Graham Greene, best known for his Oscar-nominated performance in Dances With Wolves , died on Monday in Stratford, Ontario, at 73. The Canadian First Nations actor died in the hospital after a long illness, according to his agent Michael Greene.

“He was a great man of morals, ethics and character and will be eternally missed,” Greene, no relation, said in a statement ( via The Hollywood Reporter ). “You are finally free.”

Born June 22, 1952 in Ohsweken, on the Six Nations Reserve in Ontario, Canada, Greene happened into acting after working various other jobs. He helped to run the Centre for Indigenous Theatre Program, and performed in professional theater throughout the 1970s. Greene made his small-screen debut on the 1979 Canadian drama series The Great Detective . His first f

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