Donald Sutherland

Donald Sutherland, whose ability to both charm and unsettle, both reassure and repulse, was amply displayed in scores of film roles as diverse as a laid-back battlefield surgeon in “M*A*S*H,” a ruthless Nazi spy in “Eye of the Needle,” a soulful father in “Ordinary People” and a strutting fascist in “1900,” died on Thursday June 27, 2024 in Miami. He was 88. His son Kiefer Sutherland, the actor, announced the death on social media. Sutherland worked almost nonstop to the very end, some of his more memorable roles fell in a stretch from 1970 to 1981, when he appeared in 34 films, often playing men who walked a fine line between sanity and madness. Donald McNichol Sutherland was born on July 17, 1935, in Saint John, a coastal town in New Brunswick. He was married three times, always to actresses: Lois Hardwick, Shirley Douglas and Francine Racette, a French Canadian whom he wed in 1990, years after they had begun living together. In addition to his son Kiefer and daughter, Rachel Sutherland, from his second marriage, he is survived by his wife; three sons with Ms. Racette — Roeg, named for Nicolas Roeg; Rossif, for the French director Frédéric Rossif; and Angus Redford, for Robert Redford; and four grandchildren.