Before he made it on stage or in film, Donald Sutherland got his start in local radio

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Donald Sutherland, who died at the age of 88, will be remembered for his prodigious acting talent. But as film critic Richard Crouse notes, a lesser known yet inspiring part of Sutherland's career is the time he spent at a local radio station in Nova Scotia.

The passing of Donald Sutherland will be accompanied by well-deserved tributes saluting his prodigious acting talent, his seven-decade career and his ability, as son Kiefer said, to never be "daunted by a role, good, bad or ugly."The information you need to know, sent directly to you: Download the CTV News App

Born in Saint John, N.B., Sutherland moved to Bridgewater, N.S., at age 12. The town's radio station, CKBW, broadcast up and down the province's South Shore, and as a teen Sutherland listened and learned. At age 15, he decided he wanted to be one of those voices that spilled out of the radio. Trouble was, no one at the station was interested in this teenager with a deep, distinctive voice.The story of how he eventually came to work at CKBW is a South Shore legend.

Of course, he'll always be remembered for his films, and I love many of those movies, but for me, it's the inspiring image of an audacious 15 year old in a radio station parking lot, persistent and hungry for a break, that sits atop all my other memories of him.Donald Sutherland, the New Brunswick-born acting legend with the distinct baritone voice and prolific stage and screen career that inspired sons Kiefer and Rossif to pursue the craft, has died.

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