Woody Strode

Born: 1914-07-25, Los Angeles, California, USA

Died: 1994-12-31

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).

Filmography

• The Quick and the Dead (1995)
• The Ten Commandments (1956)
• The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962)
• The Cotton Club (1984)
• Two Rode Together (1961)
• La collina degli stivali (1969)
• Shalako (1968)
• Keoma (1976)
• The Buccaneer (1958)
• Posse (1993)
• 7 Women (1965)
• Demetrius and the Gladiators (1954)
• Kingdom of the Spiders (1977)
• The Black Stallion Returns (1983)
• Black Rodeo (1972)
• The Silver Chalice (1954)
• Che! (1969)
• Androcles and the Lion (1952)
• Sergeant Rutledge (1960)
• Colpo in canna (1975)
• La spina dorsale del diavolo (1970)
• Ravagers (1979)
• Horror Safari (1982)
• สงครามกับความรัก (1981)
• The Revengers (1972)
• Lust in the Dust (1985)
• The Gatling Gun (1971)
• Tarzan's Fight for Life (1958)
• Jaguar Lives! (1979)
• The Last Voyage (1960)