Woody Strode

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  • Born

    • Birthday: 25 July 1914

  • Died

    • Deathday: 31 December 1994

  • Source ID

    • TMDb: 4963

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.

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Strode also played the powerful gladiator who does battle with Kirk Douglas in Spartacus (1960).

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