The American actor Saginaw Grant, a medicine man of the indigenous tribe “Sac & Fox”, is dead. Grant, who starred alongside Johnny Depp in “Lone Ranger”, died at the age of 85.
Los Angeles – The American actor Saginaw Grant, a medicine man of the indigenous tribe “Sac & Fox”, is dead. Grant, who played alongside Johnny Depp in “Lone Ranger”, was asleep in Hollywood on Wednesday died.
This was announced by his spokeswoman Lani Carmichael to the German press agency on Friday. He was 85 years old. In Germany, Grant appeared in 1988 at the Karl May Games in Bad Segeberg alongside Winnetou actor Pierre Brice. In “Winnetou the Apache” he played a medicine man.
He loved his job as an actor and played small roles into old age, said Carmichael. Grant’s Facebook page said he was very proud to share his Indian culture through films and as a speaker.
Born in the US state of Oklahoma in 1936, the tribal member first appeared in commercials in the 1980s, and later appeared in TV and film productions. He directed the adventure film “Mit Herz und Hand” (2005) with Anthony Hopkins and the western “Lone Ranger” (2013) with Johnny Depp. He was also seen in the TV series “Go West” and “Breaking Bad”. dpa
