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
Scipio the African
Lust in the Dust
Sundown
On Fire
No Time for Love
African Treasure
The Royal African Rifles
Demetrius and the Gladiators
Jungle Man-Eaters
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