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).
Androcles and the Lion
Invaders of the Lost Gold
Jungle Warriors
Pork Chop Hill
City Beneath the Sea
Kingdom of the Spiders
Boot Hill
The Quick and the Dead
Tarzan's Fight for Life
Tarzan's Three Challenges
Demetrius and the Gladiators
The Ten Commandments
Once Upon a Time in the West
Spartacus
The Cotton Club
Son of Sinbad
Genghis Khan
The Buccaneer
Keoma
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
