{"id":112421,"date":"2025-09-02T05:07:08","date_gmt":"2025-09-02T05:07:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/112421\/"},"modified":"2025-09-02T05:07:08","modified_gmt":"2025-09-02T05:07:08","slug":"graham-greene-death-news-graham-greene-passes-away-at-73-dances-with-wolves-actor-battled-a-long-illness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/112421\/","title":{"rendered":"Graham Greene Death News: Graham Greene passes away at 73; ‘Dances with Wolves’ actor battled a long illness |"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Graham Graham Greene<\/a>, the ‘Dances with Wolves\u2019 actor, has passed away after battling through a long illness in Toronto on September 1. He was 73 at the time. \u201cHe was a great man of morals, ethics, and character and will be eternally missed,\u201d Graham Greene\u2019s agent, Michael Greene, said in the statement, according to Deadline. Furthermore, he added, \u201cYou are finally free. Susan Smith is meeting you at the gates of heaven,\u201d referring to Greene\u2019s long-time agent who passed away in 2013.<\/p>\n

About Graham Greene <\/p>\n

Born on June 22, 1952, in Ontario, Canada, on the Six Nations Reserve, Greene is hailed for opening the doors for various Indigenous actors in the industry. After working odd jobs, he began performing on stage, and by the 1970s, he was appearing in professional theaters. Debuting in the entertainment industry, Greene made an appearance in an episode of \u2018The Great Detectives\u2019 in 1979. The late actor made his film debut with \u2018Running Brave\u2019 in 1983.<\/p>\n

Graham Greene’s career in the entertainment industry<\/p>\n

Greene rose to fame after working in the film \u2018Dances with Wolves,\u2019 where Kevin Costner<\/a> cast him as Kicking Bird. The film received 12 Oscar nominations, including Greene\u2019s Best Supporting Actor and Best Picture. After working in the critically acclaimed film, he received many offers and roles subsequently. The high-profile features include \u2018Maverick\u2019 (1994) with the Oscar winners, Mel Gibson and Jodie Foster, \u2018Die Hard with a Vengeance\u2019 (1995) with Bruce Willis<\/a>, \u2018The Green Mile\u2019 (1999) with Tom Hanks, and \u2018The Twilight Saga: New Moon\u2019 (2009) with Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson<\/a>. Additionally, Greene also had main roles in \u2018Thunderstorm\u2019 (1992), \u2018Transamerica\u2019 (2005), and Taylor Sheridan\u2019s \u2018Wind River\u2019 (2017). Sheridan decided to cast Greene in the latter projects, including \u20181883\u2019 and \u2018Tulsa King.\u2019 Graham Greene is survived by his wife, Hilary Blackmore, and his daughter, Lilly Lazare-Greene.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Graham Greene, the ‘Dances with Wolves\u2019 actor, has passed away after battling through a long illness in Toronto…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":112422,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[64,63,447,80296,134,80295,80298,80297,80299],"class_list":{"0":"post-112421","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-celebrities","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-celebrities","11":"tag-dances-with-wolves","12":"tag-entertainment","13":"tag-graham-greene","14":"tag-graham-greene-obituary","15":"tag-indigenous-actors","16":"tag-toronto-actor"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/112421","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=112421"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/112421\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/112422"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=112421"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=112421"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=112421"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}