1960Winner
Best Performance
Spartacus
Woody Strode
Actor
Los Angeles, California, USA
July 25, 1914
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).
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Representative Works
Awards and Honors
Critical Favorites
1968Winner
Best Performance
Once Upon a Time in the West
1995Nominee
Best Performance
The Quick and the Dead
Career Highlights
1956Highlight
Best Performance
The Ten Commandments
1962Highlight
Best Performance
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
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Spartacus
Once Upon a Time in the West
The Quick and the Dead