Biography
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).
Filmography44 titles
On Fire
Once Upon a Time in the West
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
The Ten Commandments
Spartacus
Batman
The Professionals
The Italian Connection
Sergeant Rutledge
African Treasure
Keoma
Pork Chop Hill
Winterhawk
Demetrius and the Gladiators
The Quick and the Dead
The Cotton Club
The Black Stallion Returns
The Deserter
The Buccaneer
The Unholy Four
7 Women
Two Rode Together
Vigilante
The Last Voyage
Lust in the Dust
Boot Hill
Androcles and the Lion
Genghis Khan
The Quest: The Longest Drive
The Revengers
Kingdom of the Spiders
Sundown
Posse
The Gatling Gun
Che!
City Beneath the Sea
Bride of the Gorilla
The Violent Breed
The Silver Chalice
Cuba Crossing
Jaguar Lives!
Scream
The Final Executioner
The Bronx Executioner