Woody Strode
Woody Strode | |
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Position (s): End |
Jersey number (s): 39 |
born on July 25, 1914 in Los Angeles , California | |
died on December 31, 1994 in Glendora , California | |
Career information | |
Active : 1946 - 1949 | |
College : UCLA | |
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Career statistics | |
Pass catches | 4th |
Space gain | 37 |
Stats at NFL.com | |
Stats at pro-football-reference.com | |
Career highlights and awards | |
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Woodrow Wilson Woolwine Strode (born July 25, 1914 in Los Angeles , California , United States , † December 31, 1994 in Glendora , California) was an American decathlete , American football player and actor .
Life
Strode was born in Los Angeles in 1914, the son of an African American and a Native American of the Blackfoot Indian tribe , of which Strode was a recognized member throughout his life.
In the 1920s Strode began to be athletic and was able to record great success as a decathlete and football player in the 1930s . His - and Kenny Washington - inclusion in the squad of the football team of the Los Angeles Rams in 1946 , which made Strode and Washington the first two black-skinned players of the American football league, the National Football League , represented a sporting historical success . He later moved to the Calgary Stampeders team from the Canadian League (CFL). In 1948 he and his team won the Gray Cup - the Canadian football championship. Around 1935 Strode posed for a picture from the series American Champions , which the painter Hubert Stowitts (1892–1953) exhibited as part of the supporting program for the 1936 Olympic Games in Berlin . Strode's shorter career as a freestyle wrestler was less successful.
After the end of his sporting career, Strode switched to the film industry: He made his first film appearance in 1941 in the film Arms Smugglers of Kenya . In the 1950s and 1960s he appeared in numerous Hollywood films in which he played mainly supporting roles in which he had a strong physical presence - he was tall (1.93 meters), stocky, bald and had one statuesque-rough physiognomy - could bring out.
Strode had his first notable appearance in 1956 in the historical film The Ten Commandments ( The Ten Commandments (1956) ), in which he was seen in a double role as Ethiopian king and slave. After he became friends with the director John Ford , he received from him u. a. the title role in Sergeant Rutledge (1960), a member of the Ninth Cavalry Division, wrongly accused of rape and murder. This was followed by the role of John Wayne's Assistant "Pompey" in Ford's Western classic The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance ( The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance ) and the role of armed with net and trident gladiators (more precisely Retiarius ) "Draba" in Spartacus (1960). A sequence in which Strode engages in a duel with Kirk Douglas , who plays the title role of the slave "Spartacus", has become famous .
Eight years later, Strode played a supporting role in Sergio Leone's cult star, Spiel mir das Lied von Tod : There he appears in the now famous 13-minute opening scene as one of three killers that Charles Bronson awaits at Cattle Corner station . Another classic of the spaghetti westerns in which he played a leading role was Keoma (1976).
Strode, whose first marriage was to a Hawaiian princess, died of lung cancer on December 31, 1994 . His autobiography is available under the title Goal Dust .
Filmography (selection)
- 1939: Ringo ( stagecoach )
- 1941: Gun smugglers from Kenya ( Sundown )
- 1943: No Time for Love ( No Time for Love )
- 1951: Bomba the Avenger ( The Lion Hunters )
- 1951: The Bride of the Gorilla ( Bride of the Gorilla )
- 1952: The Corsair's Lover ( Caribbean )
- 1952: Androcles and the Lion ( Androcles and the Lion )
- 1953: The City Under the Sea ( City Beneath the Sea )
- 1954: The Gladiators ( Demetrius and the Gladiators )
- 1954: Jungle in turmoil ( Jungle Man-Eaters )
- 1954: River of Vengeance ( The Gambler from Natchez )
- 1954: The Silver Chalice (The Silver Chalice)
- 1955: Sindbad's son ( Son of Sinbad )
- 1956: The Ten Commandments ( The Ten Commandments )
- 1958: Tarzan's Fight for Life ( Tarzan's fight for life )
- 1958: The Buccaneer ( Buccaneer )
- 1959: Written in blood ( Pork Chop Hill )
- 1960: Descent into Hell ( The Last Voyage )
- 1960: The Black Sergeant (Sergeant Rutledge)
- 1960: Spartacus ( Spartacus )
- 1961: Beyond the Ruwenzori ( The Sins of Rachel Cade )
- 1961: Two Rode Together ( Two Rode Together )
- 1962: The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance ( The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance )
- 1963: Tarzan's Three Challenges ( Tarzan's Three Challenges )
- 1965: Dschinghis Khan ( Genghis Khan )
- 1966: Seven women ( Seven Women )
- 1966: The Feared Four ( The Professionals )
- 1968: Killing was her job ( Seduto alla sua destra )
- 1968: Shalako
- 1968: Play me the song of death ( C'era una volta il West )
- 1969: Hill of Bloody Boots (La collina degli stivali)
- 1969: Che! (Che!)
- 1970: Django - The Night of the Long Knives (Ciakmull)
- 1970: The Hellhounds (La spina dorsale del diavolo)
- 1971: The Last Rebel
- 1972: Revengers (The Revengers)
- 1972: The Mafia Boss - They kill like jackals ( La mala ordina )
- 1975: I'll polish your bald head ( Colpo in canna )
- 1975: We are the strongest ( Noi non siamo angeli )
- 1975: Winterhawk
- 1976: Keoma
- 1976: The Devil's Prodigal Sons ( Cuibul Salamandrilor )
- 1977: Kingdom of the Spiders ( Kingdom of the Spiders )
- 1978: Doomed to Survive ( Ravagers )
- 1979: Jaguar is alive! ( Jaguar lives! )
- 1980: Solo for two super killers ( Cuba Crossing )
- 1982: Angkor - The Gate to Hell ( Angkor: Cambodia Express )
- 1982: Mercenaries of Death ( Horror Safari )
- 1982: Streetfighters ( Vigilantes )
- 1983: The Black Stallion Returns ( The Black Stallion Returns )
- 1984: Mercenary Attack ( Razza violenta )
- 1984: Rockit - Final Executor ( L'ultimo guerriero )
- 1984: Your path leads through hell
- 1984: Cotton Club ( The Cotton Club )
- 1985: Vultures, Money and Golden Eggs ( Lust in the Dust )
- 1987: A Gathering of Old Men ( A Gathering of Old Men )
- 1992: Deadly Intrigues ( Storyville )
- 1993: Posse - The Revenge of Jessie Lee ( Posse )
- 1995: Quick and the Dead ( The Quick and the Dead )
Web links
- Woody Strode in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- NFL stats by Woody Strode
- CFL stats by Woody Strode
Individual evidence
- ↑ Hubert Stowitts: Woody Strode - Nudes of American athletes at queer-arts.org
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Strode, Woody |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Strode, Woodrow Wilson Woolwine |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American decathlete and actor |
DATE OF BIRTH | July 25, 1914 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Los Angeles , California , USA |
DATE OF DEATH | December 31, 1994 |
Place of death | Glendora , California |