The Return of the Classic Films Obituary Thread

[CBHagman]

81. actor, writer, and produce Graham Greene, 73

I forgot to post this back in September of last year:

https://www.npr.org/2025/09/02/nx-s1-5525595/graham-greene-dead-dances-with-wolves

One of the most respected Indigenous actors of his generation, Graham Greene appeared in more than 200 television shows and movies, including the 1990 blockbuster Dances With Wolves. For his role as a Lakota medicine man who allies himself with a Civil War soldier played by Kevin Costner, Greene was nominated for an Academy Award for best supporting actor.

Greene died Monday in Stratford, Ontario, of natural causes, according to a statement provided to NPR by his manager, Gerry Jordan.

In Dances With Wolves, Greene's dialogue was in the Lakota language. But Greene was part of the Oneida Nation, born on the Six Nations of the Grand River reserve near Brantford, Ontario. Later, he told the Television Academy that learning those lines was his greatest challenge. He studied Lakota for eight hours every day, seven days a week.

His credits, per IMDB:

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001295/