TORONTO, Sept. 2 -- Graham Greene, the trailblazing Canadian First Nations actor who opened doors for Indigenous actors in Hollywood, has died at 73 after a long illness, Deadline reported.

Greene died September 1 in a Toronto hospital, his agent Michael Greene (no relation) confirmed.

"He was a great man of morals, ethics and character and will be eternally missed," the agent said in a statement as reported by Deadline.

"You are finally free. Susan Smith is meeting you at the gates of heaven," he added, referencing the actor's longtime agent who died in 2013.

Born on June 22, 1952 in Ohsweken on the Six Nations Reserve, Greene worked odd jobs before turning to acting. He began on stage in the 1970s and made his screen debut in 1979 i...