Person
Woody Strode
- Specialty
- Acting
- Birth
- July 25, 1914 · 80 years
- Death
- December 31, 1994
- Origin
- Los Angeles, California, USA
Technical Alias
Woodrow Wilson Woolwine StrodeWoodrow StrodeWoody StroodeWoodrow Wilson Woolwine "Woody" Strode
Professional Trajectory
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).
