Woody Strode
Actor
- Born
- July 25, 1914 · Los Angeles, California, USA
- Died
- December 31, 1994 (age 80)
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
December 21, 1968
Spartacus
October 13, 1960
The Quick and the Dead
February 9, 1995
The Ten Commandments
November 8, 1956
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
April 13, 1962
The Cotton Club
December 14, 1984
The Professionals
November 1, 1966
Boot Hill
December 20, 1969
Keoma
November 25, 1976
Two Rode Together
May 24, 1961
Kingdom of the Spiders
August 24, 1977
Sergeant Rutledge
May 18, 1960
Acting76
- 1995The Quick and the Dead as Charlies Moonlight
- 1993Posse as Storyteller
- 1992Storyville as Charlie Sumpter
- 1989The Bronx Executioner as Sheriff Warren (archive footage)
- 1987A Gathering of Old Men as Yank
- 1987James Stewart: A Wonderful Life as Self (archive footage)
- 1987On Fire as Woody
- 1985Lust in the Dust as Blackman
- 1984The Cotton Club as Holmes
- 1984Jungle Warriors