Hollywood Legend Donald Sutherland Dies At 88

Donald Sutherland, one of Canada's most versatile and gifted actors, who charmed and enthralled audiences in movies such as "MAS*H," "Klute," "Ordinary People," and "The Hunger Games," has died at the age of 88, reported Will Dunham and Patricia Reaney for Reuters.

The actor, whose lengthy career spanned from the 1960s into the 2020s, died on Thursday. I Photo: Festival TV Monte-Carlo Wikimedia Commons

The actor, whose lengthy career spanned from the 1960s into the 2020s, died on Thursday, his son, actor Kiefer Sutherland, said on social media.

A tall man with a deep voice, piercing blue eyes, and a mischievous smile, Donald Sutherland switched effortlessly from character roles to romantic leads opposite the likes of Jane Fonda and Julie Christie.

He also played his share of oddballs and villains. He acted in 200 films and TV shows in his six-decade career, won an Emmy, but curiously was never nominated for an Oscar, Erik Pedersen reported for Deadline.

Sutherland starred in classic films and acted on Broadway in the stage version of Vladimir Nabokov’s “Lolita,” which shut down after 10 days. He was active in the anti-Vietnam War movement.

His big break in movies came with Robert Aldrich’s star-packed 1967 World War II drama "The Dirty Dozen," playing misfit felon Vernon Pinkley opposite Lee Marvin, Ernest Borgnine, Charles Bronson, George Kennedy, Telly Savalas, and others.

A big hit in theaters, it remains a seminal American war movie, Helen Holmes also reported for The Daily Beast.