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'{{Short description|Canadian actor, writer, director and singer (1930–2023)}} {{Use Canadian English|date=February 2023}} {{Use mdy dates|date=February 2023}} {{Infobox person | name = Gordon Pinsent | honorific_suffix = {{post-nominals|country=CAN|CC|FRSC|size=100%}} | image = Gordon Pinsent TIFF08.jpg | caption = Pinsent in 2008 | birth_name = Gordon Edward Pinsent | birth_date = {{Birth date|1930|7|12}} | birth_place = [[Grand Falls-Windsor|Grand Falls]], [[Dominion of Newfoundland|Newfoundland]] | death_date = {{Death date and age|2023|2|25|1930|7|12}} | death_place = | occupation = {{hlist|Actor|writer|director|singer}} | years_active = 1957–2021 | spouse = {{marriage|[[Charmion King]]|1962|2007|reason=died}} | children = 3; including [[Leah Pinsent]] }} '''Gordon Edward Pinsent''' {{post-nominals|country=CAN|CC|FRSC}} (July 12, 1930 – February 25, 2023) was a Canadian actor, writer, director, and singer. He was 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.]]''<ref name = Star20121222>{{cite news| first1 = Richard | last1 = Ouzounian |url=https://www.thestar.com/entertainment/stage/2012/12/22/gordon_pinsent_a_canadian_legend_looks_back_at_his_life.html|title=Gordon Pinsent: a Canadian legend looks back at his life|date=December 22, 2012 | access-date = February 26, 2023 | work = Toronto Star | page = E3 | publisher = TorStar | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20151208054320/https://www.thestar.com/entertainment/stage/2012/12/22/gordon_pinsent_a_canadian_legend_looks_back_at_his_life.html | archive-date = December 8, 2015 | url-status = live}}</ref> He was the voice of [[Babar the Elephant]] in television and film from 1989 to 2015. ==Early life== Pinsent, the youngest of six children, was born in [[Grand Falls-Windsor|Grand Falls]], [[Dominion of Newfoundland|Newfoundland]] (present-day [[Newfoundland and Labrador]], Canada). His mother, Florence "Flossie" ([[née]] Cooper), was originally from Clifton, Newfoundland and his father, Stephen Arthur Pinsent, was a papermill worker and cobbler originally from [[Dildo, Newfoundland|Dildo]], Newfoundland.<ref name = RedGreen> {{Cite web | title = Gordon Pinsent is Hap Shaughnessy | url = http://www.redgreen.com/index.cfm?app=cart&a=view_cast&castID= | work = The Red Green Show | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070929094459/http://www.redgreen.com/index.cfm?app=cart&a=view_cast&castID=11 | archive-date = September 29, 2007 | url-status = dead }}</ref> His mother was "quiet spoken" and a religious [[Anglican]]; the family was descended from immigrants from [[Kent]] and [[Devon]] in [[England]].<ref name="lit">{{cite web | first1 = David | last1 = Gardner | title = Gordon Pinsent | url = http://www.litencyc.com/php/speople.php?rec=true&UID=5255 | work = The Literary Encylopedia | date = April 8, 2004 | access-date = February 26, 2023 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20211028153014/http://www.litencyc.com/php/speople.php?rec=true&UID=5255 | archive-date = October 21, 2021 | url-status = live }}</ref> He was a self-described "awkward child" who suffered from [[rickets]].<ref name = Star20121222/> Pinsent began acting on stage in the 1940s at the age of 17. He soon took on roles in radio drama on the [[Canadian Broadcasting Corporation|CBC]], and later moved into television and film as well. In the early 1950s, he took a break from acting and joined the [[Canadian Army]], serving for approximately four years as a private in [[The Royal Canadian Regiment]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.broadcasting-history.ca/personalities/pinsent-gordon-edward|title = Pinsent, Gordon Edward &#124; History of Canadian Broadcasting}}</ref> ==Career== Pinsent's professional acting career began in 1957 at Winnipeg's Theatre 77 (later known as the [[Royal Manitoba Theatre Centre]]) under the direction of [[John Hirsch]]. In the years that followed, he performed in many theatrical productions in Winnipeg, Toronto and at the [[Stratford Festival]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/gordon-pinsent/|title=Gordon Pinsent|first=James|last=DeFelice}}</ref> In the early 1960s, he appeared in ''[[Scarlett Hill]]'' and ''[[The Forest Rangers (TV series)|The Forest Rangers]]''. He has since become a staple of Canadian television with roles including 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 (1998 TV series)|Power Play]]''.<ref name = Star20121222/> Pinsent's film roles include ''[[The Rowdyman]]'', ''[[Who Has Seen the Wind (1977 film)|Who Has Seen the Wind]]'', ''[[John and the Missus]]'', ''[[The Shipping News (film)|The Shipping News]]'' and ''[[Away from Her]]''. He wrote the screenplays for ''The Rowdyman'' and ''John and the Missus''. Perhaps his best known early film role was that of the president of the United States in the 1970 science fiction cult classic ''[[Colossus: The Forbin Project]]''.<ref name =VanSun20230225>{{Cite news | author = Canadian Press Staff |title=Canadian actor Gordon Pinsent, who starred in Away From Her, has died at 92 |url=https://vancouversun.com/entertainment/canadian-actor-gordon-pinsent-died-92 | date = February 25, 2023 | agency = The Canadian Press | access-date=2023-02-26 |work = Vancouver Sun }}</ref> 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]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.rsc.ca/files/media/newfellows/new_fellows_2006_citations.pdf|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110718191706/http://www.rsc.ca/files/media/newfellows/new_fellows_2006_citations.pdf|deadurl=y|title=Royal Society of Canada (RSC)<!-- Bot generated title -->|archivedate=July 18, 2011}}</ref> In 2007, it was announced that Pinsent would receive a star on [[Canada's Walk of Fame]].<ref>{{Cite news |last=Taylor |first=Kate |date=2023-02-25 |title=Actor Gordon Pinsent, the friendly face and roguish heart of Canadian cinema, dead at 92 |language=en-CA |work=The Globe and Mail |url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/film/article-gordon-pinsent-dead/ |access-date=2023-02-26}}</ref> On March 8, 2007, it was publicly announced in [[Toronto]], [[Ontario]], Canada, that Pinsent had accepted the appointment of honorary chairman of the "Building for the Future"<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://thercr.ca/campaign/capital_campaign.htm|title=The RCR Museum Capital Campaign<!-- Bot generated title -->}}</ref> fundraising campaign for [[Royal Canadian Regiment Museum|The Royal Canadian Regiment Museum]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://thercr.ca/thercrmuseum/thercrmuseum.htm|title=The RCR Museum<!-- Bot generated title -->}}</ref> During the 2008, 2010, and 2011 summer periods of [[CBC Radio One]], Pinsent presented a [[radio documentary]] series called ''[[The Late Show (CBC radio)|The Late Show]]'' featuring extended obituaries of notable Canadians whom the producers believed deserved attention.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.cbc.ca/thelateshow/about/|title=CBC.ca {{!}} The Late Show &#124; About the Show|website=www.cbc.ca|language=en|access-date=January 30, 2017}}</ref> Pinsent appeared in one of Canadian director [[Stephen Dunn (director)|Stephen Dunn]]'s early short films titled ''Life Doesn't Frighten Me'', which won various awards, including the CBC Short Film Face-Off, with a cash prize of CA$30,000.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/st-john-s-director-wins-short-film-face-off-1.1699127|title=St. John's director wins Short Film Face Off|date=September 7, 2013|publisher=[[CBC News]]}}</ref> The film also won awards at the [[Toronto Student Film Festival]] and the [[Tribeca Film Festival]] in 2013.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ionmagazine.ca/track/film/stephen-dunn-life-doesnt-frighten-me|title=Stephen Dunn: Life Doesn't Frighten Me|date=July 17, 2013|publisher=Ion Magazine|access-date=July 14, 2016|archive-date=February 15, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160215192211/http://www.ionmagazine.ca/track/film/stephen-dunn-life-doesnt-frighten-me|url-status=dead}}</ref> He had a guest starring role as Maurice Becker on the February 3, 2010, episode of Canadian television series ''[[Republic of Doyle]]''. He was also a featured guest reader on [[Bookaboo]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=About the show |url=https://www.cbc.ca/mediacentre/program/bookaboo |website=CBC}}</ref> He attained notoriety when a comedic segment of him reading dramatically from [[Justin Bieber]]'s autobiography on ''[[This Hour Has 22 Minutes]]'' went viral on October 20, 2010.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Vlessing |first=Etan |date=2010-10-20 |title=Comedian’s Mocking of Justin Bieber Book Goes Viral |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/music-news/comedians-mocking-justin-bieber-book-31694/ |access-date=2023-02-27 |website=The Hollywood Reporter |language=en-US}}</ref> ==Writing== His first memoir, ''By the Way'', was published in 1992 by Stoddart Publishing. His second, ''Next'' (with [[George Anthony (journalist)|George Anthony]]), was published in 2012 by [[McClelland and Stewart]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.winnipegfreepress.com/arts-and-life/entertainment/books/pinsent-better-at-looking-forward-than-back-in-second-memoir-176075011.html|title = Oct 2012: Pinsent better at looking forward than back in second memoir|newspaper = Winnipeg Free Press|date = October 27, 2012|last1 = Walz|first1 = Gene}}</ref> He wrote several screenplays, including ''The Rowdyman'' and ''John and the Missus''.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Gordon Pinsent, Prolific Canadian Actor, Dead at 92 {{!}} Exclaim! |url=https://exclaim.ca/film/article/gordon_pinsent_prolific_canadian_actor_dead_at_92 |access-date=2023-02-27 |website=exclaim.ca |language=en}}</ref> His plays include ''Easy Down Easy'' (1987) and ''Brass Rubbings'' (1989).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thetelegram.com/lifestyles/local-lifestyles/iconic-newfoundland-and-labrador-actor-gordon-pinsent-about-to-turn-90-471651/|title = Iconic Newfoundland and Labrador actor Gordon Pinsent about to turn 90 &#124; Saltwire}}</ref> == Personal life and death == Pinsent married actress [[Charmion King]] in 1962. They remained together until her death in 2007. Their daughter, [[Leah Pinsent]], is also an actress.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Simonson|first=Robert|date=January 7, 2007|title=Charmion King, Canadian Stage Actress, Dies at 81|work=[[Playbill]]|url=https://www.playbill.com/article/charmion-king-canadian-stage-actress-dies-at-81-com-137558}}</ref> Pinsent also has two children from a previous marriage and a son from another relationship. <ref>{{Cite news|last=Posner|first=Michael|date=December 6, 2012|title=Gordon Pinsent reflects on a charmed life|work=[[The Globe and Mail]]|url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/celebrity-news/gordon-pinsent-reflects-on-a-charmed-life/article6030196/ | orig-date= December 7, 2012 <!--date print edition published--> | page = L7 | access-date = February 26, 2023 | location = Toronto | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150412002945/https://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/celebrity-news/gordon-pinsent-reflects-on-a-charmed-life/article6030196/ | archive-date = April 12, 2015 | url-status = live}}</ref> Pinsent died in his sleep on February 25, 2023, at age 92.<ref name="CBCDeath">{{cite news |author1=CBC News Staff |title=Gordon Pinsent, Canadian acting icon, dead at 92 |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/gorden-pinsent-1.6760868 |work=CBC News |location=Toronto |date = February 25, 2023 | access-date = February 26, 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/gordon-pinsent-dead-away-from-her-1235334729/|title=Gordon Pinsent, Actor in Sarah Polley’s ‘Away From Her,’ Dies at 92|website=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]|first=Mike|last=Barnes|date=February 26, 2023|access-date=February 26, 2023}}</ref> ==Awards== Pinsent was a companion of The Order of Canada and a Fellow of The Royal Society of Canada.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Gordon Pinsent, Canadian acting icon, dead at 92 |url=https://ca.news.yahoo.com/gordon-pinsent-canadian-acting-icon-024600274.html |access-date=2023-02-26 |website=ca.news.yahoo.com |language=en-CA}}</ref> In 1997, he won the [[Earle Grey Award]] for lifetime achievement in television.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Earle Grey Award {{!}} The Canadian Encyclopedia |url=https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/earle-grey-award |access-date=2023-02-26 |website=www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca}}</ref> Pinsent received an [[LL.D]] from the [[University of Prince Edward Island]] in 1975, and honorary doctorates from Queen's University, Memorial University of Newfoundland, Lakehead University (2008) and the University of Windsor (2012).<ref>{{Cite web |title=Canada's Walk of Fame |url=https://www.canadaswalkoffame.com/ |access-date=2023-02-26 |website=Canada's Walk of Fame |language=en-CA}}</ref> Pinsent received a [[Governor General's Awards|Governor General's Performing Arts Award]] in 2004, Canada's highest honour in the performing arts.<ref>{{cite web|title=Governor General's Performing Arts Awards - Recipients|url=http://ggpaa.ca/award-recipients.aspx?year=2004#results|publisher=Governor General's Performing Arts Awards Foundation|access-date=December 6, 2012}}</ref> It was on July 12, 2005, in his hometown of Grand Falls-Windsor, and in honour of his 75th birthday, that the Arts & Culture Centre was renamed The Gordon Pinsent Centre for the Arts.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Government renames the Grand Falls-Windsor Arts and Culture Centre in honour of Gordon Pinsent |url=https://www.releases.gov.nl.ca/releases/2005/exec/0712n04.htm |access-date=2023-02-26 |website=www.releases.gov.nl.ca}}</ref> On September 25, 2008, at a "Newfoundland- and Labrador-Inspired Evening" at [[The Windsor Arms Hotel]] in Toronto, [[the Company Theatre]] presented Pinsent with the inaugural Gordon Pinsent Award of Excellence.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Bradshaw |first=James |date=2008-09-16 |title=Lifetime achievement award for Pinsent |language=en-CA |work=The Globe and Mail |url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/lifetime-achievement-award-for-pinsent/article1349944/ |access-date=2023-02-26}}</ref> Pinsent received the [[Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal]] in 2012.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/arts/story/2012/06/18/jubilee-gala-toronto.html| title=Diamond Jubilee Gala toasts exceptional Canadians| date=June 18, 2012| publisher=CBC| access-date=June 19, 2012}}</ref> Pinsent received acting and writing awards, which included three [[Genie Awards]], five [[Gemini Awards]], two [[ACTRA Award]]<nowiki/>s, and a [[Dora Award]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Canada's Walk of Fame |url=https://www.canadaswalkoffame.com/ |access-date=2023-02-27 |website=Canada's Walk of Fame |language=en-CA}}</ref> === Filmography === Filmography of Pinsent:<ref name=":0">{{cite web |title=Gordon Pinsent |url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0684521/awards |website=[[IMDb]]}}</ref> ===Movies=== {{Div col}} *1964: ''Lydia'' as Thomas *1966: ''Don't Forget to Wipe the Blood Off'' *1968: ''[[The Thomas Crown Affair (1968 film)|The Thomas Crown Affair]]'' as Jamie McDonald *1970: ''[[Colossus: The Forbin Project]]'' as The President *1971: ''[[Chandler (film)|Chandler]]'' as John Melchior *1972: ''[[The Rowdyman]]'' as Will Cole *1972: ''[[Blacula]]'' as Lt. Jack Peters *1974: ''[[Newman's Law]]'' as Jack Eastman *1974: ''[[Only God Knows]]'' as Father John Hagan *1975: ''[[The Heatwave Lasted Four Days]]'' as Cliff Reynolds *1976: ''[[Blackwood (1976 film)|Blackwood]]'' as Narrator *1977: ''[[Who Has Seen the Wind (1977 film)|Who Has Seen the Wind]]'' as Gerald O'Connal *1978: ''Drága kisfiam'' as Fiú *1980: ''[[Klondike Fever]]'' as Swiftwater Bill *1981: ''[[The Devil at Your Heels]]'' as narrator *1981: ''[[Silence of the North]]'' as John Frederickson *1987: ''[[John and the Missus]]'' as John Munn *1989: ''[[Babar: The Movie]]'' as King Babar (voice) *1990: ''Blood Clan'' as Judge William McKay *1997: ''[[Pippi Longstocking (1997 film)|Pippi Longstocking]]'' as Capt. Longstocking (voice) *1997: ''[[Pale Saints (film)|Pale Saints]]'' as Gus *1999: ''[[The Old Man and the Sea (1999 film)|The Old Man and the Sea]]'' (Short) as Old Man (voice) *2001: ''[[The Shipping News (film)|The Shipping News]]'' as Billy Pretty *2002: ''A Promise'' (Short) *2003: ''[[Nothing (film)|Nothing]]'' as Man In Suit *2003: ''Snow on the Skeleton Key'' (Short) as Winslow Icarus *2004: ''[[The Good Shepherd (2004 film)|The Good Shepherd]]'' as Cardinal Ledesna *2004: ''[[Saint Ralph]]'' as Father Fitzpatrick *2006: ''[[Away from Her]]'' as Grant Anderson *2006: ''[[The Sparky Book]]'' (Short) as Goldfish *2008: ''Eating Buccaneers'' as Hermit Trapper *2009: ''[[The Spine (film)|The Spine]]'' (Short) (voice)<ref name=Wilner>{{cite news|last=Wilner|first=Norman|title=Spine-tingling short|url=http://www.nowtoronto.com/daily/movies/story.cfm?content=169908|access-date=March 12, 2011|newspaper=[[Now (newspaper)|Now]]|date=June 12, 2009}}</ref> *2009: ''[[At Home by Myself...With You]]'' as Narrator (voice) *2012: ''[[Flight of the Butterflies]]'' *2013: ''[[Sex After Kids]]'' as Dr. Keaton *2013: ''[[The Grand Seduction]]'' as Simon *2013: ''Big News from Grand Rock'' as Stan *2014: ''[[Danny (2014 film)|Danny]]'' (cameo) *2016: ''[[Two Lovers and a Bear]]'' as Bear's Voice *2017: ''The River of My Dreams'' (Documentary) {{div col end}} ===Television series=== {{Div col}} *1963: ''[[Scarlett Hill]]'' as David Black *1963-1965: ''The Forest Rangers'' as Sergeant Brian Scott *1968: ''[[Quentin Durgens, M.P.]]'' as Quentin Durgens *1969: ''[[Adventures in Rainbow Country]]'' as Father Bob Coburn *1970: ''[[Hogan's Heroes]]'' as Capt. Steiner *1972: ''[[Banacek]]'' as John Weymouth *1973: ''[[Cannon (TV series)|Cannon]]'' as Phillip Trask *1974: ''The Play's The Thing'' as Host *1978-1979: ''[[A Gift to Last]]'' as Sgt. Edgar Sturgess *1980: ''[[Up at Ours]]'' *1983: ''[[For the Record (Canadian TV series)|Ready for Slaughter]]'' *1984: ''[[Seeing Things (TV series)|Seeing Things]]'' as Englander *1989-1991: ''[[Babar (TV series)|Babar]]'' as King Babar *1989-1993: '' [[Street Legal (Canadian TV series)|Street Legal]]'' as Harold Vickers *1989: ''[[Friday the 13th: The Series]]'' as Desmond Williams *1991-2006: ''[[The Red Green Show]]'' as Hap Shaughnessy *1994-1999: ''[[Due South]]'' as Robert Fraser (<small>recurring</small>) *1997-2000: ''[[Wind at My Back]]'' as Leo McGinty *1998-2003: ''[[Made in Canada (TV series)|Made in Canada]]'' as Myron Kingswell / Walter Franklin, Sr. *1998-2000: ''[[Power Play (1998 TV series)|Power Play]]'' as Duff McArdle *2004: ''[[H2O (miniseries)|H₂O: The Last Prime Minister]]'' as Michael Cameron *2009: ''[[Corner Gas]]'' as Corky Dillems *2009: ''[[The Listener (TV series)|The listener]]'' as Franck *2010: ''[[The Pillars of the Earth (miniseries)|The Pillars of the Earth]]'' as Archbishop *2010-2012: ''[[Republic of Doyle]]'' as Maurice Becker (<small>recurring</small>) *2010-2015: ''[[Babar and the Adventures of Badou]]'' as King Babar *2013: ''[[Satisfaction (2013 TV series)|Satisfaction]]'' as Dr Faskin *2019: ''[[Private Eyes (TV series)|Private Eyes]]'' as Nevin Ainslie {{div col end}} ===Television specials and movies=== *1970: ''[[Quarantined (film)|Quarantined]]'' as Dr. Bud Bedford *1973: ''[[Incident on a Dark Street]]'' as Joe - Mayor *1975: ''[[Horse Latitudes]]'' as Donald Crowhurst *1979: ''[[The Suicide's Wife]]'' as Allan Crane *1981: ''[[Escape from Iran: The Canadian Caper]]'' as Ambassador Ken Taylor *1982: ''The Life and Times of Edwin Alonzo Boyd'' as Edwin Alonzo Boyd *1984: ''[[A Case of Libel]]'' as Dennis Corcoran *1984: ''And Miles to Go'' as Jack Morrissey *1984: ''Sam Hughes's War'' as Sir Sam Hughes *1988: ''[[Two Men (1988 film)|Two Men]]'' *1992: ''In the Eyes of the Stranger'' as Lt. Ted Burk *1993: ''Bonds of Love'' as Leon *1995: ''[[A Vow to Kill]]'' as Frank Waring *1996: ''A Holiday for Love'' as Cal Marsdon *1999: ''[[Win, Again!]]'' as Win Morrissey *2000: ''Jewel On The Hill'' as Narrator *2001: ''[[Blind Terror]]'' as Martin Howell *2002: ''[[The New Beachcombers]]'' as Host *2003: ''Hemingway vs Callaghan'' as Morley Callaghan *2003: ''Fallen Angel'' as Warren Wentworth *2006: ''Yours, Al'' as Al Purdy *2012: ''Sunshine Sketches of a Little Town'' as Elder Stephen Leacock *2015: ''[[Pirate's Passage]]'' as Harry Freelove, The Barber (voice) ==Discography== Discography of Pinsent: * 2002: ''At the Rim of the Carol-Singing Sea'' (with The Newfoundland Symphony Youth Choir)<ref>{{cite web|title=Gordon Pinsent|url=https://musicbrainz.org/artist/983d8a02-b1c4-490b-a609-6743b88fad0b|website=musicbrainz.org|publisher=Musicbrainz Foundation|accessdate=February 14, 2015}}</ref> * 2010: ''Down and Out in Upalong'' (with [[Travis Good]] and [[Greg Keelor]])<ref>{{Cite web |title=Remembering Legendary Canadian Actor Gordon Pinsent Who Died at 92 |url=https://www.everythingzoomer.com/arts-entertainment/stars-royals/2023/02/26/men-of-a-certain-age/ |access-date=2023-02-27 |website=www.everythingzoomer.com |language=en}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist|2}} ==External links== {{commons category}} *{{IMDb name|0684521|Gordon Pinsent}} *[https://web.archive.org/web/20100310150026/http://www.northernstars.ca/actorspqr/pinsent_gordon.html Northern Stars: Gordon Pinsent] * [https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/gordon-pinsent Gordon Pinsent] at ''[[The Canadian Encyclopedia]]'' * {{Discogs artist|Gordon Pinsent}} {{Navboxes | title = Awards for Gordon Pinsent | list = {{ACCT Best Actor}} {{ACCT Best Supporting Actor}} }} {{Authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Pinsent, Gordon}} [[Category:1930 births]] [[Category:2023 deaths]] [[Category:20th-century Canadian dramatists and playwrights]] [[Category:20th-century Canadian male actors]] [[Category:20th-century Canadian male writers]] [[Category:21st-century Canadian male actors]] [[Category:21st-century Canadian male writers]] [[Category:Best Actor Genie and Canadian Screen Award winners]] [[Category:Best Supporting Actor Genie and Canadian Screen Award winners]] [[Category:Best Supporting Actor in a Drama Series Canadian Screen Award winners]] [[Category:Canadian Anglicans]] [[Category:Canadian male dramatists and playwrights]] [[Category:Canadian male film actors]] [[Category:Canadian male screenwriters]] [[Category:Canadian male stage actors]] [[Category:Canadian male television actors]] [[Category:Canadian male voice actors]] [[Category:Canadian people of English descent]] [[Category:Companions of the Order of Canada]] [[Category:Fellows of the Royal Society of Canada]] [[Category:Film directors from Newfoundland and Labrador]] [[Category:Governor General's Performing Arts Award winners]] [[Category:Male actors from Newfoundland and Labrador]] [[Category:People from Grand Falls-Windsor]] [[Category:Writers from Newfoundland and Labrador]] [[Category:The Royal Canadian Regiment soldiers]] [[Category:Canadian military personnel from Newfoundland and Labrador]]'