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Name: Woody Strode
Known for: Acting
Place of birth: Los Angeles, California, USA
Birth date: Saturday, 25th July 1914
Death date: Saturday, 31st December 1994
Popularity: 7.367
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).