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Woody Strode
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).
13
Films
6.7
Avg Score
Filmography (13)
The Quick and the Dead
65
as Charlies Moonlight
Posse
55
as Storyteller
Lust in the Dust
59
as Blackman
The Cotton Club
66
as Holmes
Vigilante
65
as Rake
Loaded Guns
47
as Silvera
Once Upon a Time in the West
85
as Frank's Gunman
The Professionals
73
as Jake
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
81
as Pompey
Spartacus
79
as Draba
Pork Chop Hill
70
as Pvt. Franklen
The Ten Commandments
79
as King of Ethiopia
The Silver Chalice
46
as Moor (uncredited)