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).
Known for
- Batman (1966)
- Buck Rogers in the 25th Century (1979)
- Once Upon a Time in the West (1968)
- The Ten Commandments (1956)
- The Lieutenant (1963)
- Spartacus (1960)
- The Quick and the Dead (1995)
- The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962)
- The Cotton Club (1984)
- The Professionals (1966)
- Boot Hill (1969)
- Demetrius and the Gladiators (1954)
- Shalako (1968)
- Vigilante (1983)
- The Black Stallion Returns (1983)
- Kingdom of the Spiders (1977)
- 7 Women (1965)
- Two Rode Together (1961)
- Pork Chop Hill (1959)
- Posse (1993)