Known For
Acting
Birthday
July 25, 1914
Place of Birth
Los Angeles, California, USA
Also Known As
- Woodrow Wilson Woolwine Strode
- Woodrow Strode
- Woody Stroode
- Woodrow Wilson Woolwine "Woody" Strode
Woody Strode
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 - Movies
The Ten Commandments
as King of Ethiopia
Spartacus
as Draba
Once Upon a Time in the West
as Frank's Gunman
The Quick and the Dead
as Charlies Moonlight
The Professionals
as Jake
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
as Pompey
Demetrius and the Gladiators
as Gladiator
The Cotton Club
as Holmes
The Buccaneer
as Toro
Shalako
as Chato
