Very sorry to hear the news that Graham Greene has gone up the trail. The Canadian First Nations actor was 73, and had reportedly been ill for a while.
Greene was most renowned for his role as Kicking Bird in Dances With Wolves — his breakout role — but he was ubiquitous in cinema that depicted native peoples.
Greene served as the narrator for the excellent French & Indian War documentary, The War That Made America. Think I’ll fire it up and raise a horn in his honor….
Lynda A. Sanchez says
Oh no! I just watched a movie with him. He was such a fine actor and of course, especially in Dances with Wolves. His sense of humor was perfect but then he played a dark side too in a few of his latter TV roles.
Saludos to this actor who was a natural. You never felt he was “acting”.
Lynda A. Sanchez
Lincoln, NM
Padre says
He was skilled in variety of genres. He’s known for his dramatic roles, but he also did great slapstick as explosives expert Edgar Montrose on the Red Green Show. I remembered this great little bit that I was able to find a transcript of online. Classic.
HAROLD GREEN: Well, I would like to caution our viewer, there have been some great movies made that are both educational and uplifting.
EDGAR MONTROSE: Yeah, in the old days, like The Bridge Over the River Kwai. Did you see that baby go up at the end? {throws his hands up} When that train went crashing into the river? Won an Oscar for Best Picture. But that one now, uh, Bridges of Madison County. {shakes his head} I waited for one of those bridges to go up, {throws his hands up} but nothin’! And I wasn’t the only one disappointed; everybody in the theater was cryin’ by the end. Movies today just don’t deliver.
HAROLD GREEN: I– I do have to disagree with you, because there have been some great films made. Y’know, like Forrest Gump, The Piano, Dances With Wolves–
EDGAR MONTROSE: {snaps his fingers} I saw that one! Now, the native guy was okay; should’ve got the Oscar. But, the rest of it was a yawn. Now, what they needed there is one of the buffalo to get backed up with methane. {takes a cup on the table and runs hand over it} Or catch his hoof on a– on a– on a piece of flint {puts cup down} and go off like a big furry grenade! {throws his arms up} KABOOM! Talk about your burgers to go!
JimC says
Wonderful.