Woody Strode
Acting
Born 1914-07-25 · Los Angeles, California, USA
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 Buccaneer
1958 · Movie
Once Upon a Time in the West
1968 · Movie
Spartacus
1960 · Movie
The Ten Commandments
1956 · Movie
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
1962 · Movie
The Professionals
1966 · Movie
The Quick and the Dead
1995 · Movie
Shalako
1968 · Movie
The Cotton Club
1984 · Movie
Brooba
1955 · Movie
On Fire
1987 · Movie
Keoma
1976 · Movie
The Royal African Rifles
1953 · Movie
Two Rode Together
1961 · Movie
Sergeant Rutledge
1960 · Movie
Tarzan and the Perils of Charity Jones
1971 · Movie
Black Rodeo
1972 · Movie
Demetrius and the Gladiators
1954 · Movie
Key West
1973 · Movie
Pork Chop Hill
1959 · Movie
The Italian Connection
1972 · Movie
Vigilante
1983 · Movie
No Time for Love
1943 · Movie
Boot Hill
1969 · Movie
The Deserter
1970 · Movie
The Gambler from Natchez
1954 · Movie
The Black Stallion Returns
1983 · Movie
Posse
1993 · Movie
Caribbean
1952 · Movie
The Sins of Rachel Cade
1961 · Movie
Winterhawk
1975 · Movie
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
1987 · Movie
We Are No Angels
1975 · Movie
7 Women
1965 · Movie
Genghis Khan
1965 · Movie
Star Spangled Rhythm
1942 · Movie
The Unholy Four
1970 · Movie
Lust in the Dust
1985 · Movie
Breakout
1970 · Movie
The Last Voyage
1960 · Movie
The Revengers
1972 · Movie
African Treasure
1952 · Movie
Kingdom of the Spiders
1977 · Movie
Androcles and the Lion
1952 · Movie
Scipio the African
1971 · Movie
Sundown
1941 · Movie
A Gathering of Old Men
1987 · Movie
Che!
1969 · Movie
The Lion Hunters
1951 · Movie
The Gatling Gun
1971 · Movie
The Quest: The Longest Drive
1976 · Movie
Storyville
1992 · Movie
The Silver Chalice
1954 · Movie
Ravagers
1979 · Movie
Jungle Gents
1954 · Movie
Loaded Guns
1975 · Movie
Oil
1977 · Movie
City Beneath the Sea
1953 · Movie
Tarzan's Deadly Silence
1970 · Movie
Tarzan's Three Challenges
1963 · Movie