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.

KNOWN FOR

Saturday Night Live
1976
The Midnight Special
1974
The Johnny Cash Show
1969
The Brown Bunny
2003
Rolling Thunder Revue: A Bob Dylan Story by Martin Scorsese
2019
Tears Are Not Enough
1985
Gordon Lightfoot: If You Could Read My Mind
2019
The Midnight Special Legendary Performances 1974
1974
Anne Murray: Full Circle
2021
This Beat Goes On: Canadian Pop Music in the 1970s
2009
Harry Tracy, Desperado
1982
Animal Charm: Golden Digest
1996

FILMOGRAPHY

All
Movies
TV
Acting
14
Sound
2
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
1976
Saturday Night Live
as Self - Musical Guest
1974
The Midnight Special Legendary Performances 1974
as Self
1974
The Midnight Special
as Self
1972
Gordon Lightfoot: BBC Four In Concert
as Himself
1969
The Johnny Cash Show
as Self