"Black Robe," "Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee" and Mohawk, August Schellenberg, R.I.P - Blu-ray Forum

rkolinski · 08-16-2013, 08:13 PM

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"The actor, who succumbed to cancer, was nominated for Emmy for his turn as Sitting Bull in the mini-series 'Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee.'

August Schellenberg, a Native Canadian actor who carved a niche on the big and small screens over a four-decade career, died Thursday evening after a battle with lung cancer, his manager told the Daily News.

He was 77.

The “Free Willy” actor died peacefully in his Dallas home surrounded by family members.

Born in Montreal to a Swiss father and a Mohawk mother, Schellenberg used his Native background and National Theatre School of Canada training to a prolific career first on stage and later in television and in the movies.

While he’s best known for playing the Native American mentor Randolph in all three “Free Willy” movies, Schellenberg did notch an Emmy nomination for playing Hunkpapa Lakota leader Sitting Bull in the 2007 HBO mini-series, “Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee.” It was the third time that Schellenberg portrayed the famed Native American figure, a part which the actor called his favorite role.

Schellenberg also played the legendary Cochise in “Geronimo” and the leader of the Powhatan nation in 2005’s “The New World.”

Schellenberg is survived by his wife, actress Joan Karasevich, and three daughters."http://www.nydailynews.com/entertain...icle-1.1428851

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