
Place of Birth:
Los Angeles, California, USA
Date of Birth:
7/25/1914
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).

Spartacus

Genghis Khan

The Buccaneer

Kingdom of the Spiders

Bride of the Gorilla

Keoma

Brooba

The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance

The Professionals

The Ten Commandments

Vigilante

The Black Stallion Returns

Boot Hill

Pork Chop Hill

Sergeant Rutledge

The Gatling Gun

The Italian Connection

The Last Voyage

Shalako

City Beneath the Sea

7 Women

Invaders of the Lost Gold

The Unholy Four

The Sins of Rachel Cade

Scream

Jaguar Lives!

Jungle Warriors

Black Jesus

Loaded Guns

The Final Executioner

The Violent Breed

Star Spangled Rhythm

Cuba Crossing

The Last Rebel

The Revengers

Winterhawk

The Bronx Executioner

Black Rodeo

Angkor: Cambodia Express

The Lion Hunters

We Are No Angels

Caribbean

Lust in the Dust

Scipio the African

Sundown

On Fire

Jungle Man-Eaters

African Treasure

No Time for Love

The Royal African Rifles

Demetrius and the Gladiators

Son of Sinbad

Androcles and the Lion

Two Rode Together

The Quick and the Dead

Ravagers

A Gathering of Old Men

Breakout

Tarzan's Deadly Silence

Jungle Gents

Tarzan's Three Challenges

Che!

Tarzan's Fight for Life

The Deserter

Mandrake the Magician

Tarzan and the Perils of Charity Jones

The Quest: The Longest Drive

The Silver Chalice

The Gambler from Natchez

Oil

Posse

Key West

James Stewart: A Wonderful Life

The Cotton Club

Once Upon a Time in the West

Storyville