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