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).
Acting
Movie
Once Upon a Time in the West
as Frank's Gunman
1968
Movie
Spartacus
as Draba
1960
Movie
The Quick and the Dead
as Charlies Moonlight
1995
Movie
The Ten Commandments
as King of Ethiopia
1956
Movie
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
as Pompey
1962
TV
Batman
as Grand Mogul
1966
Movie
The Cotton Club
as Holmes
1984
Movie
The Professionals
as Jake
1966
Movie
Boot Hill
as Thomas
1969
Movie
Keoma
as George
1976
Movie
Two Rode Together
as Stone Calf
1961
TV
Buck Rogers in the 25th Century
as Sgt. 'Big Red' MacMurthy
1979
Movie
Sergeant Rutledge
as 1st Sgt. Braxton Rutledge
1960
Movie
Kingdom of the Spiders
as Walter Colby
1977
Movie
The Italian Connection
as Frank Webster
1972
Movie
Vigilante
as Rake
1983
Movie
Shalako
as Chato
1968
Movie
Posse
as Storyteller
1993
Movie
Demetrius and the Gladiators
as Gladiator
1954
Movie
7 Women
as Lean Warrior
1965
Movie
Pork Chop Hill
as Pvt. Franklen
1959
Movie
The Black Stallion Returns
as Meslar
1983
Movie
Scream
as Charlie Winters
1981
Movie
Genghis Khan
as Sengal
1965
