Woody Strode

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1914-07-25 (80 years old)

Deathday

1994-12-31

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).

Acting

1960

Spartacus

as Draba

1965

Genghis Khan

as Sengal

1958

1977

Kingdom of the Spiders

as Walter Colby

1976

Keoma

as George

1955

Brooba

as Native Chief

1956

The Ten Commandments

as King of Ethiopia

1982

Vigilante

as Rake

1969

Boot Hill

as Thomas

1959

Pork Chop Hill

as Pvt. Franklen

1960

Sergeant Rutledge

as 1st Sgt. Braxton Rutledge

1971

The Gatling Gun

as Runner the Scout

1972

The Italian Connection

as Frank Webster

1960

The Last Voyage

as Hank Lawson

1968

Shalako

as Chato

1965

7 Women

as Lean Warrior

1970

1981

Scream

as Charlie Winters

1979

Jaguar Lives!

as Sensei

1984

1968

Black Jesus

as Maurice Lalubi

1975

Loaded Guns

as Silvera

1942

Star Spangled Rhythm

as Rochester's Chauffeur (uncredited)

1980

1971

1972

1975

Winterhawk

as Big Rude

1989

The Bronx Executioner

as Sheriff Warren (archive footage)

1972

Black Rodeo

as Narrator (voice)

1951

1975

We Are No Angels

as Black Bill

1952

Caribbean

as Esau

1985

Lust in the Dust

as Blackman

1971

Scipio the African

as Massinissa

1941

Sundown

as Tribal Policeman (uncredited)

1987

On Fire

as Woody

1954

Jungle Man-Eaters

as One of Native Escorts to Biplane (uncredited)

1952

African Treasure

as Mailman (uncredited)

1943

No Time for Love

as Black Sandhog (uncredited)

1955

Son of Sinbad

as Palace Guard

1952

1961

Two Rode Together

as Stone Calf

1995

The Quick and the Dead

as Charlies Moonlight

1979

Ravagers

as Brown

1970

Breakout

as Skip Manion

1954

Jungle Gents

as Malaka, head bearer

1963

Tarzan's Three Challenges

as Khan / Dying Leader

1969

Che!

as Guillermo

1970

The Deserter

as Jackson

1954

The Silver Chalice

as Moor (uncredited)

1977

Oil

as Ben

1993

Posse

as Storyteller

1973

Key West

as Candy Rhodes

1987

James Stewart: A Wonderful Life

as Self (archive footage)

1984

1968

1992

Storyville

as Charlie Sumpter

Production

1943

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