Woody Strode
personal-info
known-for
Acting
gender
Male
birthday
1914-07-25
place-of-birth
Los Angeles, California, USA
also-known-as
Woodrow Wilson Woolwine Strode
Woodrow Strode
Woody Stroode
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).