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Personal Info

Gender

Male

Birthday

1914-07-25 (110 years old)

Place of Birth

Los Angeles, California, USA

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

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Batman

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Buck Rogers in the 25th Century

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The Ten Commandments

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Once Upon a Time in the West

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Spartacus

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The Cotton Club

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Posse

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The Lieutenant

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The Quick and the Dead

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The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance

Acting

1995

The Quick and the Dead as Charlies Moonlight

1993

Posse as Storyteller

1992

Storyville as Charlie Sumpter

1989

The Bronx Executioner as Sheriff Warren (archive footage)

1988

James Stewart: A Wonderful Life as Self (archive footage)

1987

On Fire as Woody

A Gathering of Old Men as Yank

1985

Lust in the Dust as Blackman

1984

Jungle Warriors as Luther

The Final Executioner as Sam

The Violent Breed as Polo

The Cotton Club as Holmes

1983

The Black Stallion Returns as Meslar

1982

Vigilante as Rake

Invaders of the Lost Gold as Cal

Angkor: Cambodia Express as Woody

1981

Scream as Charlie Winters

1980

Cuba Crossing as Titi

1979

Jaguar Lives! as Sensei

Ravagers as Brown

Buck Rogers in the 25th Century as Sgt. 'Big Red' MacMurthy

1977

Kingdom of the Spiders as Walter Colby

Oil as Ben

1976

Keoma as George

The Quest: The Longest Drive as Tucker

1975

Loaded Guns as Silvera

Winterhawk as Big Rude

We Are No Angels as Black Bill

1973

Key West as Candy Rhodes

1972

The Italian Connection as Frank Webster

The Revengers as Job

Black Rodeo as Narrator (voice)

1971

The Gatling Gun as Runner the Scout

The Last Rebel as Duncan

Scipio the African as Massinissa

Tarzan and the Perils of Charity Jones as Chaka

1970

The Unholy Four as Woody

Breakout as Skip Manion

Tarzan's Deadly Silence as Marshak

The Deserter as Jackson

1969

Boot Hill as Thomas

Che! as Guillermo

1968

Shalako as Chato

Black Jesus as Maurice Lalubi

Once Upon a Time in the West as Frank's Gunman

1966

The Professionals as Jake

Batman as Grand Mogul

1965

Genghis Khan as Sengal

7 Women as Lean Warrior

1963

Tarzan's Three Challenges as Khan / Dying Leader

The Lieutenant as Sgt. Logan Holt

1962

The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance as Pompey

1961

The Sins of Rachel Cade as Muwango

Two Rode Together as Stone Calf

1960

Spartacus as Draba

Sergeant Rutledge as 1st Sgt. Braxton Rutledge

The Last Voyage as Hank Lawson

1959

Pork Chop Hill as Pvt. Franklen

1958

The Buccaneer as Toro

Tarzan's Fight for Life as Ramo

1956

The Ten Commandments as King of Ethiopia

1955

Brooba as Native Chief

Son of Sinbad as Palace Guard

1954

Demetrius and the Gladiators as Gladiator

Jungle Man-Eaters as One of Native Escorts to Biplane (uncredited)

Jungle Gents as Malaka, head bearer

Mandrake the Magician as Lothar

The Silver Chalice as Moor (uncredited)

The Gambler from Natchez as Josh

1953

City Beneath the Sea as Djion

The Royal African Rifles as Soldier

1952

Caribbean as Esau

African Treasure as Mailman (uncredited)

Androcles and the Lion as The Lion

1951

Bride of the Gorilla as Nedo

The Lion Hunters as Walu

1943

No Time for Love as Black Sandhog (uncredited)

1942

Star Spangled Rhythm as Rochester's Chauffeur (uncredited)

1941

Sundown as Tribal Policeman (uncredited)