Donald Sutherland

guitars4you

RIP
love that scene in Kelly’sHeros when he walks out to face the Tiger Tanks

Negative ways man - RIP

skullfunkerry

I feel unreasonably sad about this. 88 isn't a bad age, and I didn't know him or anything, but he feels like someone who's always been there.

Absolutely fantastic actor, I can't think of anything I've seen him in that I didn't enjoy.

LionAquaLooper

Oh wow. RIP. One of my favourite actors. Definitely a Hollywood legend. 

paulnb57

Always with the negative waves Moriarty….

Oddball was one of his finest roles

guitars4you

paulnb57 said:

Always with the negative waves Moriarty….

Oddball was one of his finest roles

Think Oddball was the first role I saw him

scrumhalf

Of course he was great in M*A*S*H.

He was also in Steelyard Blues, which I haven't seen in donkey's years but remember it being a good film.

EricTheWeary

I most associate him with Don't Look Now and The Eagle Has Landed (which was my introduction to him so I assumed he was Irish for a long time). Yes, Hollywood legend. RIP. 

Kittyfrisk

He had an amazing career over 70 years, producing a huge body of work from 'B' movies, comedies & serious heavyweight roles. 
However I still can't forgive him for getting that close (!) to the lovely Julie Christie in Don't Look Now though... RIP.

ICBM

I always associate him with the 1978 Invasion Of The Body Snatchers. One of the only remakes that’s better than the original, and possibly the best ever.

Don't Look Now is even better, with a similarly shocking ending that relies on his performance for its impact.

RIP

JCA2550

Oh wow, RIP Donald. 

A brilliant actor that appeared in a huge range of things. Teenage me was so impressed when he cropped up in Animal House, bear bum and all.

JezWynd

ICBM said:

I always associate him with the 1978 Invasion Of The Body Snatchers. One of the only remakes that’s better than the original, and possibly the best ever.

Don't Look Now is even better, with a similarly shocking ending that relies on his performance for its impact.

RIP

Those films together with Klute and Ordinary People were his high points. 

scrumhalf

If I could pick a speaking voice his would be near the top of the list.

DuploLicks

Seeing Kelly’s Heros on TV as a lad and struggling to square his character with the stereotypical military films confused me but always stuck with me. I always enjoyed his roles in the movies I saw. Truly a loss of a legend. 

west

Immense screen presence ..... !  

Offset

As others have said, utter classic.  And what a cast.

ESBlonde

DuploLicks said:

Seeing Kelly’s Heros on TV as a lad and struggling to square his character with the stereotypical military films confused me but always stuck with me. I always enjoyed his roles in the movies I saw. Truly a loss of a legend. 

His role was to appeal to the yoof of the day, it was the season of the hippy so that was to get bums on seats in the cinema and nothing to do with historical accuracy, although it’s now a historical fact.

Jonathangus

Also worth checking out: Citizen X, an excellent TV movie about the hunt for a Russian serial killer, for which he won an Emmy and a Golden Globe.  (Also features Stephen Rea and Max Von Sydow.)  It's on YouTube.

RIP, Donald.

maw4neu

A class act indeed, but its got to be the character he played in Kelly's Heroes that did it for me . . Oddball :-)  Just excellent, super laid back, and stole the show . . .  RIP Donald . . .

Philly_Q

Don't Look Now and the 1978 Invasion of the Body Snatchers are absolute classics, and I'd almost forgotten Klute, what a film that was.  But he always added a touch of class to even the bad films he appeared in.  And he was in Dr. Terror's House of Horrors, which makes him very cool in my book.

RIP.

Offset

Philly_Q said:

...he was in Dr. Terror's House of Horrors, which makes him very cool in my book.

RIP.

"This town isn't big enough for two doctors... or two vampires..."

Definitely excellent!

darthed1981

Philly_Q said:

Don't Look Now and the 1978 Invasion of the Body Snatchers are absolute classics, and I'd almost forgotten Klute, what a film that was.  But he always added a touch of class to even the bad films he appeared in.  And he was in Dr. Terror's House of Horrors, which makes him very cool in my book.

RIP.

All true.

Also in more recent times, totally nailed the role of Snow in the Hunger Games films, helping elevate the performance of inexperienced but gifted Jennifer Lawrence in every scene they shared.

Looking through the filmography - some great under-rated performances in there!  The IRA man in Eagle Has Landed, the bad-guy general in Outbreak (the film that taught the world we were being lied to when they told us we were all getting covid from door handles)...

Wonderful actor, RIP,