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Woodrow Wilson Woolwine Strode was an American athlete and actor. He was a decathlete and football star who was one of the first Black American players in the National Football League in the postwar era. After football, he went on to become a film actor, where he was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role in Spartacus in 1960. He served in the United States Army during World War II.
Birth Name
Woodrow Wilson Woolwine Strode
Born
Saturday, 25 July 1914
Died
Saturday, 31 December 1994
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Ennio | Stony - Member of Frank's Gang | 2022 |
| Trumbo | Draba | 2015 |
| Eurocrime! The Italian Cop and Gangster Films That Ruled the '70s | Self | 2012 |
| Farewell | Self | 2009 |
| Classified X | Self | 1998 |
| The 67th Annual Academy Awards | Self (Memorial Tribute) | 1995 |
| The Quick and the Dead | Charlie Moonlight / Charlies Moonlight | 1995 |
| Posse | Storyteller | 1993 |
| Storyville | Charlie Sumpter | 1992 |
| The Bronx Executioner | Sheriff Warren (archive footage) / Sheriff Warren | 1989 |
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Ennio | Stony - Member of Frank's Gang | 2022 |
| Trumbo | Draba | 2015 |
| Eurocrime! The Italian Cop and Gangster Films That Ruled the '70s | Self | 2012 |
| Farewell | Self | 2009 |
| Classified X | Self | 1998 |
| The 67th Annual Academy Awards | Self (Memorial Tribute) | 1995 |
| The Quick and the Dead | Charlie Moonlight / Charlies Moonlight | 1995 |
| Posse | Storyteller | 1993 |
| Storyville | Charlie Sumpter | 1992 |
| The Bronx Executioner | Sheriff Warren (archive footage) / Sheriff Warren | 1989 |
| A Gathering of Old Men | Yank | 1987 |
| Lust in the Dust | Blackman, Hard Case Gang / Blackman | 1985 |
| The Cotton Club | Holmes | 1984 |
| Jungle Warriors | Luther | 1984 |
| The Final Executioner | Sam | 1984 |
| The Black Stallion Returns | Meslar | 1983 |
| Invaders of the Lost Gold | Cal | 1982 |
| Vigilante | Rake | 1982 |
| Angkor: Cambodia Express | Woody | 1982 |
| Scream | Charlie Winters | 1981 |
| Cuba Crossing | Titi | 1980 |
| Buck Rogers in the 25th Century | Sgt. 'Big Red' MacMurthy | 1979 |
| Jaguar Lives! | Sensei | 1979 |
| Oil | Ben | 1979 |
| Ravagers | Brown | 1979 |
| The Dukes of Hazzard | Willie | 1979 |
| Kingdom of the Spiders | Walter Colby | 1977 |
| Fantasy Island | Makalo | 1977 |
| Keoma | George | 1976 |
| The Quest | Tucker | 1976 |
| How the West Was Won | Arapaho Chief | 1976 |
| The Quest: The Longest Drive | Tucker | 1976 |
| Winterhawk | Big Rude | 1975 |
| We Are No Angels | Black Bill | 1975 |
| Loaded Guns | Silvera | 1975 |
| The Manhunter | Ernie Sutton | 1974 |
| The Italian Connection | Frank Webster | 1972 |
| The Revengers | Job | 1972 |
| Black Rodeo | Narrator (voice) / Narrator | 1972 |
| The American West of John Ford | actor 'The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance' | 1971 |
| Tarzan and the Perils of Charity Jones | Chaka | 1971 |
| The Last Rebel | Duncan | 1971 |
| The Gatling Gun | Runner the Scout | 1971 |
| Scipio the African (1971) | Massinissa - re di Numidia / Massinissa | 1971 |
| The Devil's Backbone | Jackson / Cpl. Jackson | 1970 |
| Breakout | Skip Manion | 1970 |
| Tarzan's Deadly Silence | Marshak | 1970 |
| The Unholy Four | Woody | 1970 |
| Boot Hill | Thomas | 1969 |
| The David Frost Show | Self | 1969 |
| Che! | Guillermo | 1969 |
| Once Upon a Time in the West | Stony - Member of Frank's Gang / Frank's Gunman | 1968 |
| Shalako | Chato | 1968 |
| Black Jesus | Maurice Lalubi | 1968 |
| The Professionals | Jake / Jake Sharp | 1966 |
| Tarzan | Chaka / Sgt. Marshak / Bangu / Jamoya | 1966 |
| Batman | Grand Mogul | 1966 |
| 7 Women | Lean Warrior | 1965 |
| Genghis Khan | Sengal | 1965 |
| Daniel Boone | Goliath | 1964 |
| The Farmer's Daughter | Instructor | 1963 |
| The Lieutenant | Sgt. Logan Holt | 1963 |
| Tarzan's Three Challenges | Dying Leader / Khan | 1963 |
| The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance | Pompey | 1962 |
| Two Rode Together | Stone Calf | 1961 |
| The Sins of Rachel Cade | Muwango | 1961 |
| Spartacus | Draba | 1960 |
| Sergeant Rutledge | 1st Sgt. Braxton Rutledge | 1960 |
| The Last Voyage | Hank Lawson | 1960 |
| The Man from Blackhawk | Tego | 1959 |
| Pork Chop Hill | Pvt. Franklin / Pvt. Franklen | 1959 |
| Rawhide | Binnaburra / Corporal Gabe Washington | 1959 |
| The Buccaneer | Toro | 1958 |
| Tarzan's Fight for Life | Ramo | 1958 |
| The Ten Commandments | King of Ethiopia | 1956 |
| Buruuba | Chief | 1955 |
| Jungle Jim | Zanguma | 1955 |
| Son of Sinbad | Palace Guard | 1955 |
| Soldiers of Fortune | Gulio | 1955 |
| The Silver Chalice | Moor | 1954 |
| Jungle Gents | Malaka | 1954 |
| The Gambler from Natchez | Josh | 1954 |
| Demetrius and the Gladiators | Gladiator | 1954 |
| Jungle Man-Eaters | One of Native Escorts to Biplane | 1954 |
| The Royal African Rifles | Soldier | 1953 |
| City Beneath the Sea | Djion | 1953 |
| Ramar of the Jungle | Na-Hoo / Chief Naruma / Big Boy | 1953 |
| Androcles and the Lion | The Lion | 1953 |
| Caribbean | Esau / Esau, MacAllister Guard | 1952 |
| African Treasure | Mailman | 1952 |
| Bride of the Gorilla | Nedo - Policeman / Nedo | 1951 |
| The Lion Hunters | Walu | 1951 |
| Dangerous Assignment | Mongo | 1950 |
| No Time for Love | Black Sandhog | 1943 |
| Star Spangled Rhythm | Woodrow - Rochester's Motorcycle Chauffeur | 1942 |
| Sundown | Tribal Policeman | 1941 |
| Year | Type | Category | Won |
|---|
| 1961 | Golden Globe | Best Supporting Actor | Nominated |
