Jul 25, 1914 - Los Angeles, California, USA
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).
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| Movie | 1960 | Spartacus | Draba | |
| Movie | 1965 | Genghis Khan | Sengal | |
| Movie | 1958 | The Buccaneer | Toro | |
| Movie | 1977 | Kingdom of the Spiders | Walter Colby | |
| Movie | 1951 | Bride of the Gorilla | Nedo | |
| Movie | 1976 | Keoma | George | |
| Movie | 1955 | Brooba | Native Chief | |
| Movie | 1962 | The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance | Pompey | |
| Movie | 1966 | The Professionals | Jake | |
| Movie | 1956 | The Ten Commandments | King of Ethiopia | |
| Movie | 1982 | Vigilante | Rake | |
| Movie | 1983 | The Black Stallion Returns | Meslar | |
| Movie | 1969 | Boot Hill | Thomas | |
| Movie | 1959 | Pork Chop Hill | Pvt. Franklen | |
| Movie | 1960 | Sergeant Rutledge | 1st Sgt. Braxton Rutledge | |
| Movie | 1971 | The Gatling Gun | Runner the Scout | |
| Movie | 1972 | The Italian Connection | Frank Webster | |
| Movie | 1960 | The Last Voyage | Hank Lawson | |
| Movie | 1968 | Shalako | Chato | |
| Movie | 1953 | City Beneath the Sea | Djion | |
| Movie | 1965 | 7 Women | Lean Warrior | |
| Movie | 1982 | Invaders of the Lost Gold | Cal | |
| Movie | 1970 | The Unholy Four | Woody | |
| Movie | 1961 | The Sins of Rachel Cade | Muwango | |
| Movie | 1981 | Scream | Charlie Winters | |
| Movie | 1979 | Jaguar Lives! | Sensei | |
| Movie | 1984 | Jungle Warriors | Luther | |
| Movie | 1968 | Black Jesus | Maurice Lalubi | |
| Movie | 1975 | Loaded Guns | Silvera | |
| Movie | 1984 | The Final Executioner | Sam | |
| Movie | 1984 | The Violent Breed | Polo | |
| Movie | 1942 | Star Spangled Rhythm | Rochester's Chauffeur (uncredited) | |
| Movie | 1980 | Cuba Crossing | Titi | |
| Movie | 1971 | The Last Rebel | Duncan | |
| Movie | 1972 | The Revengers | Job | |
| Movie | 1975 | Winterhawk | Big Rude | |
| Movie | 1989 | The Bronx Executioner | Sheriff Warren (archive footage) | |
| Movie | 1972 | Black Rodeo | Narrator (voice) | |
| Movie | 1982 | Angkor: Cambodia Express | Woody | |
| Movie | 1951 | The Lion Hunters | Walu | |
| Movie | 1975 | We Are No Angels | Black Bill | |
| Movie | 1952 | Caribbean | Esau | |
| Movie | 1985 | Lust in the Dust | Blackman | |
| Movie | 1971 | Scipio the African | Massinissa | |
| Movie | 1941 | Sundown | Tribal Policeman (uncredited) | |
| Movie | 1987 | On Fire | Woody | |
| Movie | 1954 | Jungle Man-Eaters | One of Native Escorts to Biplane (uncredited) | |
| Movie | 1952 | African Treasure | Mailman (uncredited) | |
| Movie | 1943 | No Time for Love | Black Sandhog (uncredited) | |
| Movie | 1953 | The Royal African Rifles | Soldier | |
| Movie | 1954 | Demetrius and the Gladiators | Gladiator | |
| Movie | 1955 | Son of Sinbad | Palace Guard | |
| Movie | 1952 | Androcles and the Lion | The Lion | |
| Movie | 1961 | Two Rode Together | Stone Calf | |
| Movie | 1995 | The Quick and the Dead | Charlies Moonlight | |
| Movie | 1979 | Ravagers | Brown | |
| Movie | 1987 | A Gathering of Old Men | Yank | |
| Movie | 1970 | Breakout | Skip Manion | |
| Movie | 1970 | Tarzan's Deadly Silence | Marshak | |
| Movie | 1954 | Jungle Gents | Malaka, head bearer | |
| Movie | 1963 | Tarzan's Three Challenges | Khan / Dying Leader | |
| Movie | 1969 | Che! | Guillermo | |
| Movie | 1958 | Tarzan's Fight for Life | Ramo | |
| Movie | 1970 | The Deserter | Jackson | |
| Movie | 1954 | Mandrake the Magician | Lothar | |
| Movie | 1971 | Tarzan and the Perils of Charity Jones | Chaka | |
| Movie | 1976 | The Quest: The Longest Drive | Tucker | |
| Movie | 1954 | The Silver Chalice | Moor (uncredited) | |
| Movie | 1954 | The Gambler from Natchez | Josh | |
| Movie | 1977 | Oil | Ben | |
| Movie | 1993 | Posse | Storyteller | |
| Movie | 1973 | Key West | Candy Rhodes | |
| Movie | 1987 | James Stewart: A Wonderful Life | Self (archive footage) | |
| Movie | 1984 | The Cotton Club | Holmes | |
| Movie | 1968 | Once Upon a Time in the West | Frank's Gunman | |
| Movie | 1992 | Storyville | Charlie Sumpter | |
| TV Show | 1963 | The Lieutenant | Sgt. Logan Holt | 1 |
| TV Show | 1966 | Batman | Grand Mogul | 2 |
| TV Show | 1979 | Buck Rogers in the 25th Century | Sgt. 'Big Red' MacMurthy | 1 |
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| Movie | 1943 | No Time for Love | Stunts | Crew |
