Woody Strode
Known for ActingBorn 1914-07-25 — died 1994-12-31Los 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).
Known for
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 Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
1962 · as Pompey
The Cotton Club
1984 · as Holmes
Vigilante
1983 · as Rake
Posse
1993 · as Storyteller
7 Women
1965 · as Lean Warrior
Shalako
1968 · as Chato
Two Rode Together
1961 · as Stone Calf
Boot Hill
1969 · as Thomas
Pork Chop Hill
1959 · as Pvt. Franklen
The Revengers
1972 · as Job
Demetrius and the Gladiators
1954 · as Gladiator
The Buccaneer
1958 · as Toro
Genghis Khan
1965 · as Sengal