Acting
Woody Strode
Also Known As: Woodrow Wilson Woolwine Strode, Woodrow Strode, Woody Stroode
Birth Date
July 25, 1914
Death Date
December 31, 1994
(passed away at 80)
Place of Birth
Los Angeles, California, USA
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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).
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TV Show
Batman
Grand Mogul
1966 • 2 episodes
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Movie
Once Upon a Time in the West
Frank's Gunman
1968
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TV Show
Buck Rogers in the 25th Century
Sgt. 'Big Red' MacMurthy
1979 • 1 episode
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TV Show
The Lieutenant
Sgt. Logan Holt
1963 • 1 episode
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Movie
The Ten Commandments
King of Ethiopia
1956
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Movie
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
Pompey
1962
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Movie
The Quick and the Dead
Charlies Moonlight
1995
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Movie
Spartacus
Draba
1960
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Movie
Shalako
Chato
1968
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Movie
The Professionals
Jake
1966
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Movie
The Cotton Club
Holmes
1984
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Movie
Posse
Storyteller
1993
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Movie
Vigilante
Rake
1983
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Movie
7 Women
Lean Warrior
1965
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Movie
Boot Hill
Thomas
1969
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Movie
Demetrius and the Gladiators
Gladiator
1954
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Movie
Black Rodeo
Narrator (voice)
1972
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Movie
The Silver Chalice
Moor (uncredited)
1954
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Movie
Loaded Guns
Silvera
1975
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Movie
Angkor: Cambodia Express
Woody
1981