Woody Strode

Woody Strode

American athlete and actor (1914–1994)

Woodrow Wilson Woolwine Strode was an American athlete, actor, and author. He was a decathlete and football star who was one of the first Black American players in the National Football League (NFL) in the postwar era. After football, he went on to become a film actor, where he was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role in Spartacus in 1960.

Filmography in the catalog

Credited on 19 films (1953–1977) — matched by name in the Creator or Credits field.

Year ▲ Title CreatorLengthFormatColorSound
1953 City Beneath The Sea. Universal Pictures Co. Inc. 87 min. 35mm Color sound
1954 Demetrius And The Gladiators. Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp 101 min 35mm Color sound
1954 The Gambler From Natchez. Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp 8 min 35mm Color sound
1956 THE TEN COMMANDMENTS ▶ Cecil B. DeMille 220 min 16mm Color
1958 THE BUCCANEER Anthony Quinn 114 min Color
1958 THE BUCCANEER. Paramount Pictures Corp. 121 min 35mm Color sound
1959 Pork Chop Hill. Melville Productions Inc. 97 min. 35mm B&W sound
1960 Sergeant Rutledge. Warner Bros. Pictures Inc. 111 min 35mm Color sound
1960 Spartacus Stanley Kubrick 197 min Color
1960 Spartacus. Universal Pictures Co. Inc. & Byrna Productions Inc. 197 min 35mm Color sound
1960 The Last Voyage. Loew's Inc. & Andrew L. Stone Inc. 91 min 35mm Color sound
1962 The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance. Paramount Pictures Corp. & John Ford Productions Inc. 123 min 35mm B&W sound
1963 Tarzan's Three Challenges. Banner Productions Inc. 95 min 35mm Color sound
1966 The Professionals Seven Arts Associated Corp 117 min 16mm Color sound
1968 Once Upon A Time In The West. Paramount Pictures Corp. 140 min 35mm Color sound
1972 Black Rodeo Utopia Productions 88 min Color sound
1975 Winterhawk Charles B. Pierce Film Productions, Inc 98 min Color sound
1976 Keoma. Enzo G. Castellari 97 min 16mm Color sound
1977 Kingdom of the Spiders John Cardos 97 min Color