Woody Strode

Acting

Born: 1914-07-25
Died: 1994-12-31
From: Los Angeles, California, USA
Gender: Male
Popularity: 0.9

Also Known As

Woodrow Wilson Woolwine StrodeWoodrow StrodeWoody StroodeWoodrow Wilson Woolwine "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).

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