The Greatest Actor Who Never Won An Oscar

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  • @AllenMurphy-le8sw
    @AllenMurphy-le8sw Місяць тому +789

    There was something really great about Donald Sutherland. He didn’t have to get an award to prove it.

    • @titus2120
      @titus2120 Місяць тому +16

      I do agree. He literally exponentially from his first films I saw to his last…. So much skill…

    • @krishnamurtichandrasekhara2187
      @krishnamurtichandrasekhara2187 Місяць тому +13

      Absolutely! Something daring and magnetic in his performances.

    • @Mrbobinge
      @Mrbobinge Місяць тому +8

      We, the huge audience at mention of his billboard name, are his award.

    • @RickFruckberry
      @RickFruckberry Місяць тому +14

      Awards do not really denote what is best. I don't agree with critics most of the time, anyway. 😉

    • @martkbanjoboy8853
      @martkbanjoboy8853 Місяць тому +6

      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. 😄

  • @onkelmarvin8360
    @onkelmarvin8360 Місяць тому +614

    Never delivered a bad performance.......always convincing.............doesn`t matter who he portrayed...............he was ALWAYS brilliant.........R.I.P......❤

    • @diGritz1
      @diGritz1 Місяць тому

      Cough .....Virus ....cough, cough

    • @rickgac311
      @rickgac311 Місяць тому +17

      Eye of the Needle to Animal House. He's missed.

    • @CFH1962
      @CFH1962 Місяць тому +2

      Netflix's cellular or cellphone?

  • @Gimenez528Hz
    @Gimenez528Hz Місяць тому +492

    He had loads of class and didnt kiss ass and he didnt need no award .. he was the real deal

    • @DavidJohnRedwood
      @DavidJohnRedwood Місяць тому +6

      Brief, straight and true. Totally agree.

    • @oophorror2251
      @oophorror2251 Місяць тому +1

      He didn’t even raise his son.

    • @kikiki4592
      @kikiki4592 Місяць тому +1

      He was a traitor, he didnt deserve shit.

    • @glennchristie2316
      @glennchristie2316 19 днів тому +1

      You either liked him or you didn’t. “I liked him.”

  • @briane5706
    @briane5706 Місяць тому +138

    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.

  • @spiderlily4386
    @spiderlily4386 Місяць тому +376

    Thanks. Sutherland has always been one of my favorites

    • @malegrissusran8847
      @malegrissusran8847 Місяць тому +2

      So im I !

    • @tinaardo2585
      @tinaardo2585 Місяць тому +2

      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.

    • @malegrissusran8847
      @malegrissusran8847 Місяць тому

      @@tinaardo2585
      Only a Anti - German Propaganda shtt!

  • @MarlonMartinez-jd7nu
    @MarlonMartinez-jd7nu Місяць тому +77

    One of my favorite actors. RIP, Donald. Your legacy of great acting will always be remembered

  • @ArtbyKatina
    @ArtbyKatina Місяць тому +134

    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 😢

    • @ruge48
      @ruge48 Місяць тому +3

      It seems the Academy has a very political standard to give the award not based perfomance based ! Mr Sutherland is a clear example!

    • @devogrant2817
      @devogrant2817 29 днів тому +3

      @@ruge48 Well it's Holly- weird it's a cult ......

  • @tszirmay
    @tszirmay Місяць тому +178

    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.

    • @96BxelA
      @96BxelA Місяць тому +11

      @tszirmay..You are soo right with that statement!

    • @markmk44
      @markmk44 Місяць тому +10

      Love that movie

    • @DollySausage
      @DollySausage Місяць тому +10

      whenever I'm reading a Jack Higgins novel with Liam Devlin in it he's always the face I see

    • @henriettalowe4689
      @henriettalowe4689 22 дні тому +7

      As well as Eye of the Needle.

    • @schnertblatt
      @schnertblatt 20 днів тому +6

      Yes he was great in that film too. I loved Jenny Agutter alongside him, too.

  • @barbaralanders6049
    @barbaralanders6049 Місяць тому +176

    One of Hollywood's most underrated actors...

    • @Dee-u4r
      @Dee-u4r 11 днів тому

      ‘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!

  • @dc9291
    @dc9291 Місяць тому +94

    He didn't need an award to be the best - he speaks for himself and we love him.

  • @Maria-sg4zy
    @Maria-sg4zy Місяць тому +199

    Top 5 of my favorite actors. R.I.P. Donald Sutherland, for your brilliant work. You will be missed.

    • @ratso4443
      @ratso4443 Місяць тому +2

      Who are the others??

    • @Maria-sg4zy
      @Maria-sg4zy Місяць тому +13

      @@ratso4443 Christopher Walken, Morgan Freeman, Samual Jackson, Forest Whitaker.

    • @MikeGrant-q7b
      @MikeGrant-q7b Місяць тому +2

      @Maria , good list but I bet you are very young

    • @Maria-sg4zy
      @Maria-sg4zy Місяць тому +1

      @@MikeGrant-q7b Nope. In my 50's

    • @ratso4443
      @ratso4443 Місяць тому +4

      @@Maria-sg4zy Ok, here’s mine. George C. Scott, Rex Harrison, Christopher Plummer, John Cazale, Donald Sutherland. Subject to change without notice.

  • @TheStockwell
    @TheStockwell Місяць тому +264

    Sutherland needed to win an Academy Award as much a Beethoven needed to win a Grammy Award.

    • @malegrissusran8847
      @malegrissusran8847 Місяць тому +14

      Who gares about Academy Award ??
      It's only a comercial B ... S ... !

    • @TheStockwell
      @TheStockwell Місяць тому +20

      @@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
      @EricForney-uz4iz Місяць тому +3

      Well Said.

    • @TheStockwell
      @TheStockwell Місяць тому +9

      @@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. 🍁

    • @farmrrick
      @farmrrick Місяць тому

      ​@@TheStockwelldo you miss Bernie ? As commie as they come .

  • @dkimuk
    @dkimuk Місяць тому +233

    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.

    • @lorisimmons4614
      @lorisimmons4614 Місяць тому +21

      He always had the ability to fully grasp your attention.

    • @MichaelBoltonsEntireCatalog
      @MichaelBoltonsEntireCatalog Місяць тому +11

      "Oh...what a treat. Burn it all"

    • @joeratley1062
      @joeratley1062 Місяць тому +15

      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. 🇺🇸🦅

    • @cindy-followerofjesuschris6572
      @cindy-followerofjesuschris6572 Місяць тому +11

      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.

    • @MichaelBoltonsEntireCatalog
      @MichaelBoltonsEntireCatalog Місяць тому +5

      @@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.

  • @paulazemeckis7835
    @paulazemeckis7835 Місяць тому +54

    Can't believe "Invasion of the Body Snatchers" wasn't mentioned. Loved that movie. Didn't know he passed so recently.

    • @0therun1t21
      @0therun1t21 Місяць тому +1

      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.

    • @BBB-rd2qi
      @BBB-rd2qi 27 днів тому

      Right?! He was as amazing in that movie!

  • @g-man5466
    @g-man5466 Місяць тому +224

    He made Clint Eastwood the “hero” in the classic WW2 wartime classic/ comedy “Kelly’s Heroes”. RIP Oddball!!

    • @TampaDave
      @TampaDave Місяць тому +19

      I loved him in that movie, playing "Burning Bridges" as his tanks rolled around the countryside.

    • @JF-lt5zc
      @JF-lt5zc Місяць тому +13

      "this is a great tank!"

    • @chadrowe8452
      @chadrowe8452 Місяць тому +11

      Wuf wuf. My other dog impression

    • @chriswasniowski3149
      @chriswasniowski3149 Місяць тому +11

      best war movie around

    • @josephvitielo1693
      @josephvitielo1693 Місяць тому +7

      Dont forget no 2 sir Dirty Dozen

  • @ferdyartigo2228
    @ferdyartigo2228 Місяць тому +24

    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!😢

  • @kindface
    @kindface Місяць тому +211

    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.

    • @samrodian919
      @samrodian919 Місяць тому +32

      It just goes to prove as we say here in Britain is that the Academy, the Oscars " Ain't worth a wank"

    • @kikiki4592
      @kikiki4592 Місяць тому

      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.

    • @MsNerdsRevenge
      @MsNerdsRevenge Місяць тому +6

      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.

    • @peaknonsense2041
      @peaknonsense2041 29 днів тому +22

      The CIA and the academy are not separate entities

    • @devogrant2817
      @devogrant2817 29 днів тому +3

      @@samrodian919 True talk ....

  • @HandyMan657
    @HandyMan657 Місяць тому +158

    Simply put, the man was a legend. Rest easy, Sir.

  • @Ricardofromage
    @Ricardofromage Місяць тому +47

    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✌️

  • @DonKebsch
    @DonKebsch Місяць тому +68

    Hell of a actor rip you will be missed
    Greatly thank you for your work peace ✌️ out

  • @poboymusic1958
    @poboymusic1958 Місяць тому +72

    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.

  • @deweyplanck9850
    @deweyplanck9850 Місяць тому +27

    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.

  • @fractode
    @fractode Місяць тому +40

    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! 🇨🇦👍

  • @ottosixtysix8546
    @ottosixtysix8546 Місяць тому +45

    Don was always a favorite, kept us entertained for years.

  • @bruce8321
    @bruce8321 Місяць тому +32

    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.

    • @joeblog2672
      @joeblog2672 12 днів тому

      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!

  • @uralbob1
    @uralbob1 Місяць тому +51

    Sutherland’s performance in “Eye of the Needle” was absolutely Oscar worthy.

    • @-staroverec-7320
      @-staroverec-7320 Місяць тому +3

      Yes.plus the forgotten The day of the locust.

    • @peace-now
      @peace-now 16 днів тому +3

      Don't forget Kate Nelligan.

    • @uralbob1
      @uralbob1 16 днів тому +1

      @ gorgeous, fine actress!

    • @cherylreaves253
      @cherylreaves253 15 днів тому +2

      One of my favorites.

  • @rhiannonrede
    @rhiannonrede Місяць тому +103

    I loved Sutherland since " Kelly's Heros". RIP

    • @jgdooley2003
      @jgdooley2003 Місяць тому +8

      Positive waves man........

    • @ronaldshank7589
      @ronaldshank7589 Місяць тому +2

      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!

    • @ronaldshank7589
      @ronaldshank7589 15 днів тому +1

      @@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!

  • @jeanneratterman4174
    @jeanneratterman4174 Місяць тому +18

    Look at those dimples, that smile, those (sigh) eyes! Miss him. Glad we have his films. R.I.P.

  • @tr5947
    @tr5947 Місяць тому +37

    His role as "Klute" was understated and underrated.

  • @adilismit2822
    @adilismit2822 Місяць тому +16

    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😢❤

  • @ProgressIsTheOnlyEvolution
    @ProgressIsTheOnlyEvolution Місяць тому +15

    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 ❤

  • @ruthnovena40
    @ruthnovena40 Місяць тому +8

    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.

  • @alokmittal59
    @alokmittal59 Місяць тому +18

    He was a great actor. My younger brother and I loved all his movies we could watch.

  • @OrionLaerithryn
    @OrionLaerithryn Місяць тому +37

    Classic actor, sorely missed.

  • @ckotcher1
    @ckotcher1 Місяць тому +67

    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.

    • @DonKebsch
      @DonKebsch Місяць тому

      @@ckotcher1 myself

    • @ckotcher1
      @ckotcher1 Місяць тому

      @@DonKebsch yourself?

  • @briane5706
    @briane5706 Місяць тому +18

    An actor who always made me watch any TV, Film and Theatre productions he was in.

    • @patrickporter1864
      @patrickporter1864 25 днів тому

      She was part of aHollywood dynasty. He was creating one. Connections and favours.

  • @paulstuart551
    @paulstuart551 Місяць тому +15

    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.

  • @robertlucas9804
    @robertlucas9804 Місяць тому +25

    Donald Sutherland is above the Oscars, but he should have had many because his movies are great.

  • @eileengallagher431
    @eileengallagher431 Місяць тому +268

    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.

    • @Diane574
      @Diane574 Місяць тому +18

      I absolutely loved this man and was very sad to hear that he had died.

    • @lonniekwartler8396
      @lonniekwartler8396 Місяць тому

      Nixon was on the CIA's enemy list.

    • @Elfrida-ls2mo
      @Elfrida-ls2mo Місяць тому

      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

    • @CHRISSLATTERY-i4r
      @CHRISSLATTERY-i4r Місяць тому +5

      Col. Fetcher Prouty allegedly related some information to Stone.

    • @johninman7545
      @johninman7545 Місяць тому +6

      All these actors dying that were born in 1935 is it astrology?

  • @MegaFount
    @MegaFount Місяць тому +12

    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.

  • @peterwalter7596
    @peterwalter7596 Місяць тому +15

    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.
    🍇💖😇

    • @belindamay8063
      @belindamay8063 Місяць тому +1

      @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.

    • @esbliss13
      @esbliss13 7 днів тому +1

      I agree. I thought he played that role perfectly. He was the best Mr Bennett of all the films.

  • @12thDecember
    @12thDecember Місяць тому +93

    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.

    • @rodneyadderton1077
      @rodneyadderton1077 Місяць тому

      The government has been a part of Hollywood since the beginning.

    • @SkyeSage17
      @SkyeSage17 Місяць тому

      Are you kidding?
      Hollywood is full of nefarious people.

    • @lancewalker1999
      @lancewalker1999 Місяць тому

      By the same token Hollywood has no business sticking it's nose in politics.

    • @jeanettew.fenton6954
      @jeanettew.fenton6954 Місяць тому

      They stick their nose in everywhere its not wanted or needed....

    • @hidesinlonggrass3229
      @hidesinlonggrass3229 Місяць тому

      Hollywood/media is the propaganda wing of the Military Industrial Complex.

  • @spleenter72
    @spleenter72 Місяць тому +21

    In my humble opinion, he was the greatest actor alive for the past 40 years.

    • @belindamay8063
      @belindamay8063 Місяць тому +1

      @spleenter. But I always found him a little bit scary. Perhaps it was part of his unusual skill.

  • @4444marla
    @4444marla Місяць тому +17

    Loved him. He was something else!

  • @peterwilson5528
    @peterwilson5528 Місяць тому +10

    He was way up there with the greatest of the great movie actors. He was a legend in his own lifetime. Very sadly missed :(

  • @northernmemaw4036
    @northernmemaw4036 Місяць тому +7

    He was truly an amazing person & actor ❤❤ Thank you for recognizing him😊

  • @dirkprobert
    @dirkprobert Місяць тому +18

    He may have been in a few bad movies but he never gave a bad performance, and he loved his native country, Canada 🍁 🇨🇦

  • @willhovell9019
    @willhovell9019 Місяць тому +28

    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

  • @paulluce2557
    @paulluce2557 Місяць тому +10

    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...

    • @bungalowlogic7676
      @bungalowlogic7676 15 днів тому

      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.

  • @cynthiarogers2904
    @cynthiarogers2904 Місяць тому +13

    *This incredible actor was denied so many awards.*
    .
    *HE WAS ONE OF THE BEST !!!*

  • @Sarcasticron
    @Sarcasticron Місяць тому +21

    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.

  • @alank5560
    @alank5560 Місяць тому +39

    He was excellent in “Ordinary People”.

    • @DavoInMelbourne
      @DavoInMelbourne Місяць тому +2

      One of my top ten movies that one 👍

  • @johnbeechy
    @johnbeechy Місяць тому +7

    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

  • @jamescreek1319
    @jamescreek1319 Місяць тому +13

    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.

    • @kathrynjaneway5346
      @kathrynjaneway5346 Місяць тому

      Such lies....

    • @jamescreek1319
      @jamescreek1319 Місяць тому +4

      @@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

  • @jas20per
    @jas20per Місяць тому +37

    He never lost those good looks even in old age.

    • @thechumpsbeendumped.7797
      @thechumpsbeendumped.7797 Місяць тому +1

      “Good looks”?

    • @jas20per
      @jas20per Місяць тому

      @@thechumpsbeendumped.7797 It all depends on what side of the Gender line you are!!!! To ask that question it seems you are not sure.

  • @odzychris7996
    @odzychris7996 Місяць тому +8

    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!

  • @lde-m8688
    @lde-m8688 Місяць тому +5

    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.

  • @MarioCindric
    @MarioCindric Місяць тому +12

    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.

  • @simonkevnorris
    @simonkevnorris Місяць тому +16

    His role in Backdraft as the pyromaniac was chilling.

    • @moemanncann895
      @moemanncann895 8 днів тому

      Haunting role as Ronald the arsonist, convincing and memorable

  • @RCrosbyLyles
    @RCrosbyLyles Місяць тому +12

    One of my absolute favorite actors. RIP

  • @ammoboots9050
    @ammoboots9050 Місяць тому +6

    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.

  • @chele277
    @chele277 Місяць тому +112

    What about invasion of the body snatchers

    • @penneyburgess5431
      @penneyburgess5431 Місяць тому +12

      The scream at the end!😳

    • @mygreatbigfoot1679
      @mygreatbigfoot1679 Місяць тому +5

      👵🏻👵🏼Don’t look now..

    • @alanbbrady8196
      @alanbbrady8196 Місяць тому +1

      There were two references early in this profile.

    • @martinbisschoff988
      @martinbisschoff988 Місяць тому +5

      @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!! 😆😄

    • @mushroombird9400
      @mushroombird9400 Місяць тому +4

      Yes!! That end scene where he points and screams was haunting!!

  • @jamescreek1319
    @jamescreek1319 Місяць тому +14

    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.

  • @Idonno1
    @Idonno1 Місяць тому +9

    You left out Caligula. Maybe not the best movie but as usual Donald Sutherland's acting was top notch.

  • @AniMerDol
    @AniMerDol Місяць тому +8

    Oh my! Those ears in his early photos.

  • @gcarlton
    @gcarlton Місяць тому +16

    Klute and JFK were the performances that always stuck with me.

    • @155gerard
      @155gerard Місяць тому +1

      Also Nicolas Roeg's classic "Don't Look Now" costarring his adult life long friend Julie Christie

  • @andrewfurie5647
    @andrewfurie5647 Місяць тому +29

    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.

  • @DawnRyan-k8o
    @DawnRyan-k8o Місяць тому +25

    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.

  • @alanbbrady8196
    @alanbbrady8196 Місяць тому +8

    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. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

  • @Kathy_Bennett
    @Kathy_Bennett Місяць тому +5

    He was so totally awesome in "Back Draft." I will never forget that performance.

  • @markwrede8878
    @markwrede8878 Місяць тому +32

    No mention of his star turn breathing life into Fellini's Casanova, a fever dream of Baroque Europe.

  • @charlessomerset9754
    @charlessomerset9754 Місяць тому +15

    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.

  • @KapiteinKrentebol
    @KapiteinKrentebol Місяць тому +14

    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.

    • @Diane574
      @Diane574 Місяць тому +1

      The Eagle Has Landed was a great book, and he was wonderful in the movie.

  • @cydraiyne8323
    @cydraiyne8323 Місяць тому

    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.

  • @CapricornSunSagRisingLibraMoon
    @CapricornSunSagRisingLibraMoon Місяць тому +6

    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.

  • @redelpe1
    @redelpe1 Місяць тому +8

    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.

    • @AbelMcTalisker
      @AbelMcTalisker 23 дні тому

      Though Jane Fonda (and her brother) were "Hollywood Royalty" due to who her father was, that also might have been a factor.

    • @redelpe1
      @redelpe1 23 дні тому

      @@AbelMcTalisker You are probably right.

  • @HonestlyYours516
    @HonestlyYours516 Місяць тому +7

    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!🎉

  • @bobdixon9346
    @bobdixon9346 Місяць тому +6

    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.

  • @aaronTNGDS9
    @aaronTNGDS9 Місяць тому +7

    I particularly liked his stellar performance in "Ordinary People" and "Outbreak".

    • @charleskolthoff785
      @charleskolthoff785 Місяць тому

      I think "Ordinary People' is one of his best performances.

  • @sarahashun1180
    @sarahashun1180 Місяць тому +81

    Good guy, he wasn’t a warmonger or a supremacist.

    • @sarahpiaggio2693
      @sarahpiaggio2693 Місяць тому +4

      Which actor is a "supremacist"?

    • @sarahashun1180
      @sarahashun1180 Місяць тому +10

      @@sarahpiaggio2693 For example John Wayne.

    • @wildrover9650
      @wildrover9650 Місяць тому +4

      And neither is PRESIDENT TRUMP THE GREAT.

    • @Diane574
      @Diane574 Місяць тому +4

      @@wildrover9650😳

    • @fermisparadox01
      @fermisparadox01 Місяць тому

      ​@sarahashun1180 John Wayne wasn't a supremacist. He just didn't care for blacks. In those days nobody did.

  • @johnmoncrieff3034
    @johnmoncrieff3034 Місяць тому +5

    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.

  • @neilchristensen6413
    @neilchristensen6413 Місяць тому +21

    Fun fact: Donald Sutherland's father-in-law founded Canada's universal health care system.

    • @cherylklaver7233
      @cherylklaver7233 Місяць тому +2

      Tommy Douglas 👍

    • @Canuckbelgo
      @Canuckbelgo Місяць тому +3

      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
      @blessedfire365xgf 29 днів тому +1

      Are you happy with it

    • @Canuckbelgo
      @Canuckbelgo 29 днів тому +4

      @@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.

    • @neilchristensen6413
      @neilchristensen6413 29 днів тому +1

      @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.

  • @davidford694
    @davidford694 Місяць тому +5

    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.

  • @chefscorner7063
    @chefscorner7063 13 днів тому

    I never realized how many films I'd seen him in over my 61 yrs until I watched this video about him. I feel like an old friend has passed away. Thanks for the memories.
    R.I.P. Donald... 🙏🤙

  • @lindsaytwort8655
    @lindsaytwort8655 Місяць тому +6

    Donald A great supporter of FREEDOM OF SPEECH!

  • @Canuckbelgo
    @Canuckbelgo Місяць тому +2

    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...

  • @ellenspear50
    @ellenspear50 Місяць тому +26

    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.

  • @mariansheilamansilla6431
    @mariansheilamansilla6431 Місяць тому +32

    New Brunswick is not a city, it's a province.

    • @kellydalstok8900
      @kellydalstok8900 Місяць тому +3

      He never said it was. With “the city” he meant Saint John.

    • @VespoLiveGaming
      @VespoLiveGaming Місяць тому +1

      It's a city if you're in New Jersey!

  • @tonnywildweasel8138
    @tonnywildweasel8138 Місяць тому +11

    👍 Oddball The Greatest ✌️
    One of my all time favorite actors !!

    • @wullieg7269
      @wullieg7269 Місяць тому

      When you work with someone who keeps giving dog impressions while your working. That's real

  • @badplay156
    @badplay156 Місяць тому +4

    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

  • @Handlebar-MustDash
    @Handlebar-MustDash Місяць тому +17

    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.

    • @SturmGewehr1944x
      @SturmGewehr1944x Місяць тому +3

      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.

    • @lalannej
      @lalannej Місяць тому +2

      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!

  • @wesleythurman1033
    @wesleythurman1033 Місяць тому +2

    LOVED SUTHERLANDS ACTING AND ROLES ALWAYS WAS A BIG FAN

  • @miguelalvarado2673
    @miguelalvarado2673 Місяць тому +28

    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 ♡☆☆☆☆!

    • @PossumLover1111
      @PossumLover1111 Місяць тому +3

      Well stated and I agree. I love that film and so glad to have it on DVD. Brilliant film.

    • @nikkihines3652
      @nikkihines3652 Місяць тому +2

      Flute was my favorite ❤️

    • @PossumLover1111
      @PossumLover1111 Місяць тому

      @@nikkihines3652 It was called "Klute" not Flute.

    • @nikkihines3652
      @nikkihines3652 Місяць тому

      @@PossumLover1111 that’s right dear. It was Klute 🙏

    • @philkearny5587
      @philkearny5587 Місяць тому

      Too bad Hanoi Jane was in it.

  • @willowm94
    @willowm94 Місяць тому +1

    Invasion of the Body Snatchers??? I can’t believe you completely omitted this!!! I remember that I couldn’t watch Sutherland in anything else because I was SO creeped out by his character in this movie!!

    • @firefly4704
      @firefly4704 17 днів тому

      Yeah, the last image of that movie still sticks in my mind.

  • @MrWillt100
    @MrWillt100 Місяць тому +3

    When you wake up every morning and you haven't won an Oscar you don't all of a sudden have a nervous break down. I don't believe Donald Sutherland would have worried about winning an Oscar cause if he did he never showed and yet he was a very good actor in my eyes.

  • @karendooks6244
    @karendooks6244 Місяць тому +4

    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.

    • @lalannej
      @lalannej Місяць тому +2

      Eating some cheese, drinking some wine, catching some rays, you know!

  • @ellisandrews440
    @ellisandrews440 Місяць тому +5

    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 🤣

  • @BlueSaphire70
    @BlueSaphire70 Місяць тому +5

    I really liked Donald Sutherland. I thought he was a really good actor. May he rest in peace.

  • @swipekonme
    @swipekonme Місяць тому +4

    that jfk bench scene should be part of the curriculum

  • @fundamentos3439
    @fundamentos3439 Місяць тому +1

    Great acting. An outstanding personality , both inside & outside the sceeen. Thank you for sharing.