Sarrazin worked on television productions in Toronto such as
Festival and
Wojeck. He was announced for the male lead in
Cover Me Babe, but was replaced by
Robert Forster. Sarrazin's
breakthrough role was in the dark
Great Depression drama ''
They Shoot Horses, Don't They?'' (1969). The
Sydney Pollack film earned nine Oscar nominations. Sarrazin starred alongside
Jane Fonda,
Susannah York,
Gig Young,
Red Buttons,
Bonnie Bedelia and
Bruce Dern. He starred in the youth dramas
The Pursuit of Happiness (1971) with
Barbara Hershey and
Believe in Me (1971) with Bisset. He supported
Henry Fonda and
Paul Newman in
Sometimes a Great Notion (1970), then co-starred with
George Peppard in
The Groundstar Conspiracy (1972) at Universal. Sarrazin supported
James Coburn and
Walter Pidgeon in
Harry in Your Pocket (1973) and received excellent reviews for the television film
Frankenstein: The True Story (1973). He appeared as
Barbra Streisand's husband in the screwball comedy ''
For Pete's Sake'' (1974). He then starred with
Margot Kidder and
Jennifer O'Neill in
The Reincarnation of Peter Proud (1975), about a man doomed to die the same kind of death twice. That film was a critical and box office failure and damaged his Hollywood career. Sarrazin went to Europe to star opposite
Ursula Andress in the sex comedy
The Loves and Times of Scaramouche (1976), which was another failure. He starred in
The Gumball Rally (1976). He co-starred with
Anthony Quinn and
Jennifer O'Neill in the Iran-shot film
Caravans (1978), which was a huge box office disaster. He then starred Canadian mystery thriller
Double Negative (1980). He hosted the
April 15, 1978 episode of
Saturday Night Live. Sarrazin increasingly shifted to television work. He had supporting roles in
Beulah Land (1980),
The Seduction (1982) with
Morgan Fairchild and
Andrew Stevensk and vigilante crime drama
Fighting Back (1982). He also appeared in
Joshua Then and Now (1985), the
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine episode "
The Quickening" (1996) and
The Outer Limits episodes "
I Hear You Calling" (1996) and "
The Other Side" (1999). ==Personal life==