Canadian actor Donald Sutherland died a few days ago, aged 88.
As obviously I didn't know the man himself, I only have the many films in which
he appeared to remember him by. I'm not sure when was the first time that I saw
him on screen; my sentiment wants to say that it was in M*A*S*H, but I have a
sneaking suspicion that I saw him first in 'The day of the locust' (playing a
character named Homer Simpson).
Other early - for me - roles include 'Klute' (released in 1971 but I probably saw it many years later), 'Animal house', 'Ordinary people' and especially 'Eye of the needle'.
Over the years he popped up in many films that I have in my collection, but one iconic non-film appearance is as Wilhelm Reich in the video for Kate Bush's 'Cloudbursting'.
This day in history:
| Title | Tags | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 180 | Counting beats with Van der Graaf | Van der Graaf Generator, Time signatures | |
| 256 | The Israelis are becoming like the British | Weather, Star Trek | |
| 371 | President's Conference / 2 | Dan Ariely, President's conference | |
| 603 | More words on the MBA graduation | MBA | |
| 729 | Welcome to Palermo (Sicily log 4) | Holiday, Sicily, Italy | |
| 1151 | Priority: adding a field whose description can change | Priority tips | |
| 1152 | Priority: subtle problem explained | Priority tips |
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