Woody Strode
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as Frank's Gunman Once Upon a Time in the West 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
Once Upon a Time in the West
as Frank's Gunman
Spartacus
as Draba
The Quick and the Dead
as Charlies Moonlight
The Ten Commandments
as King of Ethiopia
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
as Pompey
The Cotton Club
as Holmes
The Professionals
as Jake
Boot Hill
as Thomas
Keoma
as George
Two Rode Together
as Stone Calf
Sergeant Rutledge
as 1st Sgt. Braxton Rutledge
Kingdom of the Spiders
as Walter Colby
The Italian Connection
as Frank Webster
Vigilante
as Rake
Shalako
as Chato
Posse
as Storyteller
Demetrius and the Gladiators
as Gladiator
7 Women
as Lean Warrior
Pork Chop Hill
as Pvt. Franklen
The Black Stallion Returns
as Meslar