Graham Greene , a trailblazing Canadian First Nations actor who opened doors for Indigenous actors in Hollywood, died September 1 in a Toronto hospital after a long illness. The Oscar nominee from Dances With Wolves was 72.

“He was a great man of morals, ethics and character and will be eternally missed,” Greene’s agent Michael Greene said in a statement to Deadline. “You are finally free. Susan Smith is meeting you at the gates of heaven,” he added, referencing the actor’s longtime agent who died in 2013.

Greene was born on June 22, 1952 in Ohsweken, on the Six Nations Reserve. He worked odd jobs before giving acting a go. Greene started on stage, and by the 1970s, he was performing in Canadian and English professional theater productions.

He made his screen debut in 1979 in an ep

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