Name
Gordon Lightfoot
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1938-11-17
Deathday
2023-05-01 (85 years old)
Place of Birth
Orillia, Ontario, Canada
Biography
Gordon Meredith Lightfoot Jr. CC OOnt (November 17, 1938 – May 1, 2023) was a Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist who achieved international success in folk, folk-rock, and country music. He is credited with helping to define the folk-pop sound of the 1960s and 1970s. He has been referred to as Canada's greatest songwriter and his songs have been recorded by some of the world's most renowned musical artists. Lightfoot's biographer Nicholas Jennings said, "His name is synonymous with timeless songs about trains and shipwrecks, rivers and highways, lovers and loneliness."
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- 2019 Rolling Thunder Revue: A Bob Dylan Story by Martin Scorsese as Self
- 1979 Gordon Lightfoot - Live From Soundstage '79 as Self - Musician
- 1982 Harry Tracy, Desperado as U.S. Marshal Morrie Nathan
- Soon Lightheaded as Himself
- 2021 Anne Murray: Full Circle as Self
- 1996 Animal Charm: Golden Digest as Himself (archival footage)
- 1974 The Midnight Special Legendary Performances 1974 as Self
- 1985 Tears Are Not Enough as Self
- 1972 Gordon Lightfoot: BBC Four In Concert as Himself
- 2009 This Beat Goes On: Canadian Pop Music in the 1970s as Self
- 2019 Gordon Lightfoot: If You Could Read My Mind as Self
- 2002 Gordon Lightfoot: Live in Reno as Self
- 1969 The Johnny Cash Show ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1972 The Midnight Special ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1975 Saturday Night Live ( 1 episode ) as Self - Musical Guest
