Donald Sutherland, 1935-2024, RIP

[The Bread Guy]

Rest In Peace, Oddball

https://www.cp24.com/news/2024/06/2...reer-spanned-mash-to-hunger-games-dies-at-88/

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[OldSolduer]

Get rid of those negative waves!!!

RIP

 

[Retired AF Guy]

Just finished watching him in "Swimming with Sharks" and he looked pretty good for someone in his late '80s.

 

[my72jeep]

To a New Yorker like you hero is some kind of weird sandwich
RIP sir you will be missed

 

[daftandbarmy]

 

[MacNav63]

Don't hit me with them negative waves so early in the morning. Think the bridge will be there and it will be there. It's a mother, beautiful bridge, and it's gonna be there. Ok?

 

[Oldgateboatdriver]

He had a cottage in Magog, here in Quebec's Eastern Townships and was loved by the locals.

You shall be missed: Think positive, it's a beautiful bridge and it will be there for you.

 

[Retired AF Guy]

I forgot he was the Dirty Dozen.

 

[daftandbarmy]

I forgot he was the Dirty Dozen.

His first big role... his career took off after that

 

[medicineman]

My favorite roles - Oddball, Liam Devlin in The Eagle Has Landed, and Norman Bethune in the bio pic he did of him - close resemblance BTW.

 

[Retired AF Guy]

His first big role... his career took off after that

I think my first movies I saw with him was "Klute" with Jane Fonda and "Don't Look Now" with Julie Christie.

 

[JLB50]

First time I saw him was 1968 in a so-so movie called Joanna, which takes place in ‘swinging London’. I was very impressed with his acting abilities even then. He was a fine actor and a great Canadian. R.I.P. Donald.

 

[Oldgateboatdriver]

Everyone seems to have forgotten MASH. He is the original Hawkeye Pierce.

 

[FSTO]

The OG Hawkeye Pierce

 

[FSTO]

 

[Blackadder1916]

One of the worst "business" deals he ever made.

Donald Sutherland Reflects on Long Run of Success, Looks to ‘Snowy’ Future

In a career that spans six decades, Donald Sutherland has traversed all mediums and genres, thanks to talent, preparation and, by his own admission, sheer luck. He discovered the extent of his latest professional good fortune about three years ago in, of all places, a doctor’s office. “I was at...

variety.com

Sutherland, for his part, says “Animal House” is a perfect example of the good and bad choices in his career. He loved the low-budget movie, but regrets having passed on a deal that offered him 2% of the backend. “I told them, ‘No, you need to pay me my daily rate,’ ” he recalls. “So I got $25,000 for the day, when I could have ended up with $14 million.”

 

[medicineman]

Everyone seems to have forgotten MASH. He is the original Hawkeye Pierce.

I hadn't forgotten it...just not my top 3 favorite roles...