Woody Strode

Woody Strode

Birthday: 1914-07-25

Place of Birth: Los Angeles, California, USA

Biography: ​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).

Movies

Spartacus
Spartacus

The rebellious Thracian Spartacus, born and raised a slave, is sold to Gladiator trainer Batiatus. A...

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Genghis Khan
Genghis Khan

This is the story of the shy Mongol boy Temujin who,during the 13th century, becomes the fearless Mo...

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The Buccaneer
The Buccaneer

During the War of 1812 against Britain: General Andrew Jackson has only 1,200 men left to defend New...

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Kingdom of the Spiders
Kingdom of the Spiders

Investigating the mysterious deaths of a number of farm animals, vet Rack Hansen discovers that his ...

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Bride of the Gorilla
Bride of the Gorilla

The owner of a plantation in the jungle marries a beautiful woman. Shortly afterward, he is plagued ...

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Keoma
Keoma

Half-breed Keoma returns to his border hometown after service in the Civil War and finds it under th...

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Brooba
Brooba

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The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance

Questions arise when Senator Stoddard attends the funeral of a local man named Tom Doniphon in a sma...

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The Professionals
The Professionals

An arrogant Texas millionaire hires four adventurers to rescue his kidnapped wife from a notorious M...

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The Ten Commandments
The Ten Commandments

Escaping death, a Hebrew infant is raised in a royal household to become a prince. Upon discovery of...

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Vigilante
Vigilante

New York City factory worker Eddie Marino is a solid citizen and regular guy, until the day a sadist...

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The Black Stallion Returns
The Black Stallion Returns

"Black" is a stunning fire-and-silk stallion celebrated the world over. But to his young American ow...

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Boot Hill
Boot Hill

Victims of oppressive town boss Honey are offered help by an unusual alliance of gunmen and circus p...

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Pork Chop Hill
Pork Chop Hill

Korean War, April 1953. Lieutenant Clemons, leader of the King company of the United States Infantry...

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Sergeant Rutledge
Sergeant Rutledge

Respected black cavalry Sergeant Brax Rutledge stands court-martial for raping and killing a white w...

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The Gatling Gun
The Gatling Gun

Doctor Gatling invented a war machine to beat all arrows, and guns....

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The Italian Connection
The Italian Connection

When a shipment of heroin disappears between Italy and New York, a small-time pimp in Milan is frame...

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The Last Voyage
The Last Voyage

The S. S. Claridon is scheduled for her five last voyages after thirty-eight years of service. After...

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Shalako
Shalako

Sean Connery is Shalako, a guide in the old West who has to rescue an aristocratic British hunting p...

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City Beneath the Sea
City Beneath the Sea

Two adventures dive for treasure off the coast of Jamaica....

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7 Women
7 Women

In a mission in China in 1935, a group of women are preyed on by Mongolian bandits, led by Warlord c...

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Invaders of the Lost Gold
Invaders of the Lost Gold

In the last days of WWII, a Japanese platoon is attacked by headhunters while attempting to hide mil...

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The Unholy Four
The Unholy Four

A young man who has lost his memory, escapes from prison with three other convicts. The other men he...

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The Sins of Rachel Cade
The Sins of Rachel Cade

A female doctor in the Congo is torn between two loves....

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Scream
Scream

A group of people on a rafting excursion happen upon a deserted town and decide to set up camp. Out ...

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Jaguar Lives!
Jaguar Lives!

The world's newest kung fu legend, Joe Lewis, takes on evil gangsters and saves the world....

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Jungle Warriors
Jungle Warriors

A group of models fly into the jungle of some South American country to look for a photo location. T...

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Black Jesus
Black Jesus

A thinly-disguised biography of African leader Patrice Lumumba, here called Lalubi. Lalubi, a Christ...

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Loaded Guns
Loaded Guns

An air hostess gets involved in Naples, against her will, in the in-fighting amongst rival gangs....

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The Final Executioner
The Final Executioner

After a nuclear holocaust, as the rest of society regresses to primitivism, a small, "elite" group t...

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The Violent Breed
The Violent Breed

A military group led by Henry Silva and Woody Strode are bound by their honor, to execute their orde...

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Star Spangled Rhythm
Star Spangled Rhythm

Pop, a security guard at Paramount has told his son that he's the head of the studio. When his son a...

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Cuba Crossing
Cuba Crossing

An adventurer gets caught up in a plot to kill Fidel Castro....

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The Last Rebel
The Last Rebel

Set in 1865 in southwest Missouri, at the close of the Civil War the film follows the adventures of ...

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The Revengers
The Revengers

The life of peaceful rancher John Benedict is torn apart when his family is massacred by a gang of m...

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Winterhawk
Winterhawk

Smallpox plagues Chief Winterhawk's tribe. He seeks cure from the white men, who in turn, in fear of...

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The Bronx Executioner
The Bronx Executioner

In a futuristic New York City, a cyborg goes on a killing spree...

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Black Rodeo
Black Rodeo

Documentary about a rodeo that takes place, for the most part, in Harlem....

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Angkor: Cambodia Express
Angkor: Cambodia Express

In a tale of drama and adventure, young journalist Andy Cameron (Robert Walker) has to get into Camb...

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The Lion Hunters
The Lion Hunters

A lion trapper and his daughter rendezvous with their hardheaded partner in the African jungle. Bomb...

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We Are No Angels
We Are No Angels

Two wannabes rig a fight with a large prize fighter to buy a car....

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Caribbean
Caribbean

Francis Barclay, a former member of the British Admiralty, who was captured in the early 1700s, and ...

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Scipio the African
Scipio the African

Years after the Second Punic War, Scipio Africanus finds himself generally unliked, despite his defe...

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Lust in the Dust
Lust in the Dust

Assaulted by outlaws, donkey-riding Rosie joins a silent drifter's search for gold in the Old West....

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Sundown
Sundown

Englishmen fighting Nazis in Africa discover an exotic mystery woman living among the natives and en...

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On Fire
On Fire

Joe is an arson investigator for the fire department. He has a loving and devoted wife and has two j...

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No Time for Love
No Time for Love

An upper-class female reporter is (despite herself) attracted to a hulking laborer digging a tunnel ...

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African Treasure
African Treasure

Against stock footage of lions, elephants and wildebeasts, Bomba the Jungle Boy captures a pair of n...

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The Royal African Rifles
The Royal African Rifles

A shipment of Vickers machine guns is stolen from a British warship in Bombasa Harbor, Africa, in 19...

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Demetrius and the Gladiators
Demetrius and the Gladiators

The story picks up at the point where "The Robe" ends, following the martyrdom of Diana and Marcellu...

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Jungle Man-Eaters
Jungle Man-Eaters

Jungle Jim does battle with a would-be diamond smuggler and a renegade tribe....

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Son of Sinbad
Son of Sinbad

Legendary pirate and adventurer Sinbad is in single-minded pursuit of two things: beautiful women an...

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Androcles and the Lion
Androcles and the Lion

George Bernard Shaw’s breezy, delightful dramatization of this classic fable—about a Christian slave...

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Two Rode Together
Two Rode Together

Two tough westerners bring home a group of settlers who have spent years as Comanche hostages....

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The Quick and the Dead
The Quick and the Dead

A mysterious woman comes to compete in a quick-draw elimination tournament, in a town taken over by ...

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Ravagers
Ravagers

In a post-apocalyptic world divided between two groups called the Flockers and the Ravagers, an adve...

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A Gathering of Old Men
A Gathering of Old Men

A group of elderly Black men on a Louisiana plantation gather to claim responsibility for the murder...

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Breakout
Breakout

A prison inmate comes up with a plan to break out in order to be near his wife--and also the $50,000...

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Tarzan's Deadly Silence
Tarzan's Deadly Silence

Tarzan tries to stop a bloodthirsty Colonel from taking over an African village with his soldiers of...

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Jungle Gents
Jungle Gents

When a cold medicine causes Sach to be able to smell diamonds, he and the rest of the Bowery Boys ar...

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Tarzan's Three Challenges
Tarzan's Three Challenges

The spiritual leader of an oriental country is dying. The leader's evil brother Khan is plotting to ...

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Che!
Che!

Biography of Argentinian revolutionary Ernesto "Che" Guevara, who helped Fidel Castro in his struggl...

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Tarzan's Fight for Life
Tarzan's Fight for Life

Dr. Sturdy is trying to establish a modern hospital in the jungle. His efforts are strongly opposed ...

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The Deserter
The Deserter

A young cavalry officer finds his woman tortured by the Apaches and blames the Army for not properly...

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Mandrake the Magician
Mandrake the Magician

Mandrake and Lothar battle enemy agents who have kidnapped the beautiful Princess Narda to force the...

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Tarzan and the Perils of Charity Jones
Tarzan and the Perils of Charity Jones

Jai, the orphaned boy adopted by the Monkey Man, helps missionary Charity Jones bring an organ to a ...

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The Quest: The Longest Drive
The Quest: The Longest Drive

To save an old friend's ranch, the Beaudine brothers round up a gang of misfits to drive a huge herd...

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The Silver Chalice
The Silver Chalice

A Greek artisan is commissioned to cast the cup of Christ in silver and sculpt around its rim the fa...

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The Gambler from Natchez
The Gambler from Natchez

A discharged army Captain returns home to New Orleans to take revenge on the men who murdered his fa...

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Oil
Oil

When a huge fire erupts at an oil field in the wilds of the Sahara Desert, an American who specializ...

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Posse
Posse

A group of mostly black infantrymen return from the Spanish-American War with a cache of gold. They ...

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Key West
Key West

A former CIA agent and his friend, operating a charter boat service in Florida, find themselves the ...

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James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life

Documentary about James Stewart's long career as an actor and positive personal life....

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The Cotton Club
The Cotton Club

Harlem's legendary Cotton Club becomes a hotbed of passion and violence as the lives and loves of en...

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Once Upon a Time in the West
Once Upon a Time in the West

As the railroad builders advance unstoppably through the Arizona desert on their way to the sea, Jil...

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Storyville
Storyville

While investigating his own blackmailing, a young politician uncovers his family's deep secrets....

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