Woody Strode
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).

Top 10 collaborators

Roles

Match
The Quick and the Dead (1995)
Charlies Moonlight
Posse (1993)
Storyteller
Storyville (1992)
Charlie Sumpter
The Bronx Executioner (1989)
Sheriff Warren (archive footage)
A Gathering of Old Men (1987)
Yank
On Fire (1987)
Woody
Lust in the Dust (1985)
Blackman
The Cotton Club (1984)
Holmes
Jungle Warriors (1984)
Luther
The Final Executioner (1984)
Sam
The Violent Breed (1984)
Polo
The Black Stallion Returns (1983)
Meslar
Invaders of the Lost Gold (1982)
Cal
Vigilante (1982)
Rake
Angkor: Cambodia Express (1982)
Woody
Scream (1981)
Charlie Winters
Cuba Crossing (1980)
Titi
Jaguar Lives! (1979)
Sensei
Ravagers (1979)
Brown
Kingdom of the Spiders (1977)
Walter Colby
Oil (1977)
Ben
Keoma (1976)
George
The Quest: The Longest Drive (1976)
Tucker
Winterhawk (1975)
Big Rude
We Are No Angels (1975)
Black Bill
Loaded Guns (1975)
Silvera
Key West (1973)
Candy Rhodes
The Italian Connection (1972)
Frank Webster
The Revengers (1972)
Job
Tarzan and the Perils of Charity Jones (1971)
Chaka
The Last Rebel (1971)
Duncan
The Gatling Gun (1971)
Runner the Scout
Scipio the African (1971)
Massinissa
Breakout (1970)
Skip Manion
The Deserter (1970)
Jackson
Tarzan's Deadly Silence (1970)
Marshak
The Unholy Four (1970)
Woody
Boot Hill (1969)
Thomas
Che! (1969)
Guillermo
Once Upon a Time in the West (1968)
Frank's Gunman
Shalako (1968)
Chato
Black Jesus (1968)
Maurice Lalubi
The Professionals (1966)
Jake
7 Women (1965)
Lean Warrior
Genghis Khan (1965)
Sengal
Tarzan's Three Challenges (1963)
Khan / Dying Leader
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962)
Pompey
Two Rode Together (1961)
Stone Calf
The Sins of Rachel Cade (1961)
Muwango
Spartacus (1960)
Draba
Sergeant Rutledge (1960)
1st Sgt. Braxton Rutledge
The Last Voyage (1960)
Hank Lawson
Pork Chop Hill (1959)
Pvt. Franklen
The Buccaneer (1958)
Toro
Tarzan's Fight for Life (1958)
Ramo
The Ten Commandments (1956)
King of Ethiopia
Brooba (1955)
Native Chief
Son of Sinbad (1955)
Palace Guard
The Silver Chalice (1954)
Moor (uncredited)
Jungle Gents (1954)
Malaka, head bearer
The Gambler from Natchez (1954)
Josh
Demetrius and the Gladiators (1954)
Gladiator
Jungle Man-Eaters (1954)
One of Native Escorts to Biplane (uncredited)
Mandrake the Magician (1954)
Lothar
The Royal African Rifles (1953)
Soldier
City Beneath the Sea (1953)
Djion
Androcles and the Lion (1952)
The Lion
Caribbean (1952)
Esau
African Treasure (1952)
Mailman (uncredited)
Bride of the Gorilla (1951)
Nedo
The Lion Hunters (1951)
Walu
No Time for Love (1943)
Black Sandhog (uncredited)
Star Spangled Rhythm (1942)
Rochester's Chauffeur (uncredited)
Sundown (1941)
Tribal Policeman (uncredited)

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