- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Jul 25, 1914
- Died
- Dec 31, 1994 (aged 80)
- Place of birth
- Los Angeles, California, USA
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).
