossus: The Forbin Project
Quarantined
The Thomas Crown Affair
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Cyrano De Bergerac
Newfoundland Scene