Gordon Pinsent

actor • writer • director

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 ...

Born: July 12, 1930 in Grand Falls, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada

Died: February 25, 2023 (age 92)

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Known For

7.6

The Pillars of the Earth

Movies & TV Credits

108 total credits across film and television

Title	Rating	Job	Role(s)	Year
Back Home Again Short Film	6.2	Actor	Jack Rabbit (voice)	2021
Age of Dysphoria Short Film	6.7	Actor	Fred	2020
The River of My Dreams Movie	8.0	Actor	—	2017
Two Lovers and a Bear Movie	5.9	Actor	Bear (voice)	2016
Private Eyes TV Show	7.4	Actor	Nevin Ainslie(1 Episode)	2016
Big News From Grand Rock Movie	6.1	Actor	—	2015
Pirate's Passage Movie	6.4	Actor	Harry the Barber (voice)	2015
Where Once They Mattered Movie	—	Actor	Narrator	2015
The Grand Seduction Movie	6.8	Actor	Simon	2014
The Polar Sea Limited Series	7.3	Actor	—(10 Episodes)	2014
Sex After Kids Movie	5.6	Actor	Dr. Keaton	2013
Flight of the Butterflies Short Film	7.4	Actor	Dr Fred Urquhart	2012
Life Doesn't Frighten Me Short Film	6.9	Actor	Francis Weary	2012
Sunshine Sketches of a Little Town Movie	7.4	Actor	Elder Stephen Leacock / Narrator	2012
An Unlikely Obsession Movie	8.3	Actor	Narrator (voice)	2011
Still Rowdy After All These Years Movie	—	Actor	Self	2011
Babar and the Adventures of Badou TV Show	5.6	Actor	King Babar (voice)(104 Episodes)	2010
Republic of Doyle TV Show	7.4	Actor	Maurice Becker(7 Episodes)	2010
The Pillars of the Earth Limited Series	7.9	Actor	Archbishop(8 Episodes)	2010
At Home by Myself... with You Movie	6.0	Actor	Narrator (voice)	2009
The Listener TV Show	6.9	Actor	Accident Victim / Frank Cardea(1 Episode)	2009
The Listener TV Show	6.9	Actor	Accident Victim(1 Episode)	2009
The Spine Short Film	6.3	Actor	Dan Rutherford	2009
Playing the Machines Movie	—	Actor	Narrator	2009
Mysteries of the Great Lakes Movie	7.1	Actor	Narrator	2008
The Red Green Story: We're All in This Together Movie	7.8	Actor	Hap Shaughnessy	2008
Away from Her Movie	7.6	Actor	Grant	2007
Angela's Eyes TV Show	5.8	Actor	—(1 Episode)	2006
The Sparky Book Short Film	8.3	Actor	Goldfish	2006
Heyday! Movie	7.3	Actor	Monroe Gillette	2006
Heyday! Movie	7.3	Directing	Director	2006
Saint Ralph Movie	7.2	Actor	—	2005
Ambulance Girl Movie	5.3	Actor	Pete	2005
The Good Shepherd Movie	5.1	Actor	Cardinal Ledesna	2004
Corner Gas TV Show	8.2	Actor	Corky Dillems(1 Episode)	2004
H2O TV Show	5.9	Actor	Michael Cameron(2 Episodes)	2004
Nothing Movie	6.0	Actor	Man In Suit	2003
Fallen Angel Movie	7.2	Actor	Warren Wentworth	2003
Hemingway: That Summer in Paris Movie	6.6	Actor	Morley Callaghan	2003
Puppets Who Kill TV Show	7.3	Actor	—(1 Episode)	2002
Stranded Yanks: A Diary Between Friends Movie	8.0	Actor	Narrator	2002
The Shipping News Movie	6.5	Actor	Billy Pretty	2001
Blue Murder TV Show	6.1	Actor	—(1 Episode)	2001
Blind Terror Movie	4.7	Actor	Martin Howell	2001
Relic Hunter TV Show	6.3	Actor	Jimmy Jonesboro(1 Episode)	1999
The Old Man and the Sea Short Film	7.9	Actor	Old Man (voice)	1999
Power Play TV Show	5.9	Actor	—(26 Episodes)	1998
Pale Saints Movie	4.4	Actor	Gus	1997
Pippi Longstocking Movie	5.5	Actor	Capt. Efraim Longstocking (voice)	1997
Pippi Longstocking TV Show	5.9	Actor	Captain Longstocking(13 Episodes)	1997
A Holiday for Love Movie	6.2	Actor	Cal Marsdon	1996
The Outer Limits TV Show	7.8	Actor	Dr. Steven Molstad(1 Episode)	1995
A Vow to Kill Movie	4.4	Actor	Frank Waring	1995
Due South Movie	8.1	Actor	Fraser Sr.	1994
Due South TV Show	7.8	Actor	Fraser Sr.(33 Episodes)	1994
Due South TV Show	7.8	Actor	Fraser Sr. (voice)(3 Episodes)	1994
Kung Fu: The Legend Continues TV Show	6.7	Actor	Ken Collins(1 Episode)	1993
Bonds of Love Movie	5.5	Actor	Leon	1993
A Passage from Burnt Islands Movie	—	Actor	Narrator (voice)	1992
In the Eyes of a Stranger Movie	5.0	Actor	Lt. Ted Burk	1992
The Red Green Show TV Show	7.9	Actor	Hap Shaughnessy(304 Episodes)	1991
Blood Clan Movie	5.4	Actor	Judge William McKay	1990
Babar: The Movie Movie	6.1	Actor	King Babar	1989
Babar TV Show	6.3	Actor	King Babar (voice)(65 Episodes)	1989
John and the Missus Movie	7.5	Actor	John Munn	1987
Friday the 13th: The Series TV Show	7.4	Actor	Desmond Williams(1 Episode)	1987
John and the Missus Movie	7.5	Directing	Director	1987
Danger Bay TV Show	7.3	Actor	Pete Bartlett(1 Episode)	1985
A Case of Libel Movie	8.0	Actor	Dennis Corcoran	1983
The Life and Times of Edwin Alonzo Boyd Movie	7.3	Actor	Edwin Boyd	1982
The Devil at Your Heels Movie	7.5	Actor	Narrator (Voice)	1981
Silence of the North Movie	6.2	Actor	John Frederickson	1981
Escape from Iran: The Canadian Caper Movie	6.4	Actor	Ambassador Ken Taylor	1981
Once Movie	—	Directing	Director	1981
A Far Cry from Home Movie	—	Directing	Director	1981
Klondike Fever Movie	5.3	Actor	Swiftwater Bill	1980
The Suicide's Wife Movie	6.8	Actor	Allan Crane	1979
Up at Ours Limited Series	6.5	Creator	Creator	1979
Who Has Seen the Wind Movie	6.3	Actor	Gerald O'Connal	1977
For The Record TV Show	—	Actor	—(1 Episode)	1977
For The Record TV Show	—	Directing	Director(1 Episode)	1977
Blackwood Short Film	6.4	Actor	Narrator	1976
The Heat Wave Lasted Four Days Movie	6.5	Actor	Cliff Reynolds	1975
The Time of the Tar Sands Movie	—	Actor	—	1975
Horse Latitudes Movie	—	Actor	Donald Crowhurst	1975
Newman's Law Movie	5.9	Actor	Jack Eastman	1974
Only God Knows Movie	5.8	Actor	John Hagan	1974
Incident on a Dark Street Movie	4.8	Actor	Joe - Mayor	1973
Blacula Movie	5.6	Actor	Lt. John "Jack" Peters	1972
The Rowdyman Movie	6.9	Actor	Will Cole	1972
Banacek TV Show	7.4	Actor	John Weymouth(1 Episode)	1972
The Rowdyman Movie	6.9	Writing	Writer	1972
Chandler Movie	4.2	Actor	John Melchior	1971
Cannon TV Show	6.6	Actor	—(1 Episode)	1971
Sarge TV Show	7.0	Actor	Stone(1 Episode)	1971
Colossus: The Forbin Project Movie	7.2	Actor	The President	1970
Dan August TV Show	6.9	Actor	Frank Fairley(1 Episode)	1970
Quarantined Movie	6.4	Actor	Dr. Bud Bedford	1970
Marcus Welby, M.D. TV Show	6.8	Actor	Dr. Joseph Xavier(1 Episode)	1969
The Thomas Crown Affair Movie	7.0	Actor	Jamie	1968
It Takes a Thief TV Show	7.3	Actor	Gerald Lockridge(1 Episode)	1968
Hogan's Heroes TV Show	8.0	Actor	S.S. Capt. Steiner(1 Episode)	1965
Seaway TV Show	8.0	Actor	Grainger(4 Episodes)	1965
Seaway TV Show	8.0	Actor	Coffin(1 Episode)	1965
The Forest Rangers TV Show	7.4	Actor	Sgt. Brian Scott(104 Episodes)	1963
The Nature of Things TV Show	8.0	Actor	Dr. Fred Urquhart(1 Episode)	1960
Hallmark Hall of Fame TV Show	7.9	Actor	Vicomte de Valvert(1 Episode)	1951
Newfoundland Scene Short Film	6.5	Actor	Himself	1951

Gordon Pinsent

Known For

Away from Her

The Shipping News

The Thomas Crown Affair

The Pillars of the Earth

Movies & TV Credits