Graham Greene, the Canadian First Nations actor whose career opened doors for Indigenous performers in Hollywood, died Monday in a Toronto hospital after a long illness. He was 73, according to Deadline.

“He was a great man of morals, ethics and character and will be eternally missed,” said his longtime agent, Michael Greene (no relation) in a statement to the entertainment news site. “You are finally free. Susan Smith is meeting you at the gates of heaven,” referencing Greene’s former agent who died in 2013.

Greene was born on June 22, 1952, on the Six Nations Reserve in Ohsweken, Ontario. He worked odd jobs before pursuing acting, beginning his career on stage with Canadian and English theater productions throughout the 1970s. He made his screen debut in 1979 on the Canadian drama The

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