Woody Strode

Woody Strode

Birthday: 25 July 1914, Los Angeles, California, USA
Birth Name: Woodrow Wilson Woolwine Strode
Height: 193 cm
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)."