Woody Strode
Personal Info
- Gender
- Male
- Known for
- Acting
- Birthday
- 1914
- Place of birth
- Los Angeles, California, USA
- Died
- 1994
- Also known as
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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).
