Gordon Pinsent Obituary

Canadian actor Gordon Pinsent passed away peacefully in his sleep on February 25, 2023, at age 92.

Born July 12, 1930, in Grand Falls-Windsor, Canada, Pinsent was the youngest of six children born to Stephen Pinsent, a paper mill worker and cobbler, and Florence Cooper.

Pinsent commenced acting in the 1940s as a stage actor. He then moved to television and later film.

He took a break from acting and joined the Canadian Army, where he served with the Royal Canadian Regiment from 1948 to 1951.

The established movie actor had more than 40 credits to his name, in films such as “John and the Missus (1987)”(which he also wrote), “The Shipping News(2001)”,  “The Grand Seduction (2013)”, and “Age of Dysphoria (2020)” — and was an accomplished writer, director and presenter.

Gordon received an L.L.D. from the University of P.E.I. in 1975, an Honorary Doctorate from Queen’s University in 1988, as well as from the Memorial University of Newfoundland and the University of Prince Edward Island.

In 1979, Pinsent was made an officer of the Order of Canada and was promoted to Companion in 1998. He won the Earle Grey Award for lifetime achievement in television in 1997.

In 2006, he was made a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada.

On March 6, 2007, it was announced that Pinsent would receive a star on Canada’s Walk of Fame.

Amid the 2008, 2010 and 2011 summer periods of CBC Radio One, Pinsent presented a radio documentary series called The Late Show featuring extended obituaries of notable Canadians whom the producers believed deserved attention.

Gordon Pinsent is survived by his children; Barry Kennedy, Beverly Kennedy and Leah Pinsent.

His funeral arrangements are yet to be announced by the family.