Acting
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).
Highest rated appearances
as King of Ethiopia
The Bronx Executioner
as Sheriff Warren (archive footage)
Jaguar Lives!
as Sensei
Ravagers
as Brown
Kingdom of the Spiders
as Walter Colby
Oil
as Ben
Keoma
as George
The Quest: The Longest Drive
as Tucker
Winterhawk
as Big Rude
We Are No Angels
as Black Bill
Loaded Guns
as Silvera
Key West
as Candy Rhodes
The Italian Connection
as Frank Webster
The Revengers
as Job
Black Rodeo
as Narrator (voice)
Tarzan and the Perils of Charity Jones
as Chaka
The Last Rebel
as Duncan
The Gatling Gun
as Runner the Scout
Scipio the African
as Massinissa
Breakout
as Skip Manion
The Deserter
as Jackson
Tarzan's Deadly Silence
as Marshak
The Unholy Four
as Woody
Boot Hill
as Thomas
Che!
as Guillermo
Once Upon a Time in the West
as Frank's Gunman
Shalako
as Chato
Black Jesus
as Maurice Lalubi
The Professionals
as Jake
7 Women
as Lean Warrior
Genghis Khan
as Sengal
Tarzan's Three Challenges
as Khan / Dying Leader
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
as Pompey
Two Rode Together
as Stone Calf
The Sins of Rachel Cade
as Muwango
Spartacus
as Draba
Sergeant Rutledge
as 1st Sgt. Braxton Rutledge
The Last Voyage
as Hank Lawson
Pork Chop Hill
as Pvt. Franklen
The Buccaneer
as Toro
Tarzan's Fight for Life
as Ramo
The Ten Commandments
as King of Ethiopia
Brooba
as Native Chief
Son of Sinbad
as Palace Guard
The Silver Chalice
as Moor (uncredited)
Jungle Gents
as Malaka, head bearer
The Gambler from Natchez
as Josh
Demetrius and the Gladiators
as Gladiator
Jungle Man-Eaters
as One of Native Escorts to Biplane (uncredited)
Mandrake the Magician
as Lothar
The Royal African Rifles
as Soldier
City Beneath the Sea
as Djion
Androcles and the Lion
as The Lion
Caribbean
as Esau
African Treasure
as Mailman (uncredited)
Bride of the Gorilla
as Nedo
The Lion Hunters
as Walu
