Woody Strode

Actor

Born: July 25, 1914 (80 years old)

Died: December 31, 1994

Place of birth: Los Angeles, California, USA

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 (62)

• Spartacus (1960, ★ 7.5)
• Once Upon a Time in the West (1968, ★ 8.3)
• The Buccaneer (1958, ★ 6.4)
• Keoma (1976, ★ 6.9)
• The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962, ★ 7.8)
• The Professionals (1966, ★ 7.1)
• The Ten Commandments (1956, ★ 7.8)
• Vigilante (1983, ★ 6.2)
• The Black Stallion Returns (1983, ★ 6.5)
• Sergeant Rutledge (1960, ★ 7)
• Pork Chop Hill (1959, ★ 6.6)
• The Italian Connection (1972, ★ 7)
• 7 Women (1965, ★ 6.4)
• Winterhawk (1975, ★ 6.5)
• African Treasure (1952, ★ 6.7)
• Two Rode Together (1961, ★ 6.4)
• The Gambler from Natchez (1954, ★ 6.8)
• The Cotton Club (1984, ★ 6.5)
• Batman (1966, ★ 7.3)
• The Last Voyage (1960, ★ 6.1)
• The Unholy Four (1970, ★ 6.1)
• The Sins of Rachel Cade (1961, ★ 6.1)
• Scipio the African (1971, ★ 6.8)
• Demetrius and the Gladiators (1954, ★ 6.5)
• No Time for Love (1943, ★ 7)
• The Quick and the Dead (1995, ★ 6.5)
• Buck Rogers in the 25th Century (1979, ★ 7)
• Genghis Khan (1965, ★ 5.8)
• Kingdom of the Spiders (1977, ★ 5.6)
• Boot Hill (1969, ★ 5.9)