Woody Strode
American athlete and actor (1914-1994) · United States · On the map · Athletes · Died at 80
Woodrow Wilson Woolwine Strode 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.
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John Ford Directed The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962)
Fernando Di Leo Directed The Italian Connection and Loaded Guns
Francis Ford Coppola Directed The Cotton Club (1984)
Henry Wilcoxon Produced The Ten Commandments and The Buccaneer- Henry Levin Directed Genghis Khan (1965)
Chuck Roberson Also in Spartacus (1960)
Jean Simmons Also in Spartacus (1960)
Elmer Bernstein Wrote The Ten Commandments and 7 Women
Mario Van Peebles Directed Posse (1993)
Anna Lee Also in The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962)
Gordon Mitchell Also in Spartacus and The Ten Commandments
Enzo Barboni Directed Chuck Moll (1970)
Henry Brandon Also in The Ten Commandments (1960)
William "Bill" Henry Also in The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962)
Willis Bouchey Also in The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962)
Jack Pennick Also in The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962)
James Griffith Also in Spartacus and Son of Sinbad
Carleton Young Also in Spartacus (1960)
Enzo Fiermonte Also in Boot Hill and The Unholy Four
Strother Martin Also in The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962)
Stanley Kubrick Directed Spartacus (1960)
James Stewart Also in Two Rode Together (1961)
Claudia Cardinale Also in The Professionals (1966)
Yul Brynner Also in The Ten Commandments and The Buccaneer
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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.
