Gordon Lightfoot

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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Gordon Lightfoot is known for work in acting across film and television. New Release currently presents 14 verified screen credits connected to this profile.

Selected work includes Saturday Night Live (1975), The Midnight Special (1972), The Johnny Cash Show (1969), Rolling Thunder Revue: A Bob Dylan Story by Martin Scorsese (2019), Tears Are Not Enough (1985), This Beat Goes On: Canadian Pop Music in the 1970s (2009), Gordon Lightfoot: If You Could Read My Mind (2019), Anne Murray: Full Circle (2021). The recorded credits span 1969 to 2021, including 11 movies and 3 TV shows.

The filmography below lists available titles, release years and known roles. This profile is updated as additional verified information becomes available.