Woody Strode
Acting • Born 1914-07-25 – Died 1994-12-31
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).
Filmography
79 credits
Spartacus
Movie • 1960
Draba
Genghis Khan
Movie • 1965
Sengal
The Buccaneer
Movie • 1958
Toro
Kingdom of the Spiders
Movie • 1977
Walter Colby
Bride of the Gorilla
Movie • 1951
Nedo
Keoma
Movie • 1976
George
Brooba
Movie • 1955
Native Chief
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
Movie • 1962
Pompey
The Professionals
Movie • 1966
Jake
The Ten Commandments
Movie • 1956
King of Ethiopia
Vigilante
Movie • 1983
Rake
The Black Stallion Returns
Movie • 1983
Meslar
Boot Hill
Movie • 1969
Thomas
Sergeant Rutledge
Movie • 1960
1st Sgt. Braxton Rutledge
Pork Chop Hill
Movie • 1959
Pvt. Franklen
The Gatling Gun
Movie • 1971
Runner the Scout
The Italian Connection
Movie • 1972
Frank Webster
The Last Voyage
Movie • 1960
Hank Lawson
Shalako
Movie • 1968
Chato
City Beneath the Sea
Movie • 1953
Djion
7 Women
Movie • 1965
Lean Warrior
Invaders of the Lost Gold
Movie • 1982
Cal
The Unholy Four
Movie • 1970
Woody
The Sins of Rachel Cade
Movie • 1961
Muwango
Scream
Movie • 1981
Charlie Winters
Jaguar Lives!
Movie • 1979
Sensei
Jungle Warriors
Movie • 1984
Luther
Loaded Guns
Movie • 1975
Silvera
Black Jesus
Movie • 1968
Maurice Lalubi
The Final Executioner
Movie • 1984
Sam
The Violent Breed
Movie • 1984
Polo
Star Spangled Rhythm
Movie • 1942
Rochester's Chauffeur (uncredited)
Cuba Crossing
Movie • 1980
Titi
The Last Rebel
Movie • 1971
Duncan
The Revengers
Movie • 1972
Job
Winterhawk
Movie • 1975
Big Rude
The Bronx Executioner
Movie • 1989
Sheriff Warren (archive footage)
Black Rodeo
Movie • 1972
Narrator (voice)
Angkor: Cambodia Express
Movie • 1981
Woody
The Lion Hunters
Movie • 1951
Walu
We Are No Angels
Movie • 1975
Black Bill
Caribbean
Movie • 1952
Esau
Scipio the African
Movie • 1971
Massinissa
Lust in the Dust
Movie • 1985
Blackman
Sundown
Movie • 1941
Tribal Policeman (uncredited)
On Fire
Movie • 1987
Woody
Son of Sinbad
Movie • 1955
Palace Guard
Demetrius and the Gladiators
Movie • 1954
Gladiator
No Time for Love
Movie • 1943
Black Sandhog (uncredited)
African Treasure
Movie • 1952
Mailman (uncredited)
The Royal African Rifles
Movie • 1953
Soldier
Jungle Man-Eaters
Movie • 1954
One of Native Escorts to Biplane (uncredited)
Androcles and the Lion
Movie • 1952
The Lion
Two Rode Together
Movie • 1961
Stone Calf
The Quick and the Dead
Movie • 1995
Charlies Moonlight
Ravagers
Movie • 1979
Brown
A Gathering of Old Men
Movie • 1987
Yank
Breakout
Movie • 1970
Skip Manion
Tarzan's Deadly Silence
Movie • 1970
Marshak
Jungle Gents
Movie • 1954
Malaka, head bearer
Tarzan's Three Challenges
Movie • 1963
Khan / Dying Leader
Che!
Movie • 1969
Guillermo
Tarzan's Fight for Life
Movie • 1958
Ramo
The Deserter
Movie • 1970
Jackson
Mandrake the Magician
Movie • 1954
Lothar
Tarzan and the Perils of Charity Jones
Movie • 1971
Chaka
The Quest: The Longest Drive
Movie • 1976
Tucker
The Silver Chalice
Movie • 1954
Moor (uncredited)
The Gambler from Natchez
Movie • 1954
Josh
Oil
Movie • 1977
Ben
Posse
Movie • 1993
Storyteller
Key West
Movie • 1973
Candy Rhodes
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
Movie • 1987
Self (archive footage)
The Cotton Club
Movie • 1984
Holmes
Once Upon a Time in the West
Movie • 1968
Frank's Gunman
Storyville
Movie • 1992
Charlie Sumpter
The Lieutenant
TV • 1963
Sgt. Logan Holt
Batman
TV • 1966
Grand Mogul
Buck Rogers in the 25th Century
TV • 1979
Sgt. 'Big Red' MacMurthy