Marlon Brando a friend of founder Bobby Seale. Brando ended his financial support for the group over his perception of its increasing radicalization, specifically a passage in a Panther pamphlet put out by Eldridge Cleaver advocating indiscriminate violence, "for the Revolution." At the 1973 Academy Awards ceremony, Brando refused to accept the Oscar for his performance in "The Godfather". Sacheen Littlefeather represented him at the ceremony. She appeared in full Apache attire and stated that owing to the "poor treatment of Native Americans in the film industry", Brando would not accept the award. This occurred while the standoff at Wounded Knee was
Marlon Brando were Spencer Tracy, John Barrymore, Fredric March, James Cagney and Paul Muni. Upon his death in 2004, Brando left an estate valued at $21.6 million. Brando's estate still earned about $9 million in 2005, the year following his death, according to "Forbes". That year Brando was named one of the top-earning deceased celebrities in the world by the magazine. Brando was named the fourth greatest male star whose screen debut occurred before or during 1950 by the American Film Institute, and part of "TIME" magazine's . He was also named one of the top 10 "Icons of the Century" by