Woody Strode
Department: Acting
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).
Known For
Spartacus
1960
Genghis Khan
1965
The Buccaneer
1958
Kingdom of the Spiders
1977
Bride of the Gorilla
1951
Keoma
1976
Brooba
1955
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
1962
The Professionals
1966
The Ten Commandments
1956
Vigilante
1983
The Black Stallion Returns
1983
Boot Hill
1969
Pork Chop Hill
1959
Sergeant Rutledge
1960
The Gatling Gun
1971
The Italian Connection
1972
The Last Voyage
1960
Shalako
1968
City Beneath the Sea
1953
7 Women
1965
Invaders of the Lost Gold
1982
The Unholy Four
1970
The Sins of Rachel Cade
1961
Scream
1981
Jaguar Lives!
1979
Jungle Warriors
1984
Black Jesus
1968
Loaded Guns
1975
The Final Executioner
1984
The Violent Breed
1984
Star Spangled Rhythm
1942
Cuba Crossing
1980
The Last Rebel
1971
The Revengers
1972
Winterhawk
1975
The Bronx Executioner
1989
Black Rodeo
1972
Angkor: Cambodia Express
1981
The Lion Hunters
1951
We Are No Angels
1975
Caribbean
1952
Lust in the Dust
1985
Scipio the African
1971
Sundown
1941
On Fire
1987
Jungle Man-Eaters
1954
African Treasure
1952
No Time for Love
1943
The Royal African Rifles
1953
Demetrius and the Gladiators
1954
Son of Sinbad
1955
Androcles and the Lion
1952
Two Rode Together
1961
The Quick and the Dead
1995
Ravagers
1979
A Gathering of Old Men
1987
Breakout
1970
Tarzan's Deadly Silence
1970
Jungle Gents
1954
Tarzan's Three Challenges
1963
Che!
1969
Tarzan's Fight for Life
1958
The Deserter
1970
Mandrake the Magician
1954
Tarzan and the Perils of Charity Jones
1971
The Quest: The Longest Drive
1976
The Silver Chalice
1954
The Gambler from Natchez
1954
Oil
1977
Posse
1993
Key West
1973
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
1987
The Cotton Club
1984
Once Upon a Time in the West
1968
Storyville
1992
The Lieutenant
1963
Batman
1966
Buck Rogers in the 25th Century
1979