Woody Strode

ActorCrew Jul 25 (died age 80) Los Angeles, California, USA 1941–1995 (54 year career)

5.6 avg rating

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).

Known For

Film

Once Upon a Time in the West

Frank's Gunman

Film

The Ten Commandments

King of Ethiopia

Film

Spartacus

Draba

Film

The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance

Pompey

Film

The Quick and the Dead

Charlies Moonlight

Film

The Professionals

Jake

Film

The Cotton Club

Holmes

Film

Keoma

George

Filmography

Acting (79)

Movies (76)

The Quick and the Dead

1995

as Charlies Moonlight

Posse

as Storyteller

Storyville

as Charlie Sumpter

The Bronx Executioner

1989

as Sheriff Warren (archive footage)

2.6

A Gathering of Old Men

1987

as Yank

6.0

James Stewart: A Wonderful Life

1987

as Self (archive footage)

6.0

On Fire

1987

as Woody

Lust in the Dust

as Blackman

The Cotton Club

as Holmes

The Final Executioner

as Sam

Jungle Warriors

as Luther

The Violent Breed

as Polo

Vigilante

as Rake

The Black Stallion Returns

1983

as Meslar

6.5

Invaders of the Lost Gold

as Cal

Scream

as Charlie Winters

Angkor: Cambodia Express

as Woody

Cuba Crossing

as Titi

Ravagers

as Brown

Jaguar Lives!

as Sensei

Kingdom of the Spiders

as Walter Colby

Oil

as Ben

Keoma

as George

The Quest: The Longest Drive

as Tucker

Loaded Guns

as Silvera

Winterhawk

as Big Rude

We Are No Angels

as Black Bill

Key West

as Candy Rhodes

The Italian Connection

as Frank Webster

The Revengers

as Job

Black Rodeo

as Narrator (voice)

The Last Rebel

as Duncan

The Gatling Gun

as Runner the Scout

Scipio the African

as Massinissa

Tarzan and the Perils of Charity Jones

1971

as Chaka

The Deserter

as Jackson

The Unholy Four

as Woody

Breakout

as Skip Manion

Tarzan's Deadly Silence

as Marshak

Che!

as Guillermo

Boot Hill

as Thomas

Once Upon a Time in the West

as Frank's Gunman

Shalako

as Chato

Black Jesus

as Maurice Lalubi

The Professionals

as Jake

7 Women

as Lean Warrior

Genghis Khan

as Sengal

Tarzan's Three Challenges

1963

as Khan / Dying Leader

4.8

The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance

as Pompey

Two Rode Together

as Stone Calf

The Sins of Rachel Cade

as Muwango

Spartacus

as Draba

The Last Voyage

as Hank Lawson

Sergeant Rutledge

as 1st Sgt. Braxton Rutledge

7.0

Pork Chop Hill

1959

as Pvt. Franklen

6.6

Tarzan's Fight for Life

as Ramo

The Buccaneer

as Toro

The Ten Commandments

as King of Ethiopia

Son of Sinbad

as Palace Guard

Brooba

as Native Chief

The Gambler from Natchez

1954

as Josh

6.8

Jungle Gents

1954

as Malaka, head bearer

4.0

The Silver Chalice

1954

as Moor (uncredited)

4.4

Demetrius and the Gladiators

1954

as Gladiator

6.4

Jungle Man-Eaters

1954

as One of Native Escorts to Biplane (uncredited)

4.7

Mandrake the Magician

1954

as Lothar

2.0

The Royal African Rifles

1953

as Soldier

City Beneath the Sea

1953

as Djion

5.0

Androcles and the Lion

1952

as The Lion

5.8

African Treasure

1952

as Mailman (uncredited)

Caribbean

as Esau

The Lion Hunters

as Walu

Bride of the Gorilla

as Nedo

No Time for Love

as Black Sandhog (uncredited)

6.8

Star Spangled Rhythm

1942

as Rochester's Chauffeur (uncredited)

6.0

Sundown

1941

as Tribal Policeman (uncredited)

5.4

Television (3)

Buck Rogers in the 25th Century

1979

as Sgt. 'Big Red' MacMurthy

Batman

as Grand Mogul

The Lieutenant

as Sgt. Logan Holt

Crew (1)

Movies (1)

No Time for Love

1943

Stunts

6.8