🎬 Woody Strode

About

​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).

Born:

25 July 1914 (80 years)

Died:

31 December 1994

Place of birth:

Los Angeles, California, USA