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Gordon Edward Pinsent CC, FRSC LL.D (born July 12, 1930 in Grand Falls, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada) is a Canadian television, theatre and film actor.

Pinsent began acting on stage in the 1940s at the age of 17. He soon took on roles in radio drama on the CBC, and later moved into television and film as well. During the early years of his career he appeared in Scarlett Hill but was best known for co-starring in the CBC children's series The Forest Rangers in the early 1960s.

Later television roles have included the series Quentin Durgens, M.P., A Gift to Last (which he created), The Red Green Show, Due South, Wind at My Back and Power Play.

His movie roles have included Lydia, The Rowdyman, Who Has Seen the Wind, John and the Missus and The Shipping News. He wrote the screenplays for The Rowdyman and John and the Missus.

He married actress Charmion King in 1962. His daughter with King, Leah Pinsent, is also a television actress. He also has two children from an earlier marriage.

He published an autobiography, By the Way, in 1992. He has also written a number of stage plays and television screenplays. In 1997 he won the Earl Grey Award.

In 1979 he was made an officer of the Order of Canada and was promoted to Companion in 1998. In 2006, he was made a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada. ^[1]

On the evening of September 11, 2006, at the Toronto International Film Festival, Pinsent collapsed while attending an after party, celebrating the opening of Away From Her, at Harry Rosen's on Bloor Street. He was conscious as he was transferred into an ambulance.[2] He was diagnosed as dehydrated and stayed in the hospital overnight before returning home to rest.[3]

Filmography

Television series

• 1962-1964: Scarlett Hill
• 1963-1965: The Forest Rangers
• 1966-1969: Quentin Durgens, M.P.
• 1974: The Play's The Thing
• 1978-1979: A Gift to Last
• 1991-2006: The Red Green Show
• 1994-1997: Due South
• 1996: Wind at My Back
• 1998: Made In Canada
• 1998-2000: Power Play

Television specials and movies

• 1969: Quarantined (TV movie)
• 1972: Incident on a Dark Street
• 1979: The Suicide's Wife
• 1981: Escape from Iran: The Canadian Caper
• 1982: The Life and Times of Edwin Alonzo Boyd
• 1984: A Case of Libel
• 1988: Two Men
• 1993: Bonds of Love
• 1993: In the Eyes of the Stranger
• 1995: A Vow to Kill
• 1996: A Holiday for Love
• 1999: Win, Again!
• 2000: Jewel On The Hill (narrator)
• 2001: Blind Terror
• 2002: The New Beachcombers
• 2003: Fallen Angel (TV movie)
• 2003: Hemingway vs Callaghan
• 2004: H20: The Last Prime Minister
• 2006: Yours, Al

Movies

• 1964: Lydia
• 1968: The Thomas Crown Affair
• 1969: Colossus: The Forbin Project
• 1972: Blacula
• 1972: Chandler
• 1972: The Rowdyman
• 1974: The Heatwave Lasted Four Days
• 1974: Newman's Law
• 1974: Only God Knows
• 1977: Who Has Seen The Wind
• 1980: Klondike Fever
• 1981: Silence of the North
• 1987: John and the Missus
• 1989: Babar: The Movie (voice)
• 1990: Blood Clan
• 1997: Pale Saints
• 1997: Pippi Longstocking (voice)
• 1999: The Old Man and the Sea (voice)
• 2001: The Shipping News
• 2002: A Promise
• 2003: Nothing
• 2003: Snow on the Skeleton Key
• 2004: The Good Shepherd
• 2004: Saint Ralph
• 2006: Away from Her

External links

• Northern Stars: Gordon Pinsent

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