Woody Strode

Actor · Born Jul 25, 1914 · Died Dec 31, 1994 (age 80) · Los Angeles, California, USA

Actor · 1914 to 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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