Woody Strode
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).
Filmography
The Quick and the Dead
Posse
Storyville
The Bronx Executioner
A Gathering of Old Men
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
On Fire
Lust in the Dust
The Cotton Club
Jungle Warriors
The Final Executioner
The Violent Breed
The Black Stallion Returns
Vigilante
Invaders of the Lost Gold
Angkor: Cambodia Express
Scream
Cuba Crossing
Jaguar Lives!
Ravagers
Kingdom of the Spiders
Oil
Keoma
The Quest: The Longest Drive
Winterhawk
We Are No Angels
Loaded Guns
Key West
The Italian Connection
The Revengers
Black Rodeo
Tarzan and the Perils of Charity Jones
The Last Rebel
The Gatling Gun
Scipio the African
Breakout
The Deserter
Tarzan's Deadly Silence
The Unholy Four
Boot Hill
Che!
Once Upon a Time in the West
Shalako
Black Jesus
The Professionals
7 Women
Genghis Khan
Tarzan's Three Challenges
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
Two Rode Together
The Sins of Rachel Cade
Spartacus
Sergeant Rutledge
The Last Voyage
Pork Chop Hill
The Buccaneer
Tarzan's Fight for Life
The Ten Commandments
Brooba
Son of Sinbad
The Silver Chalice
Jungle Gents
The Gambler from Natchez
Demetrius and the Gladiators
Jungle Man-Eaters
Mandrake the Magician
The Royal African Rifles
City Beneath the Sea
Androcles and the Lion
Caribbean
African Treasure
Bride of the Gorilla
The Lion Hunters
No Time for Love
Star Spangled Rhythm
Sundown