Editing Donald Sutherland (section)

=== 1960–1968: Early work and breakthrough ===
While at LAMDA, Sutherland began appearing in [[West End theatre|West End]] productions.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://ktla.com/entertainment/actor-donald-sutherland-dies-at-88/amp/ | title=Actor Donald Sutherland dies at 88 | date=20 June 2024 | access-date=21 June 2024 | archive-date=21 June 2024 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240621142435/https://ktla.com/entertainment/actor-donald-sutherland-dies-at-88/amp/ | url-status=live }}</ref> He dropped out of his first year and moved to Scotland where he acted at the [[Perth Theatre|Perth Repertory Theatre]] for 18 months from 1960. He appeared as Heracles in [[Benn Levy]]'s ''The Rape of the Belt'' and toured throughout Scotland, including [[Arbroath]], [[Dunfermline]] and [[Kirkcaldy]].<ref>{{cite web |last=Strachan |first=Graeme |date=20 June 2024 |title=How Donald Sutherland became a Hollywood movie icon after Perth Rep snub |url=https://www.thecourier.co.uk/fp/past-times/3100586/donald-sutherland-perth-rep-hunger-games/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220813220927/https://www.thecourier.co.uk/fp/past-times/3100586/donald-sutherland-perth-rep-hunger-games/ |archive-date=13 August 2022 |access-date=21 June 2024 |website=thecourier.co.uk}}</ref><ref>[[The Courier (Dundee)|''The Courier & Advertiser'']], Dundee, 23 November 2013.</ref> His roommate was actor [[Michael Sheard]].<ref name=":0" /> In the early-to-mid-1960s, Sutherland began to gain small roles in British films and TV, such as a hotel receptionist in ''[[The Sentimental Agent]]'' episode "A Very Desirable Plot" (1963).<ref>{{Cite web |title=CTVA UK – "The Sentimental Agent" (ITC UK)(1963) starring Carlos Thompson |url=https://ctva.biz/UK/ITC/SentimentalAgent.htm |access-date=22 June 2024 |website=ctva.biz |archive-date=22 June 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240622055819/https://ctva.biz/UK/ITC/SentimentalAgent.htm |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite AV media |url=https://watch.plex.tv/show/the-sentimental-agent/season/1/episode/9 |title=The Sentimental Agent · S1 E9 · A Very Desirable Plot |date=23 November 1963 |language=en |access-date=22 June 2024 |via=watch.plex.tv |archive-date=22 June 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240622124202/https://watch.plex.tv/show/the-sentimental-agent/season/1/episode/9 |url-status=live }}</ref> He was featured alongside [[Christopher Lee]] in horror films such as ''[[Castle of the Living Dead]]'' (1964) and the [[anthology film]] ''[[Dr. Terror's House of Horrors]]'' (1965).<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-52070783 | title=From villains to lovers – Donald Sutherland played them all | date=20 June 2024 | access-date=22 June 2024 | publisher=[[BBC.com]] | archive-date=20 June 2024 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240620184822/https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-52070783 | url-status=live }}</ref> He also had a supporting role in the [[Hammer Films]] production ''[[Die! Die! My Darling!]]'' (1965), with [[Tallulah Bankhead]] and [[Stefanie Powers]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://collections-search.bfi.org.uk/web/error?aspxerrorpath=/web/Details/ChoiceFilmWorks/%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20150035840 |access-date=22 June 2024 |title=Fanatic |website=collections-search.bfi.org.uk |archive-date=22 June 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240622045750/https://collections-search.bfi.org.uk/web/error?aspxerrorpath=/web/Details/ChoiceFilmWorks/%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20150035840 |url-status=live }}</ref> In the same year, he appeared in the [[Cold War]] classic ''[[The Bedford Incident]]'' and in the TV series ''[[Gideon's Way]]'', in the 1966 episode "The Millionaire's Daughter".<ref>{{cite news |title=A softer sort of Gideon |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/western-daily-press/149816330/ |access-date=22 June 2024 |work=[[Western Daily Press]] |date=18 February 1966 |page=2 |archive-date=22 June 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240622045749/https://www.newspapers.com/article/western-daily-press/149816330/ |url-status=live }}</ref> In 1966, Sutherland appeared in the [[BBC TV]] play ''Lee Oswald – Assassin'', playing a friend of [[Lee Harvey Oswald]], Charles Givens (even though Givens himself was an [[African Americans|African American]]).<ref>{{Cite web |title=BFI Screenonline: Lee Oswald – Assassin (1966) |url=http://www.screenonline.org.uk/tv/id/1181129/index.html |access-date=22 June 2024 |website=www.screenonline.org.uk |archive-date=29 October 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231029152554/http://www.screenonline.org.uk/tv/id/1181129/index.html |url-status=live }}</ref> He also appeared in the TV series ''[[The Saint (TV series)|The Saint]]''.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.srf.ch/kultur/film-serien/nachruf-auf-hollywood-star-donald-sutherland-war-liebenswert-und-furchterregend-zugleich | title=Donald Sutherland war liebenswert und furchterregend zugleich | date=20 June 2024 | access-date=22 June 2024 | publisher=[[SRF.ch]] | language=de | archive-date=22 June 2024 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240622030711/https://www.srf.ch/kultur/film-serien/nachruf-auf-hollywood-star-donald-sutherland-war-liebenswert-und-furchterregend-zugleich | url-status=live }}</ref>

In 1967, he appeared in "The Superlative Seven", an episode of ''[[The Avengers (TV series)|The Avengers]]''.<ref name="variety-obit">{{cite news |last1=Schultz |first1=Rick |title=Donald Sutherland, Star of 'MASH,' 'Klute' and 'Hunger Games,' Dies at 88 |url=https://variety.com/2024/film/news/donald-sutherland-dead-mash-hunger-games-1236043323/ |access-date=21 June 2024 |work=Variety |publisher=Penske Media Corporation |date=20 June 2024 |archive-date=22 June 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240622030710/https://variety.com/2024/film/news/donald-sutherland-dead-mash-hunger-games-1236043323/ |url-status=live }}</ref> In 1966 he also made a second, and more substantial appearance in ''The Saint'' (S5,E14). The episode, "Escape Route", which was directed by the show's star, [[Roger Moore]], who later recalled Sutherland "asked me if he could show it to some producers as he was up for an important role... they came to view a [[rough cut]] and he got ''[[The Dirty Dozen]]''".<ref>{{cite web| author= MM| url= http://home.arcor.de/simon.templar/saint/085.htm| title= Episode #85 – 5–14| publisher= Home.arcor.de| access-date= 2 March 2011 | url-status=dead| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20121013005850/http://home.arcor.de/simon.templar/saint/085.htm| archive-date= 13 October 2012 | df= dmy-all}}</ref> The film, which starred [[Lee Marvin]], [[Charles Bronson]], and several other popular actors, was the [[1967 in film|fifth highest-grossing film of 1967]] and [[MGM]]'s highest-grossing film of the year.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.the-numbers.com/movies/1967/0DIDO.php|publisher=The Numbers|title=The Dirty Dozen, Box Office Information|access-date=8 March 2012|archive-date=3 December 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131203030924/http://www.the-numbers.com/movies/1967/0DIDO.php|url-status=live}}</ref> In 1968, after the breakthrough in the UK-filmed ''The Dirty Dozen'', Sutherland left London for [[Cinema of the United States|Hollywood]].<ref name=DVDinterview/>