His best role was of a conniving German spy who was killed the hell out of by his love interest who felt deeply betrayed in "Eye of the Needle" I enjoyed that scene tbh. 😄
Never delivered a bad performance.......always convincing.............doesn`t matter who he portrayed...............he was ALWAYS brilliant.........R.I.P......❤
His portayal as Liam Devlin on The Eagle Has Landed was off the charts brilliant, the sardonic smile, the perfect Irish accent as well as being entirely CREDIBLE.
‘Underrated’ by who actually….. well who underrated him I didn’t I thought he was unless as an actor with TDS for sure never seen him in any great film either!
He was a brilliant actor, I loved his performances in every movie I seen of him. He was one of my favourite actors. Sad he’s passed on he will be greatly missed RIP Donald 😢
@@malegrissusran8847 The year the Academy skipped over "Apocalypse Now" in favour of "Kramer vs. Kramer" says it all - not to mention Kubrick getting only one Oscar. The Academy Awards is about promoting the product, not rewarding genius. I'm with George C. Scott on this. Best wishes from Vermont 🍁
@@EricForney-uz4iz I live in VERY northern Vermont; a short drive from the Canadian border. Sutherland owned property in the area and would sometimes turn up in my town to enjoy the view of the lake or dine with friends. In our small rural town, it's a matter of time before you eventually run into either Bernie Sanders or Donald Sutherland. The locals miss him. He seemed to be quite comfortable with the fact that no one here bothered him or begged for his autograph or selfie. I once encountered him on the dock of our local marina. That's my Donald Sutherland story. 🍁
His one scene in JFK should have won him the Oscar. It's a masterclass in dialogue delivery. He holds the screen for 15 minutes, his voice barely rising above a whisper. I can't think of many actors who could pull that off. Another fantastic cameo is in Backdraft. It's a fairly bland film, but his performance is chilling.
JFK, released in 1991, was 28 years after the assassination, and I was 9 years old. In 1960 I remember being aware of the election, and I became enamored of Kennedy. This scene was an internalization of my suspicions, and probably for many other viewers as well. The national press dismissed JFK the movie for obvious reasons, one being guilty. Thank you for your comment. 🇺🇸🦅
He was in more than one scene, but was actually split between footage of recall scenes. But the fact that he delivered his lines in one take speak to his talent.
@@cindy-followerofjesuschris6572 His deleted scene in JFK is interesting also. Garrison was following up with X after the court case loss. "We haven't recovered since Dallas" was one of his lines.
The fact the CIA blacklisted him and the Academy didn't have the spine to upset the CIA are just the very hallmarks we needed to understand that Sutherland is a legend. And that hybrid Canadian-pretending-to-be-British accent was inimitable. Legends are inimitable.
The different film companies in essence chased each other to America. There's a big huge battle in the film industry. Canada, Finland, Scotland. The movies with sound, the ones missing, the films destroyed during WW1, the film houses destroyed during WW1.
Thank you so much! Superstar Donald Sutherland is one of my very best and admired/respected true Actor of all seasons and times! So many of us will surely miss him!😢
He was one of the Top Tier Actors, to have ever existed! From "Ronnie" in Backdraft, to "General X" in JFK, and even "Oddball" in Kelley's Heroes... He was a natural!
@@jgdooley2003 Oddball:"Oh, man, Moriatry. Always with them negative waves!" Donald Sutherland was so cool in Kelly's Heros. I'll love that movie, like, forever, Man.....as long as it doesn't give me any negative waves, man!
I always thought that Sutherland was one of the most underrated actors of his day. Plus this guy had to be one of the hardest working actors in Hollywood.
I had dinner with Donald Sutherland and his son Roeg in LA in the mid-2000s. He was in one of the movies my uncle was part of, called American Gun. Donald was very genuine and warm. I remember him saying at the time that he was such a big fan of sushi that he ended up with mercury poisoning. RIP.
One really big thing missing here is Sutherlands father in law was Tommy Douglas the founder of Universal Healthcare in Canada in the sixties. Douglas was voted as the most important Canadian in a Century.
Tommy Douglas was the leader of the Cooperative Commonwealth Federation, the Canadian political party which would eventually turn into the National Democratic Party, or NDP as they are known as. Indeed, there is no one more responsible for Canadian universal healthcare than he!
I'm so glad someone mentioned that one! I saw this in the 90's on vhs... It's the perfect script! The tension ran through all three acts!! The final scene was incredible!!!
I am an actress and in a theatre class I was asked if I could pick one man to play my father in the film. Who would it be…? Donald Sutherland was the answer. The truth is he was too good for an Acadamy award. of course he wanted one, but it wasn’t his main thing. And he didn’t need one either. I was always told that if your MO was to be famous ? Or win an Academy Award? You’ll fail. You have to strive to be an actor first theme and awards are secondary.
He had such a broad acting talent. Klute is one of my all time favourite films, it deserved at least 3 Oscars, it was so eerie, even the music was perfect in maintaining suspense. Fonda's crying scene was so real with snot dripping, I'd never seen anything like it.
Eye of the Needle is one of the most realistic movies about espionage in WWII and he nailed spy mentality perfectly, he should won Oscar for that role, but he wasn't even nominated. That year Henry Fonda won Oscar for Best Actor in Leading Role and he passed away 6 months later.
The academy awards are part and parcel of a culture that likes to give each other awards, as a means of self-validation. Donald Sutherland was way, way, beyond, and above, this clique. Live forever, Oddball! 🇨🇦👍
Pride and Prejudice. Jane Austen. Donald Sutherland as Mr. Bennet, is one of my favorite Films with him. I love it. Thank you for this documentary. 🍇💖😇
@peterwalter. Oddly enough, that was the one performance I didn’t like. Not his fault though. He did what the director wanted. In the book, Mr Bennett wasn’t an eccentric. He was rather reclusive, but very correct and formal. He would never have received another gentleman when he was half-dressed, sitting in a messy room. Instead of smiling , he would have been confused and trying not to look embarrassed.
Government has no business sticking its nose in the entertainment industry. Donald Sutherland had talent, integrity, and a unique presence. Definitely one of the greats.
I remember being parked on sofa by my Dad to watch Donald Sutherland as 'Oddball ' in 'Kelly's Heroes' .. must have been 8 or 9 at the time.. Gave me my lifetime love of ridiculous yet endearing characters...
OH! I just remembered why my brain was telling me, "of course he was blacklisted," but I couldn't remember why. He was in the travelling anti-Vietnam war comedy/music show with Jane Fonda, called "FTA" (which stood for "eFF The Army"). I think I watched that documentary on Netflix, it was wild. Gosh some of those army people sure loved singing loudly, "eff the army!" That was a rough time for a lot of people.
Sutherland was on Nixon's enemy list. Paul Newman, also on Nixon's list. Newman said he was very proud of that honor. I doubt not winning an academy award bothered Sutherland one bit. He was a brave, sincere, ardent; political/human rights activist. I am still very cut up by the passing of Dame Maggie; one of legitimate theatre's most brilliant curators of the words of Shakespeare, Albee, Thornton Wilder, Wilde, Osborne, & the extraordinary performance skills she learned by working with actors; J.Gielgud, Olivier, the Redgrave's, Sybil Thorndyke, Anthony Hopkins, Claire Bloom & so many more. T.U. Dame M. What a classy, brilliant, shiny example of us all. act.
Not Paul Newman he was a Total Creep and was For the War Only when many other Actors started Supporting the Students did he also Jump on the Band Wagon Sadly more likely PN was a Plant Pretending and was in the Pocket of the Pure Evil Clones The CIAs and Military Homework
after receiving his honorary oscar award, donald did an interview in which he talked about being in the coma (kelly's Heroes' shoot) and seeing all the actors in his hospital room. during the coma donald could see and hear everything every one was saying/doing in his hospital room. donald's testimony is some of the most effective testimony from any coma survivor. RIP D S
I worked on a B science fiction movie with Donald Sutherland as the main character and he and I had a few interesting conversations he was a notorious Liberal and I asked him about his son keifer Sutherland and he said that they were not speaking at the moment over the difference of opinion and political views keifer is a stanch republican but Donald was a very nice guy and a hard working actor overall I had a positive experience getting to know him.
Great expose! Truly an underrated actor. I have seen 3/4 of the movies you mentioned and Donald Sutherland was absolutely BRILLIANT. Full Stop. He is an amazingly talented actor. Thank you. R.I.P.
My father actually hired Donald Sutherland for his first professional acting job at the Gravenhurst Summer Stock theatre🎭 I actually had Donald Sutherland’s copy of We’re No Angels.
Great show! One of my favorite actors and i knew nothing of this story! I grew up on Mash! Kelly's Heroes i can still watch and laugh. I can cite lines. Donald Sutherland was one of the greatest!
After "Johnnie got his Gun" he was blackballed. That's the first movie I saw coming home from Vietnam, it was devastating. One of the best pictures I've ever seen. Shows the true face of war.
Donald was a qualified pilot and was a regular visitor to his ancestral home of Scotland. He particularly enjoyed visiting the Isle of Mull where Robbie Coltrane ( Harry Potter fame) also enjoyed breaks. 🏴
Eye of the Needle is in my collection of all-time top movies, sad that it had such a brief mention. I really enjoyed the range of his character going from very tongue and cheek Irish, to the serious plotting spy. A great watch, and a great actor.
crazy.. never seen a bad performance and has been a likeable character in sooo many good films. surprising to hear he hasnt won any awards from oscars.
The moment I knew he was a great actor came in Ordinary People. Near the end of the film his wife played brilliantly by Mary Tyler Moore comes down to find him crying at a darkened kitchen table. She asks him why hes crying and he says: "I realized that I dont love you anymore. And I dont know what Im going to do without that." The way that he delivers the line is so devastating that it freezes your heart. Said resolutely, at the end of a long cry. But he looks so drained and tired and heartbroken. I'll never forget that moment.
@chele277. Hell mate, your comment made me laugh! I was a young bloke in South Africa fresh out of school. No car yet, lived in a boarding house. Heard about this movie but could only attend the 8 o" clock evening screening. Movie theatre about 2km from boarding house. Show ended around 10.45pm. I got outside, hardly ANY traffic, howling wind, pitch dark. I think my record still stands.....FASTEST 2km "walk" in history!! 😆😄
One of my favorite comedy films with Donald Sutherland as the lead is in the Italian film called Fellini's Casanova 1976. Sutherland was exceptioinal. He should have won an award. It's a must warch.
Hello from Belgium... I have a feeling you guys are Canadian? I'm an expat of over 35 years, originally from Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia. Years ago in 1983, I was an extra in Keifer Sutherland's first film, The Bay Boy, when he was 16 filmed in Glace Bay. I had such a crush on him...mainly because he was Donald's son. 😂
@@blessedfire365xgf are you referring to Canada's health care system ? I don't love there anymore but it's turned to absolute shite due to under-funding over the past 30 years but still better than the shameful non-existent health care in the US.
@blessedfire365xgf Happy that it exists, definitely. There's a lot of room to expand because a lot of things weren't covered originally. We're starting to cover some things now, like pharmaceuticals and dentistry, but things like mental health, optometry, and auditory care are still being left out. Also, government underfunding is still a major issue too. That is the most brutal.
Oscars have nothing to do with talent and all to do with politics! He was one of the most engaging actors I have ever seen, as you can believe the roles he plays without question. He is not a "Star" who only play themselves, such as John Wayne, etc.
Hello from Belgium... I have a feeling you're Canadian? I really loved your mini biography of arguably, Canada's greatest actor! I'm an expat of over 35 years, originally from Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia. Years ago in 1983, I was an extra in Keifer Sutherland's first film, The Bay Boy, when he was 16 filmed in Glace Bay. I had such a crush on him...mainly because he was Donald's son. 😂 Feeling a little homesick now...
The teenage Sutherland just had to have been called 'Willy Wingnut'. Excellent actor though, Odball being the first character I ever saw him portray, he was fantastic in that movie, Kelly's Heroes - 'Always with them negative waves Moriarty, knock it off', sublimely funny character. RIP Donald.
DS: Tank's busted. TS: Well why aren't you helping 'em fix it? DS: Oh man, I just ride 'em. I don't know what makes 'em work. Sutherland was just fantastic.
I always enjoyed his acting. I was born in the Saint John General Hospital seven years after Donald Sutherland was born there. I was in a film with Lee Marvin but ended up on the cutting room floor 🤣
He may also have been a concern because of his admiration for and portrayal of Norman Bethune. Bethune was a Canadian doctor who went to China during their civil war to tend the injured community soldiers
Great docu, thanks. Sutherland always seemed a bit unhinged to me. This vid explains much about him, his life, and those around him. Thanks for posting.
One movie that I really enjoyed was a Canadian made for t.v. movie about the life of Dr. Norman Bethune that was shown on Canadian television in about the mid 1980's. I admired his acting ability in that movie, as well as the movie "Ordinary People". He was a great actor!🎉
I find the reason for Sutherland not winning an Oscar rather unconvincing. Jane Fonda was also politically very active on "the Left" ,and protested openly against the Vietnam war, and even posed with North Vietnamese soldiers on an army tank in Hanoi, yet she won no less than 2 Oscars, one in 1971 and one in 1978.
Actually he wasn't as radical as his cousin Norman Bethune. The most famous Canadian no one has ever heard of. As a surgeon he invented tools that are still in use today. Invented the MASH unit when in the Spanish Civil War. Went to China to help Mao fight off the Japanese. Mao wrote an essay about him in his Little Red Book. At one point everyone in the country had to memorize it! To this day school kids in China do a unit on him in Grade 4.
Klute was terrific, directed by the late Alan J. Pakula. Controversial, about call girls, Bree Daniels, the Jane Fonda role. One of my favorite movies. Donald Sutherland was great, he should have been awarded Best Actor Oscar. He acted the role of a small town private detective who saved Bree Daniels' life. Fine thriller, got Jane Fonda Best Actress Oscar. D Sutherland was a great actor. RIP Donald Sutherland, you did get your Oscar. You left us an awesome filmography. B r a v o ♡☆☆☆☆!
Wait, you just barely alluded to Invasion of the Body Snatchers. It's the best version of the many that have been made, in my estimation. When I think of Sutherland, I think of that film. Also, he was Mr Bennet in that not-great version of Pride & Prejudice.
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There was something really great about Donald Sutherland. He didn’t have to get an award to prove it.
I do agree. He literally exponentially from his first films I saw to his last…. So much skill…
Absolutely! Something daring and magnetic in his performances.
We, the huge audience at mention of his billboard name, are his award.
Awards do not really denote what is best. I don't agree with critics most of the time, anyway. 😉
His best role was of a conniving German spy who was killed the hell out of by his love interest who felt deeply betrayed in "Eye of the Needle" I enjoyed that scene tbh. 😄
Never delivered a bad performance.......always convincing.............doesn`t matter who he portrayed...............he was ALWAYS brilliant.........R.I.P......❤
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Eye of the Needle to Animal House. He's missed.
Netflix's cellular or cellphone?
He had loads of class and didnt kiss ass and he didnt need no award .. he was the real deal
He didn’t even raise his son.
He was a traitor, he didnt deserve shit.
You either liked him or you didn’t. “I liked him.”
@@kikiki4592 uh oh, another tuby offended LOL STFU
Thanks. Sutherland has always been one of my favorites
So im I !
If you haven’t seen Eye of the Needle, you might take a look at it. It’s an older movie, with an excellent performance by him and Kate Nelligan.
@@tinaardo2585
Only a Anti - German Propaganda shtt!
An actor who always made me watch any TV, Film and Theatre productions he was in. A true actor that had integrity in every performance.
His portayal as Liam Devlin on The Eagle Has Landed was off the charts brilliant, the sardonic smile, the perfect Irish accent as well as being entirely CREDIBLE.
@tszirmay..You are soo right with that statement!
Love that movie
whenever I'm reading a Jack Higgins novel with Liam Devlin in it he's always the face I see
As well as Eye of the Needle.
Yes he was great in that film too. I loved Jenny Agutter alongside him, too.
One of Hollywood's most underrated actors...
‘Underrated’ by who actually….. well who underrated him I didn’t I thought he was unless as an actor with TDS for sure never seen him in any great film either!
Top 5 of my favorite actors. R.I.P. Donald Sutherland, for your brilliant work. You will be missed.
Who are the others??
@@ratso4443 Christopher Walken, Morgan Freeman, Samual Jackson, Forest Whitaker.
@Maria , good list but I bet you are very young
@@MikeGrant-q7b Nope. In my 50's
@@Maria-sg4zy Ok, here’s mine. George C. Scott, Rex Harrison, Christopher Plummer, John Cazale, Donald Sutherland. Subject to change without notice.
One of my favorite actors. RIP, Donald. Your legacy of great acting will always be remembered
He made Clint Eastwood the “hero” in the classic WW2 wartime classic/ comedy “Kelly’s Heroes”. RIP Oddball!!
I loved him in that movie, playing "Burning Bridges" as his tanks rolled around the countryside.
"this is a great tank!"
Wuf wuf. My other dog impression
best war movie around
Dont forget no 2 sir Dirty Dozen
He was a brilliant actor, I loved his performances in every movie I seen of him. He was one of my favourite actors.
Sad he’s passed on he will be greatly missed RIP Donald 😢
It seems the Academy has a very political standard to give the award not based perfomance based ! Mr Sutherland is a clear example!
@@ruge48 Well it's Holly- weird it's a cult ......
Sutherland needed to win an Academy Award as much a Beethoven needed to win a Grammy Award.
Who gares about Academy Award ??
It's only a comercial B ... S ... !
@@malegrissusran8847 The year the Academy skipped over "Apocalypse Now" in favour of "Kramer vs. Kramer" says it all - not to mention Kubrick getting only one Oscar.
The Academy Awards is about promoting the product, not rewarding genius. I'm with George C. Scott on this.
Best wishes from Vermont 🍁
Well Said.
@@EricForney-uz4iz I live in VERY northern Vermont; a short drive from the Canadian border. Sutherland owned property in the area and would sometimes turn up in my town to enjoy the view of the lake or dine with friends.
In our small rural town, it's a matter of time before you eventually run into either Bernie Sanders or Donald Sutherland. The locals miss him.
He seemed to be quite comfortable with the fact that no one here bothered him or begged for his autograph or selfie.
I once encountered him on the dock of our local marina. That's my Donald Sutherland story. 🍁
@@TheStockwelldo you miss Bernie ? As commie as they come .
He didn't need an award to be the best - he speaks for himself and we love him.
His one scene in JFK should have won him the Oscar. It's a masterclass in dialogue delivery. He holds the screen for 15 minutes, his voice barely rising above a whisper.
I can't think of many actors who could pull that off.
Another fantastic cameo is in Backdraft.
It's a fairly bland film, but his performance is chilling.
He always had the ability to fully grasp your attention.
"Oh...what a treat. Burn it all"
JFK, released in 1991, was 28 years after the assassination, and I was 9 years old. In 1960 I remember being aware of the election, and I became enamored of Kennedy. This scene was an internalization of my suspicions, and probably for many other viewers as well. The national press dismissed JFK the movie for obvious reasons, one being guilty. Thank you for your comment. 🇺🇸🦅
He was in more than one scene, but was actually split between footage of recall scenes. But the fact that he delivered his lines in one take speak to his talent.
@@cindy-followerofjesuschris6572 His deleted scene in JFK is interesting also. Garrison was following up with X after the court case loss. "We haven't recovered since Dallas" was one of his lines.
Can't believe "Invasion of the Body Snatchers" wasn't mentioned. Loved that movie. Didn't know he passed so recently.
Seriously! This channel is mostly click bait anyway. I also just found out he's gone, 88 is a pretty good run but I'm still sad.
Right?! He was as amazing in that movie!
The fact the CIA blacklisted him and the Academy didn't have the spine to upset the CIA are just the very hallmarks we needed to understand that Sutherland is a legend.
And that hybrid Canadian-pretending-to-be-British accent was inimitable. Legends are inimitable.
It just goes to prove as we say here in Britain is that the Academy, the Oscars " Ain't worth a wank"
The prick was a traitor to the USA. He didnt deserve ther right to be awarded and should of been sent to prison. May he rest in hell.
The different film companies in essence chased each other to America.
There's a big huge battle in the film industry.
Canada, Finland, Scotland.
The movies with sound, the ones missing, the films destroyed during WW1, the film houses destroyed during WW1.
The CIA and the academy are not separate entities
@@samrodian919 True talk ....
Simply put, the man was a legend. Rest easy, Sir.
Very rightly said ❤
Hell of a actor rip you will be missed
Greatly thank you for your work peace ✌️ out
Thank you so much! Superstar Donald Sutherland is one of my very best and admired/respected true Actor of all seasons and times! So many of us will surely miss him!😢
His role as "Klute" was understated and underrated.
I loved Sutherland since " Kelly's Heros". RIP
Positive waves man........
He was one of the Top Tier Actors, to have ever existed! From "Ronnie" in Backdraft, to "General X" in JFK, and even "Oddball" in Kelley's Heroes...
He was a natural!
@@jgdooley2003
Oddball:"Oh, man, Moriatry. Always with them negative waves!"
Donald Sutherland was so cool in Kelly's Heros. I'll love that movie, like, forever, Man.....as long as it doesn't give me any negative waves, man!
Absolute legend of a human being, and an extremely sublime actor, I hadn't realised he'd passed away, that's very sad, go in peace maaaaaan✌️
I always thought that Sutherland was one of the most underrated actors of his day. Plus this guy had to be one of the hardest working actors in Hollywood.
I had dinner with Donald Sutherland and his son Roeg in LA in the mid-2000s. He was in one of the movies my uncle was part of, called American Gun. Donald was very genuine and warm. I remember him saying at the time that he was such a big fan of sushi that he ended up with mercury poisoning. RIP.
Classic actor, sorely missed.
Don was always a favorite, kept us entertained for years.
One really big thing missing here is Sutherlands father in law was Tommy Douglas the founder of Universal Healthcare in Canada in the sixties. Douglas was voted as the most important Canadian in a Century.
Tommy Douglas was the leader of the Cooperative Commonwealth Federation, the Canadian political party which would eventually turn into the National Democratic Party, or NDP as they are known as. Indeed, there is no one more responsible for Canadian universal healthcare than he!
Loved him. He was something else!
Sutherland’s performance in “Eye of the Needle” was absolutely Oscar worthy.
Yes.plus the forgotten The day of the locust.
Don't forget Kate Nelligan.
@ gorgeous, fine actress!
One of my favorites.
I'm so glad someone mentioned that one!
I saw this in the 90's on vhs...
It's the perfect script!
The tension ran through all three acts!!
The final scene was incredible!!!
Donald Sutherland is above the Oscars, but he should have had many because his movies are great.
Donald Southerland in the movie "Italian Job"
"I trust you, but I don't trust the devil in you."
Such an even tempered personality,,,RIP😢❤
He was a great actor. My younger brother and I loved all his movies we could watch.
Look at those dimples, that smile, those (sigh) eyes! Miss him. Glad we have his films. R.I.P.
An actor who always made me watch any TV, Film and Theatre productions he was in.
She was part of aHollywood dynasty. He was creating one. Connections and favours.
I am an actress and in a theatre class I was asked if I could pick one man to play my father in the film. Who would it be…? Donald Sutherland was the answer. The truth is he was too good for an Acadamy award. of course he wanted one, but it wasn’t his main thing. And he didn’t need one either. I was always told that if your MO was to be famous ? Or win an Academy Award? You’ll fail. You have to strive to be an actor first theme and awards are secondary.
@@ckotcher1 myself
@@DonKebsch yourself?
He was way up there with the greatest of the great movie actors. He was a legend in his own lifetime. Very sadly missed :(
Donald Sutherland is a great and very versatile actor and has been such a big part of so many big movies I have enjoyed. His son has as well. R.I.P ❤
In my humble opinion, he was the greatest actor alive for the past 40 years.
@spleenter. But I always found him a little bit scary. Perhaps it was part of his unusual skill.
*This incredible actor was denied so many awards.*
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*HE WAS ONE OF THE BEST !!!*
He never lost those good looks even in old age.
“Good looks”?
@@thechumpsbeendumped.7797 It all depends on what side of the Gender line you are!!!! To ask that question it seems you are not sure.
He had such a broad acting talent. Klute is one of my all time favourite films, it deserved at least 3 Oscars, it was so eerie, even the music was perfect in maintaining suspense. Fonda's crying scene was so real with snot dripping, I'd never seen anything like it.
He was excellent in “Ordinary People”.
One of my top ten movies that one 👍
Eye of the Needle is one of the most realistic movies about espionage in WWII and he nailed spy mentality perfectly, he should won Oscar for that role, but he wasn't even nominated. That year Henry Fonda won Oscar for Best Actor in Leading Role and he passed away 6 months later.
The academy awards are part and parcel of a culture that likes to give each other awards, as a means of self-validation. Donald Sutherland was way, way, beyond, and above, this clique.
Live forever, Oddball! 🇨🇦👍
He may have been in a few bad movies but he never gave a bad performance, and he loved his native country, Canada 🍁 🇨🇦
Pride and Prejudice. Jane Austen.
Donald Sutherland as Mr. Bennet, is one of my favorite Films with him. I love it. Thank you for this documentary.
🍇💖😇
@peterwalter. Oddly enough, that was the one performance I didn’t like. Not his fault though. He did what the director wanted. In the book, Mr Bennett wasn’t an eccentric. He was rather reclusive, but very correct and formal. He would never have received another gentleman when he was half-dressed, sitting in a messy room. Instead of smiling , he would have been confused and trying not to look embarrassed.
I agree. I thought he played that role perfectly. He was the best Mr Bennett of all the films.
HE was the kind of actor that could make a small role important, I remember him not bec, he won an Oscar but for the work he did.
Government has no business sticking its nose in the entertainment industry. Donald Sutherland had talent, integrity, and a unique presence. Definitely one of the greats.
The government has been a part of Hollywood since the beginning.
Are you kidding?
Hollywood is full of nefarious people.
By the same token Hollywood has no business sticking it's nose in politics.
They stick their nose in everywhere its not wanted or needed....
Hollywood/media is the propaganda wing of the Military Industrial Complex.
An amazing human being, actor and Canadian.An Oscar is overrated award except in the case of Glenda Jackson. Didn't realise that Plummer was Canadian
I remember being parked on sofa by my Dad to watch Donald Sutherland as 'Oddball ' in 'Kelly's Heroes' .. must have been 8 or 9 at the time.. Gave me my lifetime love of ridiculous yet endearing characters...
My dad and I joke with each other by barking, like Oddball did, saying "that's my other dog impression"
Laughter with your father is a blessed gift.
OH! I just remembered why my brain was telling me, "of course he was blacklisted," but I couldn't remember why. He was in the travelling anti-Vietnam war comedy/music show with Jane Fonda, called "FTA" (which stood for "eFF The Army"). I think I watched that documentary on Netflix, it was wild. Gosh some of those army people sure loved singing loudly, "eff the army!" That was a rough time for a lot of people.
Sutherland was on Nixon's enemy list. Paul Newman, also on Nixon's list. Newman said he was very proud of that honor. I doubt not winning an academy award bothered Sutherland one bit. He was a brave, sincere, ardent; political/human rights activist.
I am still very cut up by the passing of Dame Maggie; one of legitimate theatre's most brilliant curators of the words of Shakespeare, Albee, Thornton Wilder, Wilde, Osborne, & the extraordinary performance skills she learned by working with actors; J.Gielgud, Olivier, the Redgrave's, Sybil Thorndyke, Anthony Hopkins, Claire Bloom & so many more. T.U. Dame M. What a classy, brilliant, shiny example of us all. act.
I absolutely loved this man and was very sad to hear that he had died.
Nixon was on the CIA's enemy list.
Not Paul Newman he was a Total Creep and was For the War Only when many other Actors started Supporting the Students did he also Jump on the Band Wagon Sadly more likely PN was a Plant Pretending and was in the Pocket of the Pure Evil Clones The CIAs and Military Homework
Col. Fetcher Prouty allegedly related some information to Stone.
All these actors dying that were born in 1935 is it astrology?
after receiving his honorary oscar award, donald did an interview in which he talked about being in the coma (kelly's Heroes' shoot) and seeing all the actors in his hospital room. during the coma donald could see and hear everything every one was saying/doing in his hospital room. donald's testimony is some of the most effective testimony from any coma survivor. RIP D S
First thing I ever saw was MASH when I was FAR too young to watch it. It was one of my Dad's fave films. He was a stellar actor.
I worked on a B science fiction movie with Donald Sutherland as the main character and he and I had a few interesting conversations he was a notorious Liberal and I asked him about his son keifer Sutherland and he said that they were not speaking at the moment over the difference of opinion and political views keifer is a stanch republican but Donald was a very nice guy and a hard working actor overall I had a positive experience getting to know him.
Such lies....
@@kathrynjaneway5346 what lie’s facts I have photos on set of Donald and I don’t appreciate being called a liar for sharing my story jerk
Great expose! Truly an underrated actor. I have seen 3/4 of the movies you mentioned and Donald Sutherland was absolutely BRILLIANT. Full Stop. He is an amazingly talented actor. Thank you. R.I.P.
One of my absolute favorite actors. RIP
My father actually hired Donald Sutherland for his first professional acting job at the Gravenhurst Summer Stock theatre🎭 I actually had Donald Sutherland’s copy of We’re No Angels.
He was truly an amazing person & actor ❤❤ Thank you for recognizing him😊
By the way Donald Sutherland was one of the hardest working actor’s in the business he stayed busy all the time and was in demand constantly.
Great show! One of my favorite actors and i knew nothing of this story! I grew up on Mash! Kelly's Heroes i can still watch and laugh. I can cite lines. Donald Sutherland was one of the greatest!
His role in Backdraft as the pyromaniac was chilling.
Haunting role as Ronald the arsonist, convincing and memorable
Yup. This video deserves a downvote for not even mentioning it.
After "Johnnie got his Gun" he was blackballed. That's the first movie I saw coming home from Vietnam, it was devastating. One of the best pictures I've ever seen. Shows the true face of war.
devastating!
"Johnnie got his Gun" was about World War One !!
not Vietnam
@@malegrissusran8847 It was about all wars.
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Yes i know !
@@malegrissusran8847 so what? OP didn't claim it was about Vietnam.
Donald was a qualified pilot and was a regular visitor to his ancestral home of Scotland. He particularly enjoyed visiting the Isle of Mull where Robbie Coltrane ( Harry Potter fame) also enjoyed breaks. 🏴
Klute and JFK were the performances that always stuck with me.
Also Nicolas Roeg's classic "Don't Look Now" costarring his adult life long friend Julie Christie
Eye of the Needle is in my collection of all-time top movies, sad that it had such a brief mention. I really enjoyed the range of his character going from very tongue and cheek Irish, to the serious plotting spy. A great watch, and a great actor.
With Kate Nelligan, 😛
I still have that film on Betamax!
So he said goodbye to the stage and hello to some guy’s couch? That’s pretty crazy. I have always found Donald Sutherland to be very intriguing.
You left out Caligula. Maybe not the best movie but as usual Donald Sutherland's acting was top notch.
crazy.. never seen a bad performance and has been a likeable character in sooo many good films. surprising to hear he hasnt won any awards from oscars.
The moment I knew he was a great actor came in Ordinary People. Near the end of the film his wife played brilliantly by Mary Tyler Moore comes down to find him crying at a darkened kitchen table. She asks him why hes crying and he says: "I realized that I dont love you anymore. And I dont know what Im going to do without that."
The way that he delivers the line is so devastating that it freezes your heart. Said resolutely, at the end of a long cry. But he looks so drained and tired and heartbroken. I'll never forget that moment.
👌
A great Canadian Actor
We will miss him greatly.
What about invasion of the body snatchers
The scream at the end!😳
👵🏻👵🏼Don’t look now..
There were two references early in this profile.
@chele277. Hell mate, your comment made me laugh! I was a young bloke in South Africa fresh out of school. No car yet, lived in a boarding house. Heard about this movie but could only attend the 8 o" clock evening screening. Movie theatre about 2km from boarding house. Show ended around 10.45pm. I got outside, hardly ANY traffic, howling wind, pitch dark. I think my record still stands.....FASTEST 2km "walk" in history!! 😆😄
Yes!! That end scene where he points and screams was haunting!!
One of my favorite comedy films with Donald Sutherland as the lead is in the Italian film called Fellini's Casanova 1976. Sutherland was exceptioinal. He should have won an award. It's a must warch.
He is a beautiful legend of Canadian roots
Oh my! Those ears in his early photos.
No mention of his star turn breathing life into Fellini's Casanova, a fever dream of Baroque Europe.
LOVED SUTHERLANDS ACTING AND ROLES ALWAYS WAS A BIG FAN
Donald A great supporter of FREEDOM OF SPEECH!
Some of my fav. Donald Sutherland movies: Virus, Citizen X, Beerfest, The Eagle Has Landed, Kellys Heroes and the Kentucky Fried Movie.
Rest In Peace.
The Eagle Has Landed was a great book, and he was wonderful in the movie.
Fun fact: Donald Sutherland's father-in-law founded Canada's universal health care system.
Tommy Douglas 👍
Hello from Belgium... I have a feeling you guys are Canadian? I'm an expat of over 35 years, originally from Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia.
Years ago in 1983, I was an extra in Keifer Sutherland's first film, The Bay Boy, when he was 16 filmed in Glace Bay. I had such a crush on him...mainly because he was Donald's son. 😂
Are you happy with it
@@blessedfire365xgf are you referring to Canada's health care system ?
I don't love there anymore but it's turned to absolute shite due to under-funding over the past 30 years but still better than the shameful non-existent health care in the US.
@blessedfire365xgf Happy that it exists, definitely. There's a lot of room to expand because a lot of things weren't covered originally. We're starting to cover some things now, like pharmaceuticals and dentistry, but things like mental health, optometry, and auditory care are still being left out.
Also, government underfunding is still a major issue too. That is the most brutal.
I particularly liked his stellar performance in "Ordinary People" and "Outbreak".
I think "Ordinary People' is one of his best performances.
Oscars have nothing to do with talent and all to do with politics! He was one of the most engaging actors I have ever seen, as you can believe the roles he plays without question. He is not a "Star" who only play themselves, such as John Wayne, etc.
One of the greatest actors of all time!!
Hello from Belgium... I have a feeling you're Canadian? I really loved your mini biography of arguably, Canada's greatest actor!
I'm an expat of over 35 years, originally from Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia.
Years ago in 1983, I was an extra in Keifer Sutherland's first film, The Bay Boy, when he was 16 filmed in Glace Bay. I had such a crush on him...mainly because he was Donald's son. 😂
Feeling a little homesick now...
The teenage Sutherland just had to have been called 'Willy Wingnut'.
Excellent actor though, Odball being the first character I ever saw him portray, he was fantastic in that movie, Kelly's Heroes - 'Always with them negative waves Moriarty, knock it off', sublimely funny character.
RIP Donald.
DS: Tank's busted.
TS: Well why aren't you helping 'em fix it?
DS: Oh man, I just ride 'em. I don't know what makes 'em work.
Sutherland was just fantastic.
It's a piece of junk! The fuel system leaks all over the place, ITS A PIECE Of JUNK!
Have a little faith, baby, HAVE A LITTLE FAITH!
I always enjoyed his acting. I was born in the Saint John General Hospital seven years after Donald Sutherland was born there. I was in a film with Lee Marvin but ended up on the cutting room floor 🤣
He was so totally awesome in "Back Draft." I will never forget that performance.
Same.
He may also have been a concern because of his admiration for and portrayal of Norman Bethune. Bethune was a Canadian doctor who went to China during their civil war to tend the injured community soldiers
My favourite line of his, and one that I quoted to my son on hearing Donald had died, was " eating cheese, drinking, wine. From Kelly's Heroes.
Eating some cheese, drinking some wine, catching some rays, you know!
Great docu, thanks. Sutherland always seemed a bit unhinged to me. This vid explains much about him, his life, and those around him. Thanks for posting.
Class act of a man...
Good guy, he wasn’t a warmonger or a supremacist.
Which actor is a "supremacist"?
@@sarahpiaggio2693 For example John Wayne.
And neither is PRESIDENT TRUMP THE GREAT.
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@sarahashun1180 John Wayne wasn't a supremacist. He just didn't care for blacks. In those days nobody did.
One movie that I really enjoyed was a Canadian made for t.v. movie about the life of Dr. Norman Bethune that was shown on Canadian television in about the mid 1980's. I admired his acting ability in that movie, as well as the movie "Ordinary People". He was a great actor!🎉
I find the reason for Sutherland not winning an Oscar rather unconvincing. Jane Fonda was also politically very active on "the Left" ,and protested openly against the Vietnam war, and even posed with North Vietnamese soldiers on an army tank in Hanoi, yet she won no less than 2 Oscars, one in 1971 and one in 1978.
Though Jane Fonda (and her brother) were "Hollywood Royalty" due to who her father was, that also might have been a factor.
@@AbelMcTalisker You are probably right.
Actually he wasn't as radical as his cousin Norman Bethune. The most famous Canadian no one has ever heard of. As a surgeon he invented tools that are still in use today. Invented the MASH unit when in the Spanish Civil War. Went to China to help Mao fight off the Japanese. Mao wrote an essay about him in his Little Red Book. At one point everyone in the country had to memorize it! To this day school kids in China do a unit on him in Grade 4.
Thank you so very much. He was one of my favorite actors. REP.
Klute was terrific, directed by the late Alan J. Pakula. Controversial, about call girls, Bree Daniels, the Jane Fonda role. One of my favorite movies. Donald Sutherland was great, he should have been awarded Best Actor Oscar. He acted the role of a small town private detective who saved Bree Daniels' life. Fine thriller, got Jane Fonda Best Actress Oscar. D Sutherland was a great actor. RIP Donald Sutherland, you did get your Oscar. You left us an awesome filmography. B r a v o ♡☆☆☆☆!
Well stated and I agree. I love that film and so glad to have it on DVD. Brilliant film.
Flute was my favorite ❤️
@@nikkihines3652 It was called "Klute" not Flute.
@@PossumLover1111 that’s right dear. It was Klute 🙏
Too bad Hanoi Jane was in it.
I always love Donald in his movies, he played very different roles to perfection. He is truly missed.
Wait, you just barely alluded to Invasion of the Body Snatchers. It's the best version of the many that have been made, in my estimation. When I think of Sutherland, I think of that film. Also, he was Mr Bennet in that not-great version of Pride & Prejudice.
This left out a lot of movies.
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In the top 5. R.I.P. the late great, Donald Sutherland.