Graham Greene, the Oscar-nominated actor from Dances With Wolves, died Monday in Stratford, Ontario, after a lengthy illness, his rep told The Hollywood Reporter. He was 73.
“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 THR. “You are finally free. Susan Smith is meeting you at the gates of heaven,” referring to the actor’s longtime agent, who died in 2013.
Born on June 22, 1952, in Ohsweken on the Six Nations Reserve and a graduate of the Centre for Indigenous Theatre Program in 1974, the Canadian actor made his small-screen debut on the 1979 Canadian drama series The Great Detective and film debut in Running Brave (1983).
However, it was his role as Kicking Bird in the 1990 film Dances With Wolves that earned him a best supporting actor Oscar nomination. Out of its 12 nominations, Dances With Wolves won seven Academy Awards, including one for best picture.
The film launched Graham’s career to new heights; he had performances in more than 200 film and television productions and starring roles at the Stratford Festival.
His other best-known films included Maverick (1994), Die Hard With a Vengeance (1995), The Green Mile (1999), The Twilight Saga: New Moon (2009) and Aaron Sorkin’s Molly’s Game (2017).
He also starred in Thunderheart (1992) opposite Val Kilmer, Transamerica (2005), Wind River (2017) and on the FX series Reservation Dogs.
Most recently, Greene starred in the Tyler Sheridan series 1883 and Tulsa King.
Throughout his career, Greene received numerous accolades including several Gemini’s, a Grammy and was the recipient of the Earle Grey Lifetime Achievement Award. He was bestowed an honorary doctor of law degree in June 2008 from Sir Wilfred Laurier University in Waterloo, Ontario which was near the Oneida Reserve where he is from.
Greene was also the recipient of the Order of Canada and the Governor General’s Award.
He is survived by his wife, Hilary Blackmore; daughter Lilly Lazare-Greene; and grandson Tarlo. Details regarding a remembrance celebration are expected to be shared in the coming days.
Bail has been set at $300,000 for a former actor in the movie “Dances With Wolves” who is facing eight sex-related charges in Nevada as police in Canada say more complainants there have come forward.
Information from the North Las Vegas Court website says if Nathan Chasing Horse can post bail, he could be released on house arrest and would be electronically monitored. He cannot have contact with the complainants or any minors.
Under Nevada law, Chasing Horse would have to pay 15 per cent of the bail — about $45,000.
The 46-year-old actor, who played young Sioux character Smiles a Lot in Kevin Costner’s 1990 Oscar-winning film, was formally charged Monday in North Las Vegas with counts including sex trafficking, sexual assault against a child younger than 16 and child abuse.
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Court documents said he was the leader of a cult-like group called “The Circle.”
“Nathan Chasing Horse, by portraying himself as a ‘Holy Man’ or ‘Medicine Man’, has gained the trust of Indigenous families and their children,” an arrest report filed in the U.S. said. “Upon earning this trust, Nathan Chasing Horse used his position to lure vulnerable young girls, often giving them a sense of belonging, to commit sexual assault.”
‘Dances with Wolves’ actor facing multiple U.S. charges now accused of sexual assault in Keremeos
Chasing Horse is also facing a charge of sexual assault in British Columbia for allegations in the southern Interior village of Keremeos in September 2018.
The U.S. arrest report alleges the British Columbia woman was 13 years old when she met Chasing Horse while he was performing ceremonies in the province.
Her family sent her to stay with the actor because she was sick and soon she began travelling with him to ceremonies, the report said. She alleges he began to have sex with her when she was 17.
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In 2018, after they ended the relationship, she alleges he sexually assaulted her while he was in Canada for a show put on by the Lower Similkameen Indian Band.
Police in Alberta said they are also in the process of applying for two warrants for formal charges against Chasing Horse in that province.
Sgt. Nancy Farmer with the Tsuut’ina police, which serves the First Nation west of Calgary, said even more charges could be coming.
Tsuut’ina Police filing arrest warrant for ‘Dances with Wolves’ actor
“We have received several Crime Stoppers tips,” Farmer said Wednesday.
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“We’ve spoken to several victims and several witnesses have come forward in relation to the actions of Mr. Chasing Horse.”
U.S. arrest documents detailed how the Alberta police service received a complaint earlier this year from a woman who alleges she was sexually assaulted as a 15-year-old and taken to the United States as one of Chasing Horse’s multiple wives.
The woman said she also met Chasing Horse when he came to her community to do ceremonies. Documents say Chasing Horse allegedly had sex with the teenager multiple times while she was still in Canada.
In 2009, she flew to the U.S. and, not long after when she was 17 years old, he gave her a ring.
“He said it was like a promise ring and I think that was his way of marrying me,” the woman said in the court documents.
That woman eventually returned to Canada because she could no longer take the physical and emotional abuse, the documents said.
The report alleges that Chasing Horse made his wives have sex with other men and take “phoenix tears,” a highly concentrated form of cannabis.
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‘Dances with Wolves’ actor arrested, accused of running sex cult, abusing young girls
The documents detail how Chasing Horse had all his wives get spider tattoos to represent Iktomi, a trickster spirit in Lakota culture, and a tattoo of his traditional name.
The women were taught to use firearms and, court documents allege, he told the wives about “suicide pills” they’d have to take if he were apprehended by police or died.
Police in the United States said they have identified at least six victims, including one who said she was offered to Chasing Horse as a “gift” when she was 15.
Chasing Horse had already been banned from Fort Peck Indian Reservation in Montana on the grounds of human trafficking in 2015. The same year, the Tsuut’ina band council passed a resolution banning him from all community events in the Alberta community.
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Last week, the Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations, which represents 74 First Nations in Saskatchewan, also banned Chasing Horse.
–with files from Colette Derworiz in Calgary and The Associated Press
