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Woody Strode

Acting · Born July 25, 1914 · Los 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).

Movies with Woody Strode

• Once Upon a Time in the West (1968) — Frank's Gunman
• The Ten Commandments (1956) — King of Ethiopia
• Spartacus (1960) — Draba
• The Quick and the Dead (1995) — Charlies Moonlight
• The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962) — Pompey
• The Cotton Club (1984) — Holmes
• The Professionals (1966) — Jake
• Demetrius and the Gladiators (1954) — Gladiator
• Boot Hill (1969) — Thomas
• Vigilante (1983) — Rake
• Shalako (1968) — Chato
• Pork Chop Hill (1959) — Pvt. Franklen