AKA: Woodrow Strode, Woodrow Wilson Strode
Nationality: American
Birthdate: 07/25/1914
Birthplace: Los Angeles, California, USA
Death Date: 12/31/1994
Black actor and former pro football player and wrestler who made his film debut in the early 1940s. 6'4" tall and weighing in at 210 pounds, Strode lent his imposing presence to a number of mostly peripheral roles, such as Kirk Douglas' sparring partner in "Spartacus" (1960), though he got a chance to flex his underused acting muscles as a soldier wrongly accused of rape in John Ford's "Sergeant Rutledge" (1960).
Was one of the first black players to integrate collegiate football prior to WWII
1941
Film acting debut in "Sundown"
Professional wrestler for nine years after WWII
1960
First top billing and most memorable role, "Sergeant Rutledge"
1994
Final screen appearance, "The Quick and the Dead"
