‘Breaking Bad’ actor Saginaw Grant dies at 87

“Breaking
Bad” and “The Lone Ranger” actor Saginaw Grant has died at the
age of 85, his publicist Lani Carmichael said on Sunday. The prolific Native
American character actor died on July 28, Carmichael said.

According
to Carmichael’s announcement, Grant was the “hereditary chief and the medicine
man of the Sac & Fox tribe”. The statement described the actor as a
man who “traveled the world speaking of his traditions, his experiences,
his sobriety and his faith as both a Native American and a Christian”, CNN
reported.

Grant’s
first role as an actor was in 1988’s “War Party” with Kevin Dillon,
according to IMDb. Since then, he has made close to 60 appearances in film and
television.

Grant was
born at the Indian Hospital in Pawnee, Oklahoma. He was the son of Sarah and Austin
Grant. He was a member of the Sac and Fox Nation of Oklahoma. His mother’s
ancestry was from the Iowa and Otoe-Missouria tribes of Oklahoma. He was a
United States Marine Corps veteran of the Korean War.

Grant
played Grey Cloud, an ally of Indiana Jones, opposite Harrison Ford in 1993
episode “Mystery of the Blues” of The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles.
He played the Gatekeeper in the 1999 film, “Purgatory”. 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”.

The actor was
awarded the American Legacy Award from the San Diego Film Festival and the
lifetime achievement award from the Oceanside Cultural Arts Foundation and a
Living Legend Award by the Native American Music Awards (NAMA). In 2018, his
album “Don’t Let the Drums Go Silent” won the Record of the Year from
NAMA.