Known ForActing
GenderMale
Age80
Birth DateJuly 25, 1914
Place of BirthLos Angeles, California, USA
Also Known As
Woodrow Wilson Woolwine StrodeWoodrow StrodeWoody StroodeWoodrow Wilson Woolwine "Woody" Strode
Woody Strode
July 25, 1914 – 1994
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
Batman
1966
The Ten Commandments
1956
Buck Rogers in the 25th Century
1979
The Professionals
1966
Once Upon a Time in the West
1968
The Lieutenant
1963
Spartacus
1960
The Quick and the Dead
1995
Demetrius and the Gladiators
1954
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
1962
Scream
1981
The Cotton Club
1984
Shalako
1968
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
1987
Posse
1993