
Actor
Woody Strode
Born 1914 · Los Angeles, California, USA
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

Once Upon a Time in the West
Frank's Gunman · 1968

Spartacus
Draba · 1960

The Ten Commandments
King of Ethiopia · 1956

The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
Pompey · 1962

The Quick and the Dead
Charlies Moonlight · 1995

Batman
Grand Mogul · 1966

The Professionals
Jake · 1966

The Cotton Club
Holmes · 1984

Keoma
George · 1976

Sergeant Rutledge
1st Sgt. Braxton Rutledge · 1960

Buck Rogers in the 25th Century
Sgt. 'Big Red' MacMurthy · 1979

The Italian Connection
Frank Webster · 1972

Two Rode Together
Stone Calf · 1961

Boot Hill
Thomas · 1969

Demetrius and the Gladiators
Gladiator · 1954

Vigilante
Rake · 1983

Pork Chop Hill
Pvt. Franklen · 1959

7 Women
Lean Warrior · 1965

The Black Stallion Returns
Meslar · 1983

Kingdom of the Spiders
Walter Colby · 1977

The Buccaneer
Toro · 1958

Shalako
Chato · 1968

Posse
Storyteller · 1993

The Last Voyage
Hank Lawson · 1960