Acting
Woody Strode
Born 1914-07-25 · Los Angeles, California, USA · Died 1994-12-31
An athlete turned actor, Strode was a top-notch decathlete and a football star at UCLA. He became part of Hollywood lore after meeting director John Ford and becoming a part of the Ford "family," appearing in four Ford motion pictures. Strode also played the powerful gladiator who does battle with Kirk Douglas in Spartacus (1960).
Known for
The Ten Commandments
Spartacus
Once Upon a Time in the West
Stagecoach
The Cotton Club
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
The Quick and the Dead
The Professionals
Demetrius and the Gladiators
Keoma
Sergeant Rutledge
Kingdom of the Spiders
Boot Hill
Shalako
The Black Stallion Returns
Pork Chop Hill
Scream
Vigilante
Posse
The Buccaneer
Genghis Khan
The Italian Connection
Two Rode Together
The Silver Chalice
The Gatling Gun
Bride of the Gorilla
Che!
Lust in the Dust
Androcles and the Lion
The Revengers
Winterhawk
Invaders of the Lost Gold
Black Jesus
Son of Sinbad
City Beneath the Sea
Loaded Guns
7 Women
Sundown
Jaguar Lives!
The Bronx Executioner