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Black actor and former pro football player and wrestler who made his film debut in the early 1940s. 6'4" tall and weighing in at 210 pounds, Strode lent his imposing presence to a number of mostly peripheral roles, such as Kirk Douglas' sparring partner in "Spartacus" (1960), though he got a chance to flex his underused acting muscles as a soldier wrongly accused of rape in John Ford's "Sergeant Rutledge" (1960).
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Filmography

The Italian Connection - ( Frank / 2003 / Released / AIP )
The Quick and the Dead - ( Charles Moonlight / 1995 / Released / )
Storyville - ( Charlie Sumpter / 1992 / Released / Ascii Pictures )
Scream - ( Charlie / 1985 / Released / Cal-Com Releasing )
Lust in the Dust - ( Black Man / 1984 / Released / Columbia-EMI-Warner )
The Cotton Club - ( Holmes / 1984 / Released / K-Tel Video )
Jungle Warriors - ( Luther / 1983 / Released / Aquarius Releasing Inc )
The Black Stallion Returns - ( Meslar / 1983 / Released / )
The Final Executioner - ( Sam / 1983 / Released / Cannon Releasing )
Vigilante - ( Rake / 1983 / Released / Film Ventures International )
Angkor-Cambodia Express - ( Woody / 1981 / Released / )
Cuba Crossing - ( Titi / 1979 / Released / )
Jaguar Lives! - ( Sensei / 1979 / Released / AIP )
Ravagers - ( Brown / 1979 / Released / )
Kingdom of the Spiders - ( Walter Colby / 1977 / Released / )
Keoma - ( George / 1976 / Released / )
Winterhawk - ( Big Rude / 1975 / Released / )
The Gatling Gun - ( / 1973 / Released / Ellman Productions )
Black Rodeo - ( Himself / 1972 / Released / )
The Revengers - ( Job / 1972 / Released / Cinema Center Films )
La Spina Dorsale del Diavola - ( Jackson / 1971 / Released / )
Last Rebel - ( Duncan / 1971 / Released / Columbia TriStar Motion Picture Group )
Tarzan's Deadly Silence - ( / 1970 / Released / )
Che! - ( Guillermo / 1969 / Released / )
Once Upon a Time in the West - ( Stony / 1969 / Released / Columbus Film AG )
Shalako - ( Chato / 1968 / Released / )
The Professionals - ( Jake / 1966 / Released / )
Genghis Khan - ( Sengal / 1965 / Released / Columbia TriStar Motion Picture Group )
Seven Women - ( Lean Warrior / 1965 / Released / )
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance - ( Pompey / 1962 / Released / )
The Sins of Rachel Cade - ( Muwango / 1961 / Released / Warner Bros. Pictures Distribution )
Two Rode Together - ( Stone Clay / 1961 / Released / Columbia TriStar Motion Picture Group )
Sergeant Rutledge - ( Braxton Rutledge / 1960 / Released / )
Spartacus - ( Draba / 1960 / Released / )
The Last Voyage - ( Hank Lawson / 1960 / Released / MGM/UA Entertainment Company )
Pork Chop Hill - ( Franklin / 1959 / Released / United Artists Pictures Inc. )
The Buccaneer - ( Toro / 1958 / Released / )
The Ten Commandments - ( Ethiopian King / 1956 / Released / )
Demetrius and the Gladiators - ( / 1954 / Released / )
City Beneath the Sea - ( Djion / 1953 / Released / )

TV Credits
A Gathering of Old Men ( 1987 / Released ): Actor
On Fire ( 1987 / Released ): Actor
How the West Was Won ( 1977 / Released ): Actor
The Outside Man ( 1977 / Released ): Actor
The Quest ( 1976 / Released ): Actor
Key West ( 1973 / Released ): Actor
Breakout ( 1970 / Released ): Actor

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Black actor and former pro football player and wrestler who made his film debut in the early 1940s. 6'4" tall and weighing in at 210 pounds, Strode lent his imposing presence to a number of mostly peripheral roles, such as Kirk Douglas' sparring partner in "Spartacus" (1960), though he got a chance to flex his underused acting muscles as a soldier wrongly accused of rape in John Ford's "Sergeant Rutledge" (1960).

Profession(s):
Actor, professional football player, professional wrestler
Sometimes Credited As:
Woodrow Strode
Woodrow Wilson Strode
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Family
daughter:June Strode (worked primarily in commercials)
wife:Luuikialuana Kaliealoa (met Strode in 1938, married c. 1940; died on September 17, 1980 of Parkinson's disease)

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Education
University of California at Los Angeles Los Angeles, California
Milestones (Back to top)

1994 Final screen appearance, "The Quick and the Dead"
1960 First top billing and most memorable role, "Sergeant Rutledge"
1941 Film acting debut in "Sundown"
Was one of the first black players to integrate collegiate football prior to WWII
Professional wrestler for nine years after WWII

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