Seen across enough titles, Woody Strode turns into a familiar face whose career has outlived most of the formats it was recorded on. 'Once Upon a Time in the West' is the most-watched work of the career, as Frank's Gunman. The list also holds 'Spartacus'. Neither the cinema nor the television half of the career can be called the side project.
Woody Strode
80 years (Jul 25, 1914 – Dec 31, 1994)Los Angeles, California, USA
66 Movies3 Series
Seen across enough titles, Woody Strode turns into a familiar face whose career has outlived most of the formats it was recorded on. 'Once Upon a Time in the West' is the most-watched work of the career, as Frank's Gunman. The list also holds 'Spartacus'. Neither the cinema nor the television half of the career can be called the side project.
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).