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
Draba
Genghis Khan
Sengal
The Buccaneer
Toro
Kingdom of the Spiders
Walter Colby
Bride of the Gorilla
Nedo
Keoma
George
Brooba
Native Chief
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
Pompey
The Professionals
Jake
The Ten Commandments
King of Ethiopia
Vigilante
Rake
The Black Stallion Returns
Meslar
Boot Hill
Thomas
Pork Chop Hill
Pvt. Franklen
Sergeant Rutledge
1st Sgt. Braxton Rutledge
The Gatling Gun
Runner the Scout
The Italian Connection
Frank Webster
The Last Voyage
Hank Lawson
Shalako
Chato
City Beneath the Sea
Djion
7 Women
Lean Warrior
Invaders of the Lost Gold
Cal
The Unholy Four
Woody
The Sins of Rachel Cade
Muwango
Scream
Charlie Winters
Jaguar Lives!
Sensei
Jungle Warriors
Luther
Black Jesus
Maurice Lalubi
Loaded Guns
Silvera
The Final Executioner
Sam
The Violent Breed
Polo
Star Spangled Rhythm
Rochester's Chauffeur (uncredited)
Cuba Crossing
Titi
The Last Rebel
Duncan
The Revengers
Job
Winterhawk
Big Rude
The Bronx Executioner
Sheriff Warren (archive footage)
Black Rodeo
Narrator (voice)
Angkor: Cambodia Express
Woody
The Lion Hunters
Walu
We Are No Angels
Black Bill
Caribbean
Esau
Scipio the African
Massinissa
Lust in the Dust
Blackman
Sundown
Tribal Policeman (uncredited)
On Fire
Woody
No Time for Love
Black Sandhog (uncredited)
African Treasure
Mailman (uncredited)
The Royal African Rifles
Soldier
Demetrius and the Gladiators
Gladiator
Jungle Man-Eaters
One of Native Escorts to Biplane (uncredited)
Son of Sinbad
Palace Guard
Androcles and the Lion
The Lion
Two Rode Together
Stone Calf
The Quick and the Dead
Charlies Moonlight
Ravagers
Brown
A Gathering of Old Men
Yank
Breakout
Skip Manion
Tarzan's Deadly Silence
Marshak
Jungle Gents
Malaka, head bearer
Tarzan's Three Challenges
Khan / Dying Leader
Che!
Guillermo
Tarzan's Fight for Life
Ramo
The Deserter
Jackson
Mandrake the Magician
Lothar
Tarzan and the Perils of Charity Jones
Chaka
The Quest: The Longest Drive
Tucker
The Silver Chalice
Moor (uncredited)
The Gambler from Natchez
Josh
Oil
Ben
Posse
Storyteller
Key West
Candy Rhodes
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
Self (archive footage)
The Cotton Club
Holmes
Once Upon a Time in the West
Frank's Gunman
Storyville
Charlie Sumpter