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Woody Strode. Woodrow Wilson Woolwine Strode (July 25, 1914 – December 31, 1994) was an American athlete, actor, and author. He was a decathlete and football star who was one of the first Black American players in the National Football League (NFL) in the postwar era. After football, he went on to become a film actor, where he was nominated ...
Woody Strode. Actor: Spartacus. 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.
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Woody Strode. Actor: Spartacus. 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.
- July 25, 1914
- December 31, 1994
Jul 24, 2024 · Woody Strode (born July 28, 1914, Los Angeles, California, U.S.—died December 31, 1994, Glendora, California) was an American character actor who was part of director John Ford’s "family" of actors, appearing in nearly a dozen of Ford’s films.
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Aug 5, 2023 · One of the greatest character actors of the 20th Century, his immense talent on all levels included iconic roles on the small- and big-screen, including The ...
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Dec 31, 1994 · 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).
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Jan 4, 1995 · Actor Woody Strode Dies. Jan 4, 1995. Gene Seymour. Newsday. Woody Strode, a onetime pro football player whose commanding presence in Westerns and period epics helped blaze trails for black film actors, died in his sleep Saturday in Los Angeles. He was 80.
