
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).

Batman
1966

Once Upon a Time in the West
1968

Buck Rogers in the 25th Century
1979

The Ten Commandments
1956

The Quick and the Dead
1995

Spartacus
1960

The Lieutenant
1963

The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
1962

The Professionals
1966

The Cotton Club
1984

Boot Hill
1969

Posse
1993

Shalako
1968

Two Rode Together
1961

Kingdom of the Spiders
1977

Vigilante
1983

The Buccaneer
1958

Pork Chop Hill
1959

Demetrius and the Gladiators
1954

Sergeant Rutledge
1960

Keoma
1976

7 Women
1965

Genghis Khan
1965

The Silver Chalice
1954

Androcles and the Lion
1952

Loaded Guns
1975

The Black Stallion Returns
1983

The Italian Connection
1972

Che!
1969

Jaguar Lives!
1979

The Revengers
1972

Tarzan's Fight for Life
1958

Lust in the Dust
1985

Angkor: Cambodia Express
1981

Jungle Warriors
1984

The Last Voyage
1960