Donald Sutherland: brilliant, little-known Canadian actor at the Oscars

When Donald Sutherland was A young man, contemplate A career In THE theater, he request her mother if he was beautiful. "No, but your confront has A plot of character," She replied. This was questionably A euphemism, said THE Telegraph. THE canadian actor, WHO has deceased aged 88, was among "THE most distinctive appearance Men Never has TO DO he as A leading Hollywood star". Six feet four inches big, slender And with loose limbs, he had indiscipline hair, "big ears, A full of teeth smile, prominent pale blue eyes And A of a beaten dog expression".

He was No her idea of A pin, And On the screen he could be threatening Or just vaguely disturbing. A producer once rejected him For A role saying: "This part calls For A the guy next door type. You don't do it look as you have lived following door has anybody." And Again, blessed with A "dismal" baritone voice that was as "immediately recognizable as James Mason", Sutherland was Also able of exuding "A ruminate sexual magnetism which a lot women find irresistible."

Admired For her range, And THE subtlety of her performances, he appeared In more that 100 movies. Directors love him For her chameleon-like ability has slide In A role And her will has accept direction. He would have not always has been SO malleable, he said. He believed that In Robert by Altman 1970 Drama movie "MASH POTATOES", he had has been Also insistent on playing THE irreverent army surgeon Hawk Eye pierce In her own path. He was When he was casting In Nicholas that of Roeg Venice Ensemble horror movie "Don't do it Look NOW" (1973) that he came has THE conclusion that "movie acting East about THE surrender of will has THE director".
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After while reading THE scenario, base on A Daphne of Maurier history, he would have agreed has appear In THE movie, but suggested has Roeg that he give he A happier END. "Do You to want has TO DO he Or not?" Roeg he asked. "Because It is THE movie." Sutherland went on has deliver A of her most "memorable performances" as THE father in mourning her drowned child – even if he was instead eclipse by speculation about her long And exceptionally realistic sex scene with Julie Christie, her On the screen marry. Christie has Never categorically denied that they had sex on camera, but Sutherland insisted that they had not. A humorous And thoughtful man, he said that THE two had only just encounter When they had has to walk naked on THE together. "We laid on THE bed And THE director said, 'All RIGHT, Julie to pull your knees up has your shoulder. Donald take your mouth And slide he down THE inside of her LEFT thigh.' He went on as This For 12 hours. Neither of We could talk afterwards."

Donald Sutherland was born In New Brunswick In 1935, has Frederick, A seller, And Dorothy (born McNichol), A mathematics teacher. A sickly child, WHO suffered Since polio And rheumatic fever, he grown up up mostly In Nova Scotland. While has high school, he became, aged 14, from Canada the youngest radio DJ, However he had her tourist attractions together on be A sculptor. He caught THE acting bug while to study engineering And drama has Toronto University, And In 1957 he journey has England has study has Lamda. After A year he abandoned out, And with her First of all marry, Lois Hardwick, he joined A directory theater In Perth....

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Donald Sutherland: brilliant, little-known Canadian actor at the Oscars

When Donald Sutherland was A young man, contemplate A career In THE theater, he request her mother if he was beautiful. "No, but your confront has A plot of character," She replied. This was questionably A euphemism, said THE Telegraph. THE canadian actor, WHO has deceased aged 88, was among "THE most distinctive appearance Men Never has TO DO he as A leading Hollywood star". Six feet four inches big, slender And with loose limbs, he had indiscipline hair, "big ears, A full of teeth smile, prominent pale blue eyes And A of a beaten dog expression".

He was No her idea of A pin, And On the screen he could be threatening Or just vaguely disturbing. A producer once rejected him For A role saying: "This part calls For A the guy next door type. You don't do it look as you have lived following door has anybody." And Again, blessed with A "dismal" baritone voice that was as "immediately recognizable as James Mason", Sutherland was Also able of exuding "A ruminate sexual magnetism which a lot women find irresistible."

Admired For her range, And THE subtlety of her performances, he appeared In more that 100 movies. Directors love him For her chameleon-like ability has slide In A role And her will has accept direction. He would have not always has been SO malleable, he said. He believed that In Robert by Altman 1970 Drama movie "MASH POTATOES", he had has been Also insistent on playing THE irreverent army surgeon Hawk Eye pierce In her own path. He was When he was casting In Nicholas that of Roeg Venice Ensemble horror movie "Don't do it Look NOW" (1973) that he came has THE conclusion that "movie acting East about THE surrender of will has THE director".

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After while reading THE scenario, base on A Daphne of Maurier history, he would have agreed has appear In THE movie, but suggested has Roeg that he give he A happier END. "Do You to want has TO DO he Or not?" Roeg he asked. "Because It is THE movie." Sutherland went on has deliver A of her most "memorable performances" as THE father in mourning her drowned child – even if he was instead eclipse by speculation about her long And exceptionally realistic sex scene with Julie Christie, her On the screen marry. Christie has Never categorically denied that they had sex on camera, but Sutherland insisted that they had not. A humorous And thoughtful man, he said that THE two had only just encounter When they had has to walk naked on THE together. "We laid on THE bed And THE director said, 'All RIGHT, Julie to pull your knees up has your shoulder. Donald take your mouth And slide he down THE inside of her LEFT thigh.' He went on as This For 12 hours. Neither of We could talk afterwards."

Donald Sutherland was born In New Brunswick In 1935, has Frederick, A seller, And Dorothy (born McNichol), A mathematics teacher. A sickly child, WHO suffered Since polio And rheumatic fever, he grown up up mostly In Nova Scotland. While has high school, he became, aged 14, from Canada the youngest radio DJ, However he had her tourist attractions together on be A sculptor. He caught THE acting bug while to study engineering And drama has Toronto University, And In 1957 he journey has England has study has Lamda. After A year he abandoned out, And with her First of all marry, Lois Hardwick, he joined A directory theater In Perth....