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).

Known for

★8.3

Once Upon a Time in the West

1968

★7.5

Spartacus

1960

★6.6

The Quick and the Dead

1995

★7.8

The Ten Commandments

1956

★7.8

The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance

1962

★7.3

Batman

1966

★6.5

The Cotton Club

1984

★7.1

The Professionals

1966

★5.9

Boot Hill

1969

★6.8

Keoma

1976

★6.4

Two Rode Together

1961

★7.0

Buck Rogers in the 25th Century

1979

★5.6

Kingdom of the Spiders

1977

★7.0

Sergeant Rutledge

1960

★7.1

The Italian Connection

1972

★6.2

Vigilante

1983

★5.6

Shalako

1968

★6.6

Demetrius and the Gladiators

1954

★5.5

Posse

1993

★6.7

Pork Chop Hill

1959

★6.5

7 Women

1965

★6.5

The Black Stallion Returns

1983

★3.9

Scream

1981

★5.7

Genghis Khan

1965