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Woody Strode
Acting
25 Jul 1914
† 31 Dec 1994
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).
Also Known As
Woodrow Wilson Woolwine Strode, Woodrow Strode, Woody Stroode, Woodrow Wilson Woolwine "Woody" Strode
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Woody Strode's Movies
83%
Once Upon a Time in the West
21 Dec 1968
75%
Spartacus
13 Oct 1960
65%
The Quick and the Dead
09 Feb 1995
78%
The Ten Commandments
05 Oct 1956
78%
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
13 Apr 1962
65%
The Cotton Club
14 Dec 1984
71%
The Professionals
01 Nov 1966
59%
Boot Hill
20 Dec 1969
69%
Keoma
25 Nov 1976
64%
Two Rode Together
24 May 1961
70%
Sergeant Rutledge
18 May 1960
56%
Kingdom of the Spiders
24 Aug 1977
70%
The Italian Connection
02 Sept 1972
62%
Vigilante
04 Jan 1983
56%
Shalako
26 Sept 1968
54%
Posse
14 May 1993
65%
Demetrius and the Gladiators
16 Jun 1954
64%
7 Women
11 Dec 1965
66%
Pork Chop Hill
29 May 1959
65%
The Black Stallion Returns
25 Mar 1983
