Gordon Lightfoot
Actor · Died May 1, 2023, aged 84 · Orillia, Ontario, Canada
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." Description above from the Wikipedia article Gordon Lightfoot, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Biography from TMDB.
- November 17, 1938
- May 1, 2023 (aged 84)
- Orillia, Ontario, Canada
- Actor
- 2 on MovieCove · 3 credits in all
Known for
What are Gordon Lightfoot's films like?
Across a limited sample of 3 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Society and Morality.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 0 · Wry 0 · Earnest 3
Light 1 · Serious 2 · Dark 0
Grounded 3 · Stylized 0 · Heightened 0
Gentle 2 · Charged 1 · Intense 0
Steady 2 · Shifting 1 · Whiplash 0
Straight-faced 2 · Some laughs 1 · Funny 0
Slow burn 2 · Even-paced 1 · Relentless 0
Casual 3 · Engaged 0 · Full focus 0
Easy watch 2 · Affecting 1 · Heavy 0
Resolved 3 · Open-ended 0 · Ambiguous 0
Roles they play
- Shadowas U.S. Marshal Morrie Nathan in Harry Tracy: The Last of the Wild Bunch (1982)
Moods and endings
AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.
Where can I watch Gordon Lightfoot's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 1 of their 2 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service.
Subscription and free streaming for Gordon Lightfoot's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.
Filmography
3 credits, 2 with a MovieCove page; 14 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.
America Down: The Proof of Concept (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)
The Brown Bunny(2003)
Midcredits score: 27th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 44th percentile of all films
Career shape
A full career of 3 titles from 1982 to 2025.
How do Gordon Lightfoot's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 36th percentile, the median of all 2; across a limited sample of 3 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 88th percentile for acclaim.
- 25th to 49th2
Shape of the crowd
1 of their 2 titles is Crowd Pleaser.
- Crowd Pleaser1
- Mixed1
Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.
Who does Gordon Lightfoot work with?
People who share at least 2 of Gordon Lightfoot's MovieCove titles; Geddy Lee shares the most, 2.
- Geddy LeeShared titles: Gordon Lightfoot: If You Could Read My Mind (2019), Tears Are Not Enough (1985)See all 2 shared titles with Geddy Lee
