Loading amazing content...
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
July 25, 1914
Died
December 31, 1994
Place of Birth
Los Angeles, California, USA
Also Known As
- Woodrow Wilson Woolwine Strode
- Woodrow Strode
- Woody Stroode
Woody Strode
1.9 Popularity
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
6.5
Charlies Moonlight
The Quick and the Dead
1995
5.3
Storyteller
Posse
1993
4.8
Charlie Sumpter
Storyville
1992
2.6
Sheriff Warren (archive footage)
The Bronx Executioner
1989
6.0
Yank
A Gathering of Old Men
1987
6.0
Self (archive footage)
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
1987
0.0
Woody
On Fire
1987
6.0
Blackman
Lust in the Dust
1985
6.5
Holmes
The Cotton Club
1984
3.8
Luther
Jungle Warriors
1984
Credits
The Quick and the Dead
as Charlies Moonlight
1995
6.5
Posse
as Storyteller
1993
5.3
Storyville
as Charlie Sumpter
1992
4.8
The Bronx Executioner
as Sheriff Warren (archive footage)
1989
2.6
A Gathering of Old Men
as Yank
1987
6.0
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
as Self (archive footage)
1987
6.0
On Fire
as Woody
1987
0.0
Lust in the Dust
as Blackman
1985
6.0
The Cotton Club
as Holmes
1984
6.5
Jungle Warriors
as Luther
1984
3.8
The Final Executioner
as Sam
1984
3.6
The Violent Breed
as Polo
1984
4.0
The Black Stallion Returns
as Meslar
1983
6.4
Vigilante
as Rake
1983
6.2
Invaders of the Lost Gold
as Cal
1982
3.8
Angkor: Cambodia Express
as Woody
1981
3.0
Scream
as Charlie Winters
1981
4.0
Cuba Crossing
as Titi
1980
3.7
Buck Rogers in the 25th Century
as Sgt. 'Big Red' MacMurthy
1979
7.0
Jaguar Lives!
as Sensei
1979
4.0
Ravagers
as Brown
1979
4.3
Kingdom of the Spiders
as Walter Colby
1977
5.6
Oil
as Ben
1977
5.1
Keoma
as George
1976
6.9
The Quest: The Longest Drive
as Tucker
1976
5.0
Winterhawk
as Big Rude
1975
6.5
We Are No Angels
as Black Bill
1975
6.0
Loaded Guns
as Silvera
1975
5.0
Key West
as Candy Rhodes
1973
6.0
The Italian Connection
as Frank Webster
1972
7.0
The Revengers
as Job
1972
5.7
Black Rodeo
as Narrator (voice)
1972
0.0
Tarzan and the Perils of Charity Jones
as Chaka
1971
0.0
The Last Rebel
as Duncan
1971
2.0
The Gatling Gun
as Runner the Scout
1971
4.6
Scipio the African
as Massinissa
1971
6.8
Breakout
as Skip Manion
1970
0.0
The Deserter
as Jackson
1970
6.0
Tarzan's Deadly Silence
as Marshak
1970
4.0
The Unholy Four
as Woody
1970
6.5
Boot Hill
as Thomas
1969
5.9
Che!
as Guillermo
1969
4.9
Once Upon a Time in the West
as Frank's Gunman
1968
8.3
Shalako
as Chato
1968
5.7
Black Jesus
as Maurice Lalubi
1968
5.0
The Professionals
as Jake
1966
7.1
Batman
as Grand Mogul
1966
7.3
7 Women
as Lean Warrior
1965
6.5
Genghis Khan
as Sengal
1965
5.8
The Lieutenant
as Sgt. Logan Holt
1963
6.0
Tarzan's Three Challenges
as Khan / Dying Leader
1963
4.8
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
as Pompey
1962
7.8
Two Rode Together
as Stone Calf
1961
6.4
The Sins of Rachel Cade
as Muwango
1961
6.1
Spartacus
as Draba
1960
7.5
Sergeant Rutledge
as 1st Sgt. Braxton Rutledge
1960
7.1
The Last Voyage
as Hank Lawson
1960
6.2
Pork Chop Hill
as Pvt. Franklen
1959
6.6
The Buccaneer
as Toro
1958
6.4
Tarzan's Fight for Life
as Ramo
1958
4.6
The Ten Commandments
as King of Ethiopia
1956
7.8
Brooba
as Native Chief
1955
0.0
Son of Sinbad
as Palace Guard
1955
4.7
The Silver Chalice
as Moor (uncredited)
1954
4.4
Jungle Gents
as Malaka, head bearer
1954
4.0
The Gambler from Natchez
as Josh
1954
6.8
Demetrius and the Gladiators
as Gladiator
1954
6.4
Jungle Man-Eaters
as One of Native Escorts to Biplane (uncredited)
1954
4.7
Mandrake the Magician
as Lothar
1954
2.0
The Royal African Rifles
as Soldier
1953
0.0
City Beneath the Sea
as Djion
1953
5.0
Androcles and the Lion
as The Lion
1952
5.8
Caribbean
as Esau
1952
5.8
African Treasure
as Mailman (uncredited)
1952
6.7
Bride of the Gorilla
as Nedo
1951
4.8
The Lion Hunters
as Walu
1951
5.3
No Time for Love
as Black Sandhog (uncredited)
1943
6.8
Star Spangled Rhythm
as Rochester's Chauffeur (uncredited)
1942
6.0
Sundown
as Tribal Policeman (uncredited)
1941
5.4