Actor

Woody Strode

Born 1914-07-25Died 1994-12-31aged 80

Woody Strode (1914–1994) is best known for The Quick and the Dead, The Cotton Club and Keoma.

Woodrow Wilson Woolwine Strode (July 25, 1914 – December 31, 1994) 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 (19)