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Gordon Edward Pinsent, CC, FRSC is a Canadian actor, screenwriter, director and playwright. He is known for his roles in numerous productions, including Away from Her, The Rowdyman, John and the Missus, A Gift to Last, Due South, The Red Green Show and Quentin Durgens, M.P. Since 1989, for 30 years, he has served as the voice of Babar the elephant in television and film.
Birth Name
Gordon Edward Pinsent
Born
Saturday, 12 July 1930
Died
Saturday, 25 February 2023
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| The River of My Dreams | Self | 2017 |
| Journey with Dylan Dreyer | Self - Narrator | 2016 |
| Private Eyes | Nevin Ainslie | 2016 |
| Two Lovers and a Bear | Bear's Voice / Bear (voice) | 2016 |
| Call of the Forest: The Forgotten Wisdom of Trees | Narrator | 2016 |
| The Detour | Sleepy | 2016 |
| Al Purdy Was Here | Self | 2015 |
| Big News from Grand Rock | Stan | 2015 |
| Pirate's Passage | Harry Freelove / Harry the Barber (voice) | 2015 |
| The Polar Sea | Self | 2014 |
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| The River of My Dreams | Self | 2017 |
| Journey with Dylan Dreyer | Self - Narrator | 2016 |
| Private Eyes | Nevin Ainslie | 2016 |
| Two Lovers and a Bear | Bear's Voice / Bear (voice) | 2016 |
| Call of the Forest: The Forgotten Wisdom of Trees | Narrator | 2016 |
| The Detour | Sleepy | 2016 |
| Al Purdy Was Here | Self | 2015 |
| Big News from Grand Rock | Stan | 2015 |
| Pirate's Passage | Harry Freelove / Harry the Barber (voice) | 2015 |
| The Polar Sea | Self | 2014 |
| Supermensch | Self - Famous Canadian | 2014 |
| The Grand Seduction | Simon | 2014 |
| Sex After Kids | Dr. Keaton | 2013 |
| Flight of the Butterflies | Dr. Fred Urquhart / Dr Fred Urquhart | 2012 |
| Life Doesn't Frighten Me | Francis Weary | 2012 |
| Sunshine Sketches of a Little Town | Elder Stephen Leacock / Narrator | 2012 |
| An Unlikely Obsession | Narrrator / Narrator (voice) | 2011 |
| Babar and the Adventures of Badou | King Babar | 2010 |
| The Pillars of the Earth | Archbishop | 2010 |
| Republic of Doyle | Maurice Becker / Maurice Beecher | 2010 |
| At Home by Myself... with You | Narrator | 2009 |
| The Ron James Show | Dad | 2009 |
| The Listener | Accident Victim / Frank Cardea | 2009 |
| The Spine | Dan Rutherford | 2009 |
| The Red Green Story: We're All in This Together | Hap Shaughnessy / Self | 2008 |
| Mysteries of the Great Lakes | Narrator | 2008 |
| Away from Her | Grant Anderson / Grant | 2007 |
| Angela's Eyes | Christopher Martin | 2006 |
| Ambulance Girl | Pete | 2005 |
| Saint Ralph | Father Fitzpatrick | 2005 |
| The Hour | Self | 2005 |
| H2O | Michael Cameron | 2004 |
| The Confessor | Cardinal Ledesna | 2004 |
| Corner Gas | Corky Dillems | 2004 |
| Nothing | Man In Suit | 2003 |
| Fallen Angel | Warren Wentworth | 2003 |
| Bury the Lead | Mr. Walker | 2002 |
| Puppets Who Kill | CBC President | 2002 |
| Stranded Yanks: A Diary Between Friends | Narrator | 2002 |
| The Shipping News | Billy Pretty | 2001 |
| Just Cause | Stanton Milbury | 2001 |
| Blind Terror | Martin Howell | 2001 |
| Blue Murder | Sgt. Pat Berlinger | 2001 |
| Relic Hunter | Jimmy Jonesboro | 1999 |
| The Old Man and the Sea | Old Man (voice) / Old Man | 1999 |
| Power Play | Duff McArdle | 1998 |
| Pippi Longstocking | Capt. Longstocking (voice) / Capt. Longstocking | 1997 |
| Pale Saints | Gus | 1997 |
| A Holiday for Love | Cal Marsdon | 1996 |
| Wind at My Back | Leo McGinty | 1996 |
| Life and Times | Self | 1996 |
| Kids for Character | King Babar | 1996 |
| The Outer Limits | Dr. Steven Molstad | 1995 |
| Lonesome Dove: The Series | Randall Shaw | 1994 |
| Due South | Fraser Sr. / Robert 'Bob' Fraser Sr. / Robert Fraser | 1994 |
| This Hour Has 22 Minutes | The Codfather | 1993 |
| Kung Fu: The Legend Continues | Ken Collins | 1993 |
| Bonds of Love | Leon | 1993 |
| Secret Service | Jerry Parr | 1992 |
| In the Eyes of a Stranger | Lt. Ted Burk | 1992 |
| Beyond Reality | Professor Nolan Randolph / James Williamson | 1991 |
| The Hidden Room | Abraham Stone | 1991 |
| The Red Green Show | Hap Shaughnessy | 1991 |
| Blood Clan | Judge William McKay | 1990 |
| Counterstrike | Jack Devon | 1990 |
| Avonlea | John Hodgson | 1990 |
| E.N.G. | Jim Kanby | 1989 |
| Babar: The Movie | King Babar | 1989 |
| Babar | King Babar / King Babar (voice) | 1989 |
| John and the Missus | John Munn | 1987 |
| Friday the 13th: The Series | Desmond Williams | 1987 |
| Street Legal | Harold Vickers | 1987 |
| The Ray Bradbury Theater | Mr. X | 1985 |
| High Schools | Narrator | 1984 |
| Sam Hughes's War | Sam Hughes | 1984 |
| A Case of Libel | Dennis Corcoran | 1983 |
| Danger Bay | Pete Bartlett | 1983 |
| The Life and Times of Edwin Alonzo Boyd | Edwin Alonzo Boyd / Edwin Boyd | 1982 |
| American Playhouse | Dennis Corcoran | 1982 |
| Silence of the North | John Frederickson | 1981 |
| Seeing Things | Englander | 1981 |
| Escape From Iran: The Canadian Caper | Ambassador Ken Taylor | 1981 |
| The Devil at Your Heels | Narrator (Voice) / Narrator | 1981 |
| Klondike Fever | Swiftwater Bill | 1980 |
| The Suicide's Wife | Allan Crane | 1977 |
| Who Has Seen the Wind | Gerald O'Connal | 1977 |
| Blackwood | Narrator | 1976 |
| The Heatwave Lasted Four Days | Cliff Reynolds | 1975 |
| Newman's Law | Jack Eastman | 1974 |
| Incident on a Dark Street | Joe - Mayor | 1973 |
| The Beachcombers | The Wizard | 1972 |
| Blacula | Lt. Peters / Lt. John "Jack" Peters | 1972 |
| The Rowdyman | Will Cole | 1972 |
| Banacek | John Weymouth | 1972 |
| Chandler | John Melchior / Melchior | 1971 |
| Cannon | Phillip Trask | 1971 |
| Sarge | Stone | 1971 |
| Dan August | Frank Fairley | 1970 |
| Adventures in Rainbow Country | Father Bob Coburn | 1970 |
| Colossus: The Forbin Project | The President | 1970 |
| Quarantined | Dr. Bud Bedford | 1970 |
| The Young Lawyers | Henry Norman | 1969 |
| Marcus Welby, M.D. | Dr. Joseph Xavier | 1969 |
| The Thomas Crown Affair | Jamie / Jamie McDonald | 1968 |
| It Takes a Thief | Gerald Lockridge | 1968 |
| Quentin Durgens, M.P. | Quentin Durgens | 1966 |
| Affair with a Killer | 1966 | |
| Hogan's Heroes | S.S. Capt. Steiner | 1965 |
| Seaway | Grainger / Coffin | 1965 |
| Lydia | Thomas | 1964 |
| The Forest Rangers | Sergeant Scott / Sergeant Brian Scott | 1963 |
| The Unforeseen | Counter boy | 1958 |
Director Filmography
| Title | Year |
|---|
| John and the Missus | 1987 |
| Once | 1981 |
