Acting
Woody Strode
July 25, 1914 – December 31, 1994 · aged 80 Los Angeles, California, USA 2 Fraeon logs
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).
