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.
The Thomas Crown Affair
as Jamie McDonaldYoung businessman Thomas Crown is bored and decides to plan a robbery and assigns a professional...
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The Grand Seduction
as SimonA small fishing village must procure a local doctor to secure a lucrative business contract....
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The Shipping News
as Billy PrettyAn emotionally-beaten man with his young daughter moves to his ancestral home in Newfoundland to...
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The Old Man and the Sea
as Old Man (voice)An old fisherman makes the biggest catch of his life.
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Away from Her
as GrantFiona and Grant have been married for nearly 50 years. They have to face the fact that Fiona’s...
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Incident on a Dark Street
as Joe - MayorA small-time hood is murdered just as he is about to blow the whistle on an organized crime ring.
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Saint Ralph
as uncreditedThis Canadian made comedy/drama, set in Hamilton, Ontario in 1954, is a sweet and - at times -...
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Pippi Longstocking
as Capt. Longstocking (voice)Pippi is a little girl who lives alone in her house, while her father is sailing the seas. With...
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Two Lovers and a Bear
as Bear (voice)Set in a small town near the North Pole where roads lead to nowhere, the story follows Roman and...
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Colossus: The Forbin Project
as The PresidentThe U.S. has handed over control of its nuclear defense system to the Colossus supercomputer...
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Nothing
as Man In SuitThe film tells the story of two good friends who live together, Andrew, an agoraphobic travel...
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The Good Shepherd
as Cardinal LedesnaWhen a clergyman is accused for the murder of a social worker, the parish priest recruits a...
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Blacula
as Lt. John "Jack" PetersAn 18th century African prince is turned into a vampire while visiting Transylvania. Two...
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Ambulance Girl
as PeteThe story revolves around former food writer, Jane Stern, and how she conquered clinical...
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Newman's Law
as Jack EastmanLAPD Officer Newman has not gotten the reputation of a straight arrow by avoiding conflict when...
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Chandler
as John MelchiorA private eye is hired to follow a mobster's former mistress.
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Heyday!
as Monroe GilletteDuring World War II, the usually sleepy town of Gander, Newfoundland is abuzz with activity as...
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Sex After Kids
as Dr. KeatonA disparate variety of couples from all walks of life strive to maintain active sex lives...
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Babar: The Movie
as King BabarChildren's book authors Jean and Laurent de Brunhoff's most beloved elephant comes to the big...
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Fallen Angel
as Warren WentworthWhen his father dies, Terry (Gary Sinese) returns to the house where he grew up, planning to...
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Flight of the Butterflies
as Dr Fred UrquhartIt takes two or three generations for the monarch butterfly to reach the Canadian breeding...
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A Holiday for Love
as Cal MarsdonA man is sent to a small town to assess which of the workers in the local factory that supplies...
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Bonds of Love
as LeonA divorced woman falls in love with a mentally-disabled man, but his family objects to their...
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Pirate's Passage
as Harry the Barber (voice)Set in 1952 Grey Rocks – a centuries old town that was famous 250 years ago as a favored port of...
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The Suicide's Wife
as Allan CraneAn unsuccessful middle-aged college professor commits suicide, leaving his wife to cope with...
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Klondike Fever
as Swiftwater BillThis movie chronicles Jack London's epic journey from San Francisco to the Klondike gold fields...
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Back Home Again
as Jack Rabbit (voice)An animated reimaging of the largest wildfire evacuation in Alberta's history, with upwards of...
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In the Eyes of a Stranger
as Lt. Ted BurkAn overworked woman encounters a pair of armed robbers on the subway home. When one of them is...
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Escape From Iran: The Canadian Caper
as Ambassador Ken TaylorA dramatized account of how the staff of the Canadian Embassy helped a group of American...
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Silence of the North
as John FredericksonDirector Allan King's 1981 drama, based on true events, stars Ellen Burstyn as a strong-willed...
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Blind Terror
as Martin HowellAfter marrying a handsome man she barely knows, a woman experiences threatening calls and...
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A Case of Libel
as Dennis CorcoranFact-based courtroom drama about a news reporter in 1954 who sued a columnist for libel after he...
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The Rowdyman
as Will ColeWill Cole is a charismatic 35 year old paper mill laborer who seems to celebrate a life of bad...
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The Devil At Your Heels
as Narrator (Voice)Devil at Your Heels, traces the trials of stuntman Ken Carter who attempts a death-defying...
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Quarantined
as Dr. Bud BedfordA family of doctors that runs a medical clinic finds itself up against a sudden cholera epidemic...
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The Heat Wave Lasted Four Days
as Cliff ReynoldsA TV news cameraman's appetite for fine wine, fast cars and beautiful women draws him into the...
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Blood Clan
as Judge William McKayA family is executed by soldiers for cannibalism - except for the little girl, Katy Bane McKay....
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At Home by Myself... with You
as Narrator (voice)A multi phobia-plagued single woman who hasn't left her apartment in six years finds her...
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Due South
as Fraser Sr.The movie that the TV series was spun off from. When a legendary Canadian Mountie is murdered,...
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Mysteries of the Great Lakes
as NarratorThrough several interlocking stories, including the story of maritime commerce and the ships...
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A Vow to Kill
as Frank WaringRachel is the daughter of a wealthy media tycoon. Her husband dies in a car crash. Years later...
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Who Has Seen the Wind
as Gerald O'ConnalThe coming-of-age of adolescent Brian O'Connal in small town Depression-era Saskatchewan is...
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Life Doesn't Frighten Me
as Francis WearyInsecure thirteen year-old Esther Weary is on the brink of puberty and must come to terms with...
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Still Rowdy After All These Years
as SelfA documentary retrospective on the prolific career of acclaimed Canadian actor, writer and...
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Horse Latitudes
as Donald CrowhurstBased on the true story of Philip Stockton, a 40 year old Englishman, who would have done almost...
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The Spine
as Dan RutherfordA poignant story of redemption that takes us into the relationship between a man and a woman...
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A Passage from Burnt Islands
as Narrator (voice)In his crusade for literacy, principal Ray Brown enlisted the help of the community and broke...
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Age of Dysphoria
as FredA young woman tracks down an elderly man in order to make amends for the tragedy that devastated...
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The River of My Dreams
as uncreditedDirector Brigitte Berman profiles Canadian icon Gordon Pinsent, who left Newfoundland in the...
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Only God Knows
as uncreditedThe sponsors of a drug-rehabilitation center stage a robbery to maintain funding of the...
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Blackwood
as NarratorThis short film studies the works of one of Canada's greatest contemporary etchers -...
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The Sparky Book
as GoldfishIn Newfoundland filmmaker Mary Lewis' live action/animation hybrid short film, a talking...
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A Diary Between Friends
as NarratorWhen American citizens were stranded in Canada on 9/11, their northern neighbors opened their doors.
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The Outer Limits
as Dr. Steven MolstadAnthology series of composed of distinct story episodes, sometimes with a plot twist at the end,...
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Hogan's Heroes
as S.S. Capt. SteinerHogan's Heroes is an American television sitcom that ran for 168 episodes from September 17,...
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Marcus Welby, M.D.
as Dr. Joseph XavierMarcus Welby, M.D. is an American medical drama television program that aired on ABC from...
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Kung Fu: The Legend Continues
as Ken CollinsKung Fu: The Legend Continues is a spin-off of the 1972–1975 television series Kung Fu. David...
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Friday the 13th: The Series
as Desmond WilliamsMicki and Ryan with the help of their friend Jack try to recover cursed antiques so they can...
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Republic of Doyle
as Maurice BeckerJake Doyle and his ex-cop father, Malachy, run a Newfoundland detective agency. Their rugged...
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The Red Green Show
as Hap ShaughnessyThe Red Green Show is a Canadian television comedy that aired on various channels in Canada,...
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It Takes a Thief
as Gerald LockridgeConvicted cat burglar Alexander Mundy gets an offer he can't refuse from the United States...
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The Listener
as Accident VictimToby Logan is a highly skilled paramedic with a secret – he can read minds. Toby never really...
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The Listener
as Accident Victim / Frank CardeaToby Logan is a highly skilled paramedic with a secret – he can read minds. Toby never really...
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The Pillars of the Earth
as ArchbishopA sweeping epic of good and evil, treachery and intrigue, violence and beauty, a sensuous,...
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Corner Gas
as Corky DillemsFollowing the adventures of a bunch of nobodies who get up to a whole lot of nothing in the...
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Puppets Who Kill
as uncreditedPuppets Who Kill is a Canadian television comedy programme co-produced by The Comedy Network. It...
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Banacek
as John WeymouthBanacek is an American detective TV series starring George Peppard that aired on the NBC network...
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Angela's Eyes
as uncreditedFBI agent Angela Clinton has the exceptional gift of knowing when someone is lying. She...
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Cannon
as uncreditedCannon is a CBS detective television series produced by Quinn Martin which aired from March 26,...
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Relic Hunter
as Jimmy JonesboroSydney Fox is a professor and globe-trotting "relic hunter" who looks for ancient artifacts to...
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Due South
as Fraser Sr. (voice)Constable Benton Fraser, an officer of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, is attached to the...
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Due South
as Fraser Sr.Constable Benton Fraser, an officer of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, is attached to the...
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Private Eyes
as Nevin AinslieEx-pro hockey player Matt Shade irrevocably changes his life when he teams up with fierce P.I....
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Babar and the Adventures of Badou
as King Babar (voice)An updated version of the classic series, following King Babar, and Badou, his 8-year-old grandson.
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The Nature of Things
as Dr. Fred UrquhartThe Nature of Things is a Canadian television series of documentary programs. It debuted on CBC...
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Danger Bay
as Pete BartlettDanger Bay is a Canadian television series, produced in Vancouver, with first-run episodes...
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Hallmark Hall of Fame
as Vicomte de ValvertHallmark Hall of Fame is an anthology program on American television, sponsored by Hallmark...
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For The Record
as uncreditedFor The Record, a series of one-hour and ninety-minute film dramas, started on the series,...
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Pippi Longstocking
as Captain LongstockingWith tons of optimism, and strength to match, fun-loving 9-year-old Pippi Longstocking resides...
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Blue Murder
as uncreditedBlue Murder is a Canadian crime drama television series, featuring stories that reflected the...
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Sarge
as StoneSarge is an American crime drama series starring George Kennedy. The series aired on for one...
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Dan August
as Frank FairleyDan August is a Quinn Martin crime drama series which aired on ABC from 1970-1971. The series...
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Babar
as King Babar (voice)Babar is a Canadian/French/Japanese animated television series produced in Quebec, Canada by...
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Seaway
as CoffinSeaway is a Canadian drama series that aired on CBC Television from 1965 to 1966. The series was...
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Seaway
as GraingerSeaway is a Canadian drama series that aired on CBC Television from 1965 to 1966. The series was...
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The Forest Rangers
as Sgt. Brian ScottThe Forest Rangers was a Canadian television series that ran from 1963 to 1965. It was a...
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H2O
as Michael CameronH2O is a Canadian political drama two-part miniseries that first aired on the CBC Television...
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The Polar Sea
as uncreditedThe Polar Sea is a 10 part television series that follows an incredible amateur expedition...
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