Gordon Lightfoot
November 17, 1938 (86 years old) in 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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- 2021 · Anne Murray: Full Circle as Self
- 2019 · Rolling Thunder Revue: A Bob Dylan Story by Martin Scorsese as Self
- 2019 · Gordon Lightfoot: If You Could Read My Mind as Self
- 2009 · This Beat Goes On: Canadian Pop Music in the 1970s as Self
- 2002 · Gordon Lightfoot: Live in Reno as Self
- 1996 · Animal Charm: Golden Digest as Himself (archival footage)
- 1985 · Tears Are Not Enough as Self
- 1982 · Harry Tracy, Desperado as U.S. Marshal Morrie Nathan
- 1979 · Gordon Lightfoot - Live From Soundstage '79 as Self - Musician
- 1975 · Saturday Night Live as Self - Musical Guest
- 1974 · The Midnight Special Legendary Performances 1974 as Self
- 1972 · The Midnight Special as Host
- 1969 · The Johnny Cash Show as Self
- Future · Lightheaded as Himself
- 1972 · Gordon Lightfoot: BBC Four In Concert as Himself