Woody Strode
Actor
Born July 25, 1914 in 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).
Filmography
The Quick and the Dead
Charlies Moonlight
Posse
Storyteller
Storyville
Charlie Sumpter
The Bronx Executioner
Sheriff Warren (archive footage)
A Gathering of Old Men
Yank
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
Self (archive footage)
On Fire
Woody
Lust in the Dust
Blackman
The Cotton Club
Holmes
Jungle Warriors
Luther
The Final Executioner
Sam
The Violent Breed
Polo
The Black Stallion Returns
Meslar
Vigilante
Rake
Invaders of the Lost Gold
Cal
Angkor: Cambodia Express
Woody
Scream
Charlie Winters
Cuba Crossing
Titi
Buck Rogers in the 25th Century
Sgt. 'Big Red' MacMurthy
Jaguar Lives!
Sensei
Ravagers
Brown
Kingdom of the Spiders
Walter Colby
Oil
Ben
Keoma
George
The Quest: The Longest Drive
Tucker
Winterhawk
Big Rude
We Are No Angels
Black Bill
Loaded Guns
Silvera
Key West
Candy Rhodes
The Italian Connection
Frank Webster
The Revengers
Job
Black Rodeo
Narrator (voice)
Tarzan and the Perils of Charity Jones
Chaka
The Last Rebel
Duncan
The Gatling Gun
Runner the Scout
Scipio the African
Massinissa
Breakout
Skip Manion
The Deserter
Jackson
Tarzan's Deadly Silence
Marshak
The Unholy Four
Woody
Boot Hill
Thomas
Che!
Guillermo
Once Upon a Time in the West
Frank's Gunman
Shalako
Chato
Black Jesus
Maurice Lalubi
The Professionals
Jake
Batman
Grand Mogul
7 Women
Lean Warrior
Genghis Khan
Sengal
The Lieutenant
Sgt. Logan Holt
Tarzan's Three Challenges
Khan / Dying Leader
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
Pompey
Two Rode Together
Stone Calf
The Sins of Rachel Cade
Muwango
Spartacus
Draba
Sergeant Rutledge
1st Sgt. Braxton Rutledge
The Last Voyage
Hank Lawson
Pork Chop Hill
Pvt. Franklen
The Buccaneer
Toro
Tarzan's Fight for Life
Ramo
The Ten Commandments
King of Ethiopia
Brooba
Native Chief
Son of Sinbad
Palace Guard
The Silver Chalice
Moor (uncredited)
Jungle Gents
Malaka, head bearer
The Gambler from Natchez
Josh
Demetrius and the Gladiators
Gladiator
Jungle Man-Eaters
One of Native Escorts to Biplane (uncredited)
Mandrake the Magician
Lothar
The Royal African Rifles
Soldier
City Beneath the Sea
Djion
Androcles and the Lion
The Lion
Caribbean
Esau
African Treasure
Mailman (uncredited)
Bride of the Gorilla
Nedo
The Lion Hunters
Walu
No Time for Love
Black Sandhog (uncredited)
Star Spangled Rhythm
Rochester's Chauffeur (uncredited)
Sundown
Tribal Policeman (uncredited)