Name: Woody Strode
Born: 1914-07-25
Place of birth: Los Angeles, California, USA
Deathday: 1994-12-31
Gender: Male
Occupation: Acting
Popularity: 0.9
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).