Donald Sutherland: An enduring legacy of playing both heroes and villains

Donald Sutherland was equally at home playing both heroes and villains (Daniel Leal/PA)

Canadian actor Donald Sutherland had an enduring legacy of playing both heroes and villains but is best remembered for his various war film roles.

From starring in The Dirty Dozen (1967) and Kelly’s Heroes (1970). it would be the womanising Captain Benjamin Franklin “Hawkeye” Pierce Jr in the 1970 film version of M*A*S*H, that he would bring him international fame.