Saginaw Grant
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| Born | Morgan Saginaw Grant July 20, 1936 Pawnee, Oklahoma, U.S. |
| Occupation | Actor, dancer, motivational speaker |
| Years active | 1988–present |
Morgan Saginaw Grant (born July 20, 1936), known professionally as Saginaw Grant, is a Native American actor, dancer, and motivational speaker.[1]
Early life
Grant was born at the Indian Hospital in Pawnee, Oklahoma, the son of Sarah (née Murray) and Austin Grant.[citation needed] He is a member of the Sac and Fox Nation of Oklahoma.[2] His mother's ancestry was from the Iowa and Otoe-Missouria tribes of Oklahoma.[citation needed] He is a veteran of the United States Marine Corps.
Career
Grant has appeared in numerous films and television shows. He played Chief Big Bear in the 2013 film The Lone Ranger. The same year, he appeared as a man who sells his truck to Walter White in the Breaking Bad episode "Ozymandias".
Filmography
Film
- War Party - Freddie Man Wolf (1988)
- Small Time - The Holy Man (1996)
- Purgatory - Ancient Gate Keeper (1999)
- Grey Owl - Pow Wow Chief (1999)
- Legend of the Phantom Rider - Medicine Man (2002)
- Black Cloud - Grandpa (2004)
- Social Guidance - Red Hightower (2005)
- The World's Fastest Indian - Jake (2005)
- Beyond the Quest - Apparition (2007)
- Slipstream - Eddie (2007)
- Maneater - Stanley Hipp (2009)
- Walking on Turtle Island - Catches the Bear (2009)
- Winter in the Blood - Yellow Calf (2013)
- The Lone Ranger - Chief Big Bear (2013)
- Wind Walkers - Native Elder (2015)
- The Ridiculous 6 - Screaming Eagle (2015)
- The Red Man's View - Chief Great Eagle (2016) (pre-production)
Television
- The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles - episode - The Mystery of the Blues - Grey Cloud (1993)
- Harts of the West - 15 episodes - Auggie (1993-1994)
- The Last Frontier- episode - The One with the Friends' Theme - Alaskan (1996)
- Nash Bridges - Ol'Larry/1 episode (1997)
- Stolen Women: Captured Heartss - Chief Luta/TV movie (1997)
- Baywatch - Eyes That See At Night/1 episode (1997)
- Purgatory - Gatekeeper/TV movie (1999)
- Auf Wiedersehen, Pet - Medecine Man/3 episodes (2002)
- Skinwalkers - Wilson Sam/TV movie (2002)
- Miracles - Most Respected Elder/1 episode (2003)
- DreamKeeper - Old Medecine Man/TV movie (2003)
- The Fallen Ones - Joseph/TV movie (2005)
- My Name is Earl - Dakota/1 episode (2005)
- Saving Grace - Mudwa/1 episode (2007)
- American Horror Story - Tribal Elder/1 episode (2011)
- Eagleheart - Saginaw/1 episode (2012)
- Family Tree - White Feather/1 episode (2013)
- Piper's QUICK Picks - episode - Lone Ranger Awesomeness! Jerry Bruckheimer, Chad Oman & Saginaw Talk Silver & American Indians! - Himself - guest (2013)
- Breaking Bad - Native American Man - episode "Ozymandias" (2013)
- Shameless - Great Grandfather/1 episode (2014)
- Community - Chief Blue Sky/1 episode (2014)
- The League - Sam/1 episode (2014)
- Workaholics - American Indian Man/1 episode (2015)
- Sin City Saints - Shaman/1 episode (2015)
- Baskets - Old Man/1 episode (2016)
References
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- ↑ Breslauer, Jan (February 20, 1996). "The Spirit Moves Him in New and Traditional Ways". Los Angeles Times.
