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Canadian’s film career spanned six decades, from an iconic role in The Sound of Music to the victim in a murder mystery in 2019′s Knives Out

David Friend Julie Andrews, left, and Christopher Plummer, cast members in the classic film "The Sound of Music," pose together before a 50th anniversary screening of the film on the opening night of the TCM Classic Film Festival in Los Angeles, March 26, 2015. Plummer could portray the greats of Shakespearean theatre, but his seemingly effortless craftwork as a thespian was introduced to most audiences through characters he played on the silver screen. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-Invisio...

Here are six cinematic roles Plummer, who died Friday at age 91, made all his own: "Sound of Music" (1966) After a run of small parts on television, Plummer became a household name in one of the greatest cinematic musicals of all time. He stars as Capt. Georg von Trapp, a retired naval officer and widower whose cold and guarded nature is softened by a young woman hired to care for his seven children. Julie Andrews is the free-spirited Maria, who leaves an Austrian convent to take the job and ch...