Woody Strode
Acting
Born: 1914-07-25 in Los Angeles, California, USA
Biography
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
Frank's Gunman
Spartacus
Draba
The Quick and the Dead
Charlies Moonlight
The Ten Commandments
King of Ethiopia
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
Pompey
Batman
Grand Mogul
The Cotton Club
Holmes
The Professionals
Jake
Boot Hill
Thomas
Keoma
George
Two Rode Together
Stone Calf
Buck Rogers in the 25th Century
Sgt. 'Big Red' MacMurthy
Kingdom of the Spiders
Walter Colby
Sergeant Rutledge
1st Sgt. Braxton Rutledge
The Italian Connection
Frank Webster
Vigilante
Rake
Shalako
Chato
Demetrius and the Gladiators
Gladiator
Posse
Storyteller
Pork Chop Hill
Pvt. Franklen
7 Women
Lean Warrior
The Black Stallion Returns
Meslar
Scream
Charlie Winters
Genghis Khan
Sengal
The Buccaneer
Toro
Lust in the Dust
Blackman
The Last Voyage
Hank Lawson
The Revengers
Job
The Silver Chalice
Moor (uncredited)
Bride of the Gorilla
Nedo
Loaded Guns
Silvera
Che!
Guillermo
Winterhawk
Big Rude
Sundown
Tribal Policeman (uncredited)
City Beneath the Sea
Djion
No Time for Love
Black Sandhog (uncredited)
Invaders of the Lost Gold
Cal
Jungle Warriors
Luther
Scipio the African
Massinissa
Storyville
Charlie Sumpter