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Gord Lightfoot
Gordon Meredith Lightfoot Jr. CC OOnt
Gordon Meredith Lightfoot Jr.
Gordon Lightfoot
Acting
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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Filmography
Movies
Anne Murray: Full Circle
as Self
Rolling Thunder Revue: A Bob Dylan Story by Martin Scorsese
as Self
Gordon Lightfoot: If You Could Read My Mind
as Self
This Beat Goes On: Canadian Pop Music in the 1970s
as Self
Gordon Lightfoot: Live in Reno
as Self
Animal Charm: Golden Digest
as Himself (archival footage)
Tears Are Not Enough
as Self
Harry Tracy, Desperado
as U.S. Marshal Morrie Nathan
Gordon Lightfoot - Live From Soundstage '79
as Self - Musician
The Midnight Special Legendary Performances 1974
as Self
