Canadian actor Michael Sarrazin, known for his role opposite Jane Fonda in They Shoot Horses, Don't They?, died Sunday in Montreal at age 70.
He died after a brief illness, with his daughters Catherine and Michele at his side, according to a family spokesman.
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He played in The Flim-Flam Man with George C. Scott, Sometimes a Great Notion with Paul Newman, and took on an extraordinary turn in the 1973 television production of Frankenstein: the True Story, as a character who fights for the monster.
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He is the Depression-era wanderer who dances with Fonda's cynical character in 1969's They Shoot Horses, Don't They?, a role in which he utters few lines, conveying his world-weariness with body language alone. He is also memorable in the title role of the psychological thriller The Reincarnation of Peter Proud, playing a man who relives his past reincarnations.
He moved into more minor roles in the 1980s, including spots on TV's Street Legal, Alfred Hitchcock Presents and in 1996's Deep Space Nine. One of his last films was 2008's The Christmas Choir, but he also has a small turn in Walter Salles's upcoming film On the Road, based on the Jack Kerouac book.
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