Woody Strode

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Woody Strode

A.K.A:

Woodrow Wilson Woolwine Strode - Woodrow Strode - Woody Stroode -

1914-07-25 -1994-12-31

Male

Los Angeles, California, USA

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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).