Know For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1914-07-25 (80 years old)
Deathday
1994-12-31
Place of Birth
Los Angeles, California, USA
Also known As
Woodrow Wilson Woolwine Strode
Woodrow Strode
Woody Stroode
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).
1960
as Draba
1965
as Sengal
1958
as Toro
1977
as Walter Colby
1951
as Nedo
1976
as George
1955
as Native Chief
1962
as Pompey
1966
as Jake
1956
as King of Ethiopia
1982
as Rake
1983
as Meslar
1969
as Thomas
1959
as Pvt. Franklen
1960
as 1st Sgt. Braxton Rutledge
1971
as Runner the Scout
1972
as Frank Webster
1960
as Hank Lawson
1968
as Chato
1953
as Djion
1965
as Lean Warrior
1982
1970
as Woody
1961
as Muwango
1981
as Charlie Winters
1979
as Sensei
1984
as Luther
1968
as Maurice Lalubi
1975
as Silvera
1984
as Sam
1984
as Polo
1942
as Rochester's Chauffeur (uncredited)
1980
as Titi
1971
as Duncan
1972
as Job
1975
as Big Rude
1989
as Sheriff Warren (archive footage)
1972
as Narrator (voice)
1982
as Woody
1951
as Walu
1975
as Black Bill
1952
as Esau
1985
as Blackman
1971
as Massinissa
1941
as Tribal Policeman (uncredited)
1987
as Woody
1954
as One of Native Escorts to Biplane (uncredited)
1952
as Mailman (uncredited)
1943
as Black Sandhog (uncredited)
1953
as Soldier
1954
as Gladiator
1955
as Palace Guard
1952
as The Lion
1961
as Stone Calf
1995
as Charlies Moonlight
1979
as Brown
1987
as Yank
1970
as Skip Manion
1970
as Marshak
1954
as Malaka, head bearer
1963
as Khan / Dying Leader
1969
as Guillermo
1958
as Ramo
1970
as Jackson
1954
as Lothar
1971
1976
as Tucker
1954
as Moor (uncredited)
1954
as Josh
1977
as Ben
1993
as Storyteller
1973
as Candy Rhodes
1987
as Self (archive footage)
1984
as Holmes
1968
as Frank's Gunman
1992
as Charlie Sumpter
1943
as Stunts
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