Gordon Pinsent

Gordon Pinsent

Birthday: 1930-07-12

Deathday: 2023-02-25

Place of birth: Grand Falls, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada

Also known as:

imdb_id: nm0684521

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.

Played in movies:

Due South

Score: 8.6

The Old Man and the Sea

Score: 7.6

Heyday!

Score: 7.5

Back Home Again

Score: 7.0

Away from Her

Score: 7.0

Colossus: The Forbin Project

Score: 6.9

Who Has Seen the Wind

Score: 6.8

The Thomas Crown Affair

Score: 6.8

Saint Ralph

Score: 6.8

The Grand Seduction

Score: 6.7

Two Lovers and a Bear

Score: 6.5

The Shipping News

Score: 6.4

Klondike Fever

Score: 6.3

Flight of the Butterflies

Score: 6.3

Fallen Angel

Score: 6.2

Newman's Law

Score: 6.1

Mysteries of the Great Lakes

Score: 6.0

John and the Missus

Score: 6.0

The Spine

Score: 6.0

The Devil at Your Heels

Score: 5.8

Babar: The Movie

Score: 5.8

Nothing

Score: 5.8

Pippi Longstocking

Score: 5.7

A Holiday for Love

Score: 5.7

Pirate's Passage

Score: 5.6

Life Doesn't Frighten Me

Score: 5.6

Sex After Kids

Score: 5.5

Blacula

Score: 5.5

Bonds of Love

Score: 5.3

Blackwood

Score: 5.3

Sunshine Sketches of a Little Town

Score: 5.3

A Vow to Kill

Score: 5.2

The Red Green Story: We're All in This Together

Score: 5.1

The Good Shepherd

Score: 5.1

Only God Knows

Score: 5.0

Incident on a Dark Street

Score: 5.0

The Suicide's Wife

Score: 5.0

Quarantined

Score: 5.0

Ambulance Girl

Score: 4.8

Chandler

Score: 4.5

In the Eyes of a Stranger

Score: 4.0

Silence of the North

Score: 4.0

Blind Terror

Score: 3.5

The Rowdyman

Score: 3.5

Blood Clan

Score: 3.0

At Home by Myself... with You

Score: 3.0

Age of Dysphoria

Score: 2.0

A Case of Libel

Score: 2.0

Pale Saints

Score: 2.0

Where Once They Mattered

Score: 0.0

Playing the Machines

Score: 0.0

The Heatwave Lasted Four Days

Score: 0.0

A Diary Between Friends

Score: 0.0

Newfoundland Scene

Score: 0.0

The River of My Dreams

Score: 0.0

Big News From Grand Rock

Score: 0.0

The Life and Times of Edwin Alonzo Boyd

Score: 0.0

Hemingway vs. Callaghan

Score: 0.0

Escape From Iran: The Canadian Caper

Score: 0.0

The Time of the Tar Sands

Score: 0.0

Horse Latitudes

Score: 0.0

The Sparky Book

Score: 0.0

Still Rowdy After All These Years

Score: 0.0

A Passage from Burnt Islands

Score: 0.0

An Unlikely Obsession

Score: 0.0

Played in tv shows:

Power Play

Score: 10.0

H2O

Score: 9.0

Banacek

Score: 8.6

Hallmark Hall of Fame

Score: 8.6

Angela's Eyes

Score: 8.3

Corner Gas

Score: 7.9

The Outer Limits

Score: 7.7

The Pillars of the Earth

Score: 7.7

Hogan's Heroes

Score: 7.5

Due South

Score: 7.5

Due South

Score: 7.5

Private Eyes

Score: 7.3

The Red Green Show

Score: 7.3

The Forest Rangers

Score: 7.3

Friday the 13th: The Series

Score: 7.3

Danger Bay

Score: 7.1

The Nature of Things

Score: 7.1

It Takes a Thief

Score: 7.0

Republic of Doyle

Score: 6.9

The Listener

Score: 6.8

The Listener

Score: 6.8

Dan August

Score: 6.8

Pippi Longstocking

Score: 6.8

Relic Hunter

Score: 6.7

Kung Fu: The Legend Continues

Score: 6.6

Marcus Welby, M.D.

Score: 6.5

Cannon

Score: 6.5

Puppets Who Kill

Score: 6.5

Babar

Score: 6.2

The Polar Sea

Score: 6.0

Blue Murder

Score: 6.0

Seaway

Score: 5.0

Seaway

Score: 5.0

Sarge

Score: 5.0

Babar and the Adventures of Badou

Score: 4.3

For The Record

Score: 0.0