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Gordon Edward Pinsent was born to Stephen Arthur and Flossie (Cooper) Pinsent on July 12, 1930. Gordon was known as "Porky" as a child, and dreamed of performing as early as he can remember. He served with the Royal Canadian Regiment from 1948-51. Gordon received an L.L.D. from the University P.E.I... See full bio »

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Gordon Edward Pinsent
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2013 The Grand Seduction (filming)
Simon
 
2013 Sex After Kids (completed)
Dr. Keaton
 
2012 Typesetter Blues (video short) (voice) (completed)
 
2010-2013 Babar and the Adventures of Badou (TV series)
King Babar
– Brawler Boot Camp/Celeste Rocks (2013) … King Babar (voice)
– Badou's Best Adventure/The Council of Crowns (2012) … King Babar (voice)
– A Bird in the Hand/Slogging Through (2012) … King Babar (voice)
– Hyenooooh!/Beetle Mania (2012) … King Babar (voice)
– Coconut Jinx/Adventurephant (2011) … King Babar (voice)
See all 30 episodes »
 
2010-2013 Republic of Doyle (TV series)
Maurice Becker
– Return of the Kingpin (2013) … Maurice Becker
– What Doesn't Kill You (2013) … Maurice Becker
– Gimme Shelter (2013) … Maurice Becker
– Retribution (2013) … Maurice Becker
– Mirror, Mirror (2012) … Maurice Becker
See all 7 episodes »
 
2012 Life Doesn't Frighten Me (short)
Francis Weary
 
2012 Sunshine Sketches of a Little Town (TV movie)
Elder Stephen Leacock
 
2010 Babar and the Adventures of Badou, I (1-26) Web: Tusktastic Adventure (Video Game)
King Babar
 
2010 The Pillars of the Earth (TV mini-series)
Archbishop
– New Beginnings (2010) … Archbishop
– The Work of Angels (2010) … Archbishop
– Witchcraft (2010) … Archbishop
– Legacy (2010) … Archbishop
– Battlefield (2010) … Archbishop
See all 8 episodes »
 
2009 The Ron James Show (TV series)
Dad
– Episode #1.6 (2009) … Dad (voice)
 
2009 At Home by Myself... with You
Narrator (voice)
 
2009 How Eunice Got Her Baby (short)
Narrator (voice)
 
2009 The Spine (short)
Dan Rutherford
 
2009 The Listener (TV series)
Accident Victim / Frank Cardea
– The Journey (2009) … Accident Victim / Frank Cardea
– My Sister's Keeper (2009) … Accident Victim
 
2009 Corner Gas (TV series)
Corky
– Rock Stars (2009) … Corky
 
2008 Eating Buccaneers
Hermit Trapper
 
2006 Angela's Eyes (TV series)
Christopher Martin
– Eyes on the Prize (2006) … Christopher Martin
– The Camera's Eye (2006) … Christopher Martin
 
2006 The Sparky Book (short)
Goldfish
 
2006 Away from Her
Grant Anderson
 
2006 Heyday! (TV movie)
Monroe Gillette
 
2006 Yours, Al (TV movie)
Al Purdy
 
2005 Legends and Lore of the North Atlantic (TV series)
Narrator
 
2005 Ambulance Girl (TV movie)
Pete
 
2005 Puppets Who Kill (TV series)
CBC President
– The CBC Is Killing Again (2005) … CBC President
 
2004 H2O (TV movie)
Michael Cameron
 
2004 Saint Ralph
Father Fitzpatrick
 
2004 The Good Shepherd
Cardinal Ledesna
 
2004 Bury the Lead (TV series)
Mr. Walker
– Wonderland (2004) … Mr. Walker
 
2003 Fallen Angel (TV movie)
Warren Wentworth
 
2003 Snow on the Skeleton Key (short)
Winslow Icarus
 
2003 Nothing
Man In Suit
 
2003 Just Cause (TV series)
Stanton Milbury
– The Closing (2003) … Stanton Milbury
 
2003 Hemingway: That Summer in Paris (TV movie)
Morley Callaghan
 
2002 The New Beachcombers (TV movie)
Host
 
2002 A Promise (short)
Stan
 
2001 The Shipping News
Billy Pretty
 
2001 Mentors (TV series)
Old Oliver Cates
– Future Tense (2001) … Old Oliver Cates
 
2001 Blind Terror (TV movie)
Martin Howell
 
2001 Blue Murder (TV series)
Sgt. Pat Berlinger
– Summer of Love (2001) … Sgt. Pat Berlinger
 
1997-2000 Wind at My Back (TV series)
Leo McGinty
– After Leo (2000) … Leo McGinty (voice) (uncredited)
– Public Enemies (1999) … Leo McGinty
– All That Human Hearts Endure (1997) … Leo McGinty
– A Meeting of the Clan (1997) … Leo McGinty
– By Gosh or by Golly (1997) … Leo McGinty
See all 7 episodes »
 
1998-2000 Power Play (TV series)
Duff McArdle
– What It All Meant (2000) … Duff McArdle
– The Finals (2000) … Duff McArdle
– The Cubicle (2000) … Duff McArdle
– The Quarter Finals (2000) … Duff McArdle
– Foolish Hearts (2000) … Duff McArdle
See all 26 episodes »
 
2000 Jewel on the Hill (TV movie)
Narrator
 
1999 Relic Hunter (TV series)
Jimmy Jonesboro
– Diamond in the Rough (1999) … Jimmy Jonesboro
 
1999 The Old Man and the Sea (short) (voice)
 
1994-1999 Due South (TV series)
Fraser Sr.
– Call of the Wild: Part 1 (1999) … Fraser Sr.
– Call of the Wild: Part 2 (1999) … Fraser Sr.
– Hunting Season (1999) … Fraser Sr.
– Say Amen (1999) … Fraser Sr.
– A Likely Story (1999) … Fraser Sr. (credit only)
See all 40 episodes »
 
1999 Win, Again! (TV movie)
Win Morrissey
 
1991-1999 The Red Green Show (TV series)
Hap Shaughnessy
– Curse of the Mummy (1999) … Hap Shaughnessy
– Guinness World Records (1999) … Hap Shaughnessy
– Hurricane Doug (1999) … Hap Shaughnessy
– It's a Wonderful Red Green Christmas (1998) … Hap Shaughnessy
– College Life (1998) … Hap Shaughnessy
See all 51 episodes »
 
1998 The Industry (TV series)
Walter Franklin, Sr.
– A Death in the Family (1998) … Walter Franklin, Sr.
 
1997 Pale Saints
Gus
 
1997 Pippi Longstocking
Capt. Longstocking (voice)
 
1997 The Outer Limits (TV series)
Dr. Steven Molstad
– The Awakening (1997) … Dr. Steven Molstad
 
1996 A Holiday for Love (TV movie)
Cal Marsdon
 
1996 Les amants de rivière rouge (TV mini-series)
Mr. O'Malloy
 
1995 A Vow to Kill (TV movie)
Frank Waring
 
1994 Kung Fu: The Legend Continues (TV series)
Ken Collins
– Kundela (1994) … Ken Collins
 
1994 Avonlea (TV series)
John Hodgson
– Someone to Believe In (1994) … John Hodgson
 
1994 Lonesome Dove: The Series (TV series)
Randall Shaw
– The Road Home (1994) … Randall Shaw
 
1989-1993 Street Legal (TV series)
Harold Vickers
– The Price (1993) … Harold Vickers
– Forgiveness (1993) … Harold Vickers
– It's a Wise Child (1992) … Harold Vickers
– Affairs of the Heart (1992) … Harold Vickers
– World-Class City (1989) … Harold Vickers
 
1993 Bonds of Love (TV movie)
Leon
 
1993 E.N.G. (TV series)
Jim Kanby
– Pandora's Box (1993) … Jim Kanby
 
1993 Secret Service (TV series)
Jerry Parr
– The Assassin (1993) … Jerry Parr
 
1992 Counterstrike (TV series)
Jack Devon
– Death Seal (1992) … Jack Devon
 
1992 Beyond Reality (TV series)
James Williamson / Professor Nolan Randolph
– The Dying of the Light (1992) … Professor Nolan Randolph/James Williamson
 
1992 In the Eyes of a Stranger (TV movie)
Lt. Ted Burk
 
1992 The Ray Bradbury Theater (TV series)
Mr. X
– The Earthmen (1992) … Mr. X
 
1991 The Hidden Room (TV series)
Abraham Stone
– Splinters of Privacy (1991) … Abraham Stone
 
1989-1991 Babar (TV series)
King Babar
– Mango Madness (1991) … King Babar (voice)
– Robot Rampage (1991) … King Babar (voice)
– Oh, to Be an Adult... (1991) … King Babar (voice)
– The Old Lady Vanishes (1991) … King Babar (voice)
– Child in the Snow (1991) … King Babar (voice)
See all 65 episodes »
 
1990 Blood Clan
Judge William McKay
 
1989 Friday the 13th (TV series)
Desmond Williams
– Femme Fatale (1989) … Desmond Williams
 
1989 Babar: The Movie
King Babar (voice)
 
1988 Danger Bay (TV series)
Pete Bartlett
– A Man's Sport (1988) … Pete Bartlett
 
1987 John and the Missus
John Munn
 
1985 Uncle T (short)
 
1984 Seeing Things (TV series)
Englander
– Now You See Him, Now You Don't (1984) … Englander
 
1984 Sam Hughes's War (TV movie)
Sam Hughes
 
1984 And Miles to Go (TV movie)
Jack
 
1983 A Case of Libel (TV movie)
Dennis Corcoran
 
1982 The Life and Times of Edwin Alonzo Boyd (TV movie)
Edwin Alonzo Boyd
 
1981 Silence of the North
John Frederickson
 
1981 Escape from Iran: The Canadian Caper (TV movie)
Ambassador Ken Taylor
 
1980 Klondike Fever
Swiftwater Bill
 
1979 A Gift to Last (TV series)
Sgt. Edgar Sturgess
– The Old and the New (1979) … Sgt. Edgar Sturgess
 
1979 The Suicide's Wife (TV movie)
Allan Crane
 
1979 People Talking Back (TV series)
Host
 
1975-1978 The Beachcombers (TV series)
John Vincent / The Wizard
– Return of the Hexman: Part 2 (1978) … The Wizard / John Vincent
– Return of the Hexman: Part 1 (1978) … The Wizard / John Vincent
– The Hexman (1975) … The Wizard / John Vincent
 
1978 Drága kisfiam
Fiu
 
1977 Who Has Seen the Wind
Gerald O'Connal
 
1976 A Gift to Last (TV movie)
Sgt. Edgar Sturgess
 
1975 Horse Latitudes (TV movie)
Phillip Stockton
 
1974 The Collaborators (TV series)
– When a Man is Down (1974)
 
1974 Only God Knows
Father John Hagan
 
1974 Newman's Law
Jack Eastman
 
1974 Ocean Heritage (short)
Narrator (voice)
 
1974 The Play's the Thing (TV series)
Host
 
1974 The Heatwave Lasted Four Days
Cliff Reynolds
 
1973 Marcus Welby, M.D. (TV series)
Dr. Xavier
– The Light at the Threshold (1973) … Dr. Xavier
 
1973 Cannon (TV series)
Phillip Trask
– Moving Target (1973) … Phillip Trask
 
1973 Incident on a Dark Street (TV movie)
Joe - Mayor
 
1972 Banacek (TV series)
John Weymouth
– No Sign of the Cross (1972) … John Weymouth
 
1972 Blacula
Lt. Jack Peters
 
1972 The Rowdyman
Will Cole
 
1972 Invitation to a March (TV movie)
 
1971 Chandler
John Melchior
 
1971 Sarge (TV series)
Stone
– The Combatants (1971) … Stone
 
1970 Hogan's Heroes (TV series)
S.S. Capt. Steiner
– The Dropouts (1970) … S.S. Capt. Steiner
 
1970 Dan August (TV series)
Frank Fairley
– Epitaph for a Swinger (1970) … Frank Fairley
 
1970 The Young Lawyers (TV series)
Henry Norman
– Is There a Good Samaritan in the House? (1970) … Henry Norman
 
1970 Colossus: The Forbin Project
The President
 
1970 Quarantined (TV movie)
Dr. Bud Bedford
 
1969 It Takes a Thief (TV series)
Gerald Lockridge
– The Family (1969) … Gerald Lockridge
 
1969 Adventures in Rainbow Country (TV series)
Father Bob Coburn
– La Chute (1969) … Father Bob Coburn
 
1968 The Thomas Crown Affair
Jamie
 
1966 Quentin Durgens, M.P. (TV series)
Quentin Durgens
 
1966 Festival (TV series)
Cuthbert Frush
– Spirit of the Deed (1966) … Cuthbert Frush
 
1966 Affair with a Killer
 
1965-1966 Seaway (TV series)
Grainger / Coffin
– Gunpowder and Paint: Part 2 (1966) … Grainger
– Gunpowder and Paint: Part 1 (1966) … Grainger
– Dont Forget to Wipe the Blood Off: Part 2 (1966) … Grainger
– Border Incident (1965) … Coffin
 
1963-1965 The Forest Rangers (TV series)
Sergeant Scott / Sergeant Brian Scott / Sgt. Scott
– Finnigan's Dog (1965) … Sergeant Scott
– Hole in the Ice (1965) … Sergeant Scott
– The Escape (1965) … Sergeant Scott
– Aggie (1964) … Sergeant Scott
– Gold Nuggets (1964) … Sergeant Scott
See all 34 episodes »
 
1964 A Very Close Family (TV movie)
Son
 
1964 Twelfth Night (TV movie)
Sebastian
 
1964 Lydia
Thomas
 
1962 Cyrano De Bergerac (TV movie)
Vicomte de Valvert
 
1962 Scarlett Hill (TV series)
David Black
 
1960 Encounter (TV series)
– Substitute Soldier (1960)
 
Show ShowWriter (7 titles)
2006 Heyday! (TV movie) (written by)
 
1999 Win, Again! (TV movie)
 
1987 John and the Missus (short)
 
1979 A Gift to Last (TV series)
– The Old and the New (1979) (created and written by)
 
1979 Up at Ours (TV mini-series) (creator)
 
1976 A Gift to Last (TV movie)
 
1972 The Rowdyman
 
Show ShowDirector (5 titles)
2006 Heyday! (TV movie)
 
1988 Two Men (TV movie)
 
1987 John and the Missus
 
1981 A Far Cry from Home (TV movie)
 
1980 Once
 
Show ShowSelf (36 titles)
2013 The Morning Show (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 18 April 2013 (2013) … Himself
 
2011-2012 The Hour (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #9.46 (2012) … Himself
– Episode #8.47 (2011) … Himself
– Episode #7.97 (2011) … Himself
 
2012 Flight of the Butterflies (documentary)
Dr. Fred Urquhart
 
2011 Sex Scandals in Religion (TV series documentary)
Narrator
– In the Name of the Lord (2011) … Narrator
– In the Name of Enlightenment (2011) … Narrator
– Wall of Silence (2011) … Narrator
– In the Name of Ayatollah (2011) … Narrator
 
2011 31st Annual Genie Awards (TV special)
Himself - Presenter
 
2011 An Unlikely Obsession (documentary)
Narrrator
 
2010 The 11th Annual Canadian Comedy Awards (TV movie)
Himself - Presenter
 
2010 Making a Scene (TV movie)
Himself
 
2010 Love Letters (TV movie)
Himself
 
2009 The 10th Annual Canadian Comedy Awards (TV movie)
Himself - Presenter
 
2009 Vancouver Vagabond (documentary)
Himself
 
2009 Playing the Machines (TV documentary)
Narrator
 
2008 28th Annual Genie Awards (TV special)
Himself - Nominee/Presenter/Winner of Performance of an Actor in a Leading Role
 
2008 The Red Green Story: We're All in This Together (TV movie)
Himself/Hap Shaughnessy
 
2006 Canada A.M. (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 8 September 2006 (2006) … Himself
 
2006 Ride Forever (video documentary)
Himself
 
2004 2004 Gemini Awards (TV special)
Himself
 
2004 amazinGross (documentary)
Himself
 
2004 Fairy Folio: A Field Guide to the Faerie (TV documentary)
Narrator
 
2003 Shattered City: The Halifax Explosion (TV movie)
Himself/Host (uncredited)
 
2003 Comedic Genius: The Work of Bernard Slade (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2003 The Seán Cullen Show (TV series)
Himself
– The Tollersman (2003) … Himself
 
2002 Moe Norman: The King of Swing (TV documentary)
Narrator
 
2002 Stranded Yanks: A Diary Between Friends (TV documentary)
Narrator (voice)
 
2001 We Stand on Guard (TV documentary)
Himself - Host
 
2000 Life and Times (TV series documentary)
Himself
– The Life and Times of Gordon Pinsent (2000) … Himself
 
1997 Magic Time (documentary)
Narrator (voice)
 
1996 The 1996 Gemini Awards (TV movie)
Himself
 
1992 A Passage from Burnt Islands (documentary)
Narrator (voice)
 
1983 High Schools (documentary)
Narrator
 
1981 The Devil at Your Heels (documentary)
Narrator (voice)
 
1976 The Alan Hamel Show (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 23 December 1976 (1976) … Himself
 
1976 The Great Canadian Culture Hunt (TV mini-series)
Host
 
1976 The World Is Round (documentary)
Narrator (voice)
 
1976 Blackwood (documentary short)
Narrator (voice)
 
1965 Three Approaches to Leadership (documentary short)
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (1 title)
2003 Inventing Grace, Touching Glory (documentary)
Himself
 

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Personal Quote:

In acting, you're simply at the mercy of other people's perception of you. It can be a terrifying feeling. The rewards can be great, but there is no steady happiness in this business. There are peaks of joy and valleys of gloom. As you get older, you forget that it was an adventure at one time, that you were able to take the falls... See more »

Trivia:

When filming the movie The Shipping News, he was the model for the Newfoundland accent for the rest of the cast, since this was the province in which he was born and raised. See more »

Star Sign:

Cancer