Woody Strode
Known for Acting
Born July 25, 1914
Died December 31, 1994
Place of Birth 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
Once Upon a Time in the West
1968
as Frank's Gunman
The Ten Commandments
1956
as King of Ethiopia
Spartacus
1960
as Draba
The Quick and the Dead
1995
as Charlies Moonlight
The Professionals
1966
as Jake
The Cotton Club
1984
as Holmes
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
1962
as Pompey
Demetrius and the Gladiators
1954
as Gladiator
Pork Chop Hill
1959
as Pvt. Franklen
Vigilante
1983
as Rake
Sergeant Rutledge
1960
as 1st Sgt. Braxton Rutledge
Genghis Khan
1965
as Sengal
Two Rode Together
1961
as Stone Calf
The Black Stallion Returns
1983
as Meslar
7 Women
1965
as Lean Warrior
Posse
1993
as Storyteller
The Buccaneer
1958
as Toro
Boot Hill
1969
as Thomas
Keoma
1976
as George
Shalako
1968
as Chato
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