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Woodrow Wilson Woolwine Strode (born July 25, 1914, Los Angeles, California; died December 31, 1994) was a decathlete and football star before finding even greater fame as a pioneering African-American film actor. Events 285 - Diocletian appoints Maximian as Caesar, co-ruler Year 1914 ( MCMXIV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Los Angeles (lɑˈsændʒələs los ˈaŋxeles in Spanish) is the largest City in the state of California and the American West Events 406 – Vandals, Alans and Suebians cross the Rhine, beginning an invasion of Gallia. Year 1994 ( MCMXCIV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1994 Gregorian calendar) The decathlon is an Athletic event consisting of ten Track and field events American football, known in the United States and Canada simply as football, is a competitive Team sport known for mixing strategy with An actor, actress, player or thespian (see terminology) is a person who Acts in a Dramatic production and who works He was nominated for a Golden Globe award for best supporting actor for his role in Spartacus in 1960. The Golden Globe Awards are American awards for motion pictures and Television programs given out each year during a formal dinner

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Early athletic career

Strode attended college at UCLA. Strode was a member of Alpha Phi Alpha, the first intercollegiate Greek-letter organization established for African Americans. Alpha Phi Alpha ( ΑΦΑ) is the first intercollegiate fraternity established by African Americans Founded on December 4 1906 on the campus of The Greek alphabet (Ελληνικό αλφάβητο is a set of twenty-four letters that has been used to write the Greek language since the late 9th or early Fraternities and sororities (from the Latin words la frater and la soror, meaning "brother" and "sister" respectively are fraternal His world class decathlon capabilities were spearheaded by a fifty foot plus shot put (when the world record was fifty seven feet) and a six-four high jump (world record at time was 6-10). Strode posed for a nude portrait, part of Hubert Stowitts's acclaimed exhibition of athletic portraits shown at the 1936 Berlin Olympics (although the inclusion of black and Jewish athletes caused the Nazis to close the exhibit). [1]

Strode, Kenny Washington and Jackie Robinson starred on the 1939 UCLA Bruins football team, in which they made up three of the four backfield players. Kenneth S "Kingfish" Washington (born August 31, 1918, Los Angeles California; died June 24, 1971) was a professional Jack Roosevelt "Jackie" Robinson (January 31 1919 – October 24 1972 was a Baseball player for the Brooklyn Dodgers. [2] This was a rarity to have so many African Americans when only a few dozen at all played on college football teams. [3] They played eventual conference and national champion USC to a 0-0 tie with the 1940 Rose Bowl on the line. The 1940 Rose Bowl, played on January 1 1940 was an American Football Bowl game. It was the first UCLA-USC rivalry football game with national implications. The UCLA-USC rivalry is the College rivalry between two universities located in Los Angeles California: the University of California Los Angeles

Professional football

Strode and fellow UCLA alumnus Kenny Washington were two of the first African-Americans to play in the National Football League, playing for the Los Angeles Rams in 1946. Kenneth S "Kingfish" Washington (born August 31, 1918, Los Angeles California; died June 24, 1971) was a professional African Americans or Black Americans are citizens or residents of the United States who have origins in any of the black populations of Africa The National Football League ( NFL) is the largest professional American football league. The St Louis Rams are a professional American football team based in St UCLA teammate Jackie Robinson would go on to break the color barrier in Major League baseball (in fact, all three had played in the professional Pacific Coast Professional Football League earlier in the decade). Origin of league History of professional football in California before 1937 Prior to 1936 the history of professional football in California was not a hopeful one In 1948 and 1949, he played for the Calgary Stampeders of the Canadian Football League. The Calgary Stampeders are a Canadian Football League team based in Calgary Alberta. The West Division is one of the two regional divisions of the Canadian Football League. He also spent a few years in professional wrestling, wrestling the likes of Gorgeous George. Professional wrestling, or pro wrestling, is a non-competitive professional Sport, where all matches are scripted by the promotion's booking staff George Raymond Wagner, or Gorgeous George ( March 24, 1915 - December 26, 1963) was an American Professional

Acting career

As an actor, he was noted for film roles that contrasted with the stereotypes of the time. He was 6' 4" (1. 93 m) tall. He is probably best remembered for his brief Golden Globe-nominated role in Spartacus (1960), in which he fights Kirk Douglas to the death. Kirk Douglas (born Issur Danielovitch; December 9,

Strode made his screen debut in 1941 in Sundown, but became more active in the 1950s, in roles of increasing depth. Year 1941 ( MCMXLI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (the link will display 1941 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. He played dual roles in The Ten Commandments (1956) as an Ethiopian king as well as a slave, and in 1959 portrayed the cowardly Private Franklin in Pork Chop Hill. The Ten Commandments is a 1956 motion picture that Dramatized the Biblical story of Moses, an adopted Egyptian NOTE This intro is the result of careful NPOV work Please do not make potentially controversial edits to it without first discussing on the talk page For the Korean War battles see Battle of Pork Chop Hill. Pork Chop Hill ( 1959) directed by

He became a close friend of director John Ford, who gave him the title role in Sergeant Rutledge (1960) as a member of the Ninth Cavalry falsely accused of rape and murder; he would later appear in smaller roles in Ford's later films Two Rode Together (1961) and The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962). Sergeant Rutledge is a 1960 film directed by John Ford, with Woody Strode in the title role Two Rode Together ( 1961) is a Western film directed by John Ford, and starring James Stewart, Richard Widmark, The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance is a classic Western movie made in 1962, directed by John Ford and starring James Stewart, Strode was one of the last friends of legendary director John Ford. He came to visit Ford while the director was feuding with the Hollywood film studios. A studio head called as the two were talking and Ford said "Tell him I'm busy, sitting here with my good friend Woody Strode. "

Strode played memorable villains opposite three screen Tarzan's. Tarzan is a Fictional character, an archetypal Feral child raised in the African jungle by Apes who later returns to civilization only to In 1958, he appeared as Ramo opposite Gordon Scott in Tarzan's Fight For Life. Year 1958 ( MCMLVIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Gordon Scott ( August 3, 1926 - April 30, 2007) was an American actor known for his portrayal of Tarzan in five films (and one compilation In 1963, he was cast opposite Jock Mahoney's Tarzan as both the dying leader of an unnamed Asian country and that leader's unsavory brother, Khan, in Tarzan's Three Challenges. Year 1963 ( MCMLXIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. WikipediaPersondata --> Jock Mahoney ( February 7, 1919 — December 14, 1989) was an American Tarzan's Three Challenges (1963 is a followup to 1962's Tarzan Goes to India. In the late 1960s, he appeared in several episodes of the Ron Ely Tarzan television series. Ronald Pierce "Ron" Ely (born June 2, 1938) is the stage name of the American actor and novelist born in Hereford Texas. Tarzan aired on NBC from 1966 – 1968. The series portrayed Tarzan (played by Ron Ely) as a well-educated character

Strode played a heroic sailor on a sinking ship in the 1960 film The Last Voyage. Year 1960 ( MCMLX) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The Last Voyage is a 1960 American action - adventure Melodrama Film. In 1966 he landed a major starring role in The Professionals, a major box-office success which (almost) established him as a major star. The Professionals is a 1966 Western movie directed by Richard Brooks. Another notable part was as a gunslinger in the opening sequence of Sergio Leone's Once Upon a Time in the West (1968); after this, he would appear in several other spaghetti Westerns of lesser quality. Sergio Leone ( January 3, 1929 &ndash April 30, 1989) was an Italian Film director. Once Upon a Time in the West ( Italian title C'Era una Volta il West) is a 1968 epic Spaghetti Western Spaghetti Western, also known in some countries in mainland Europe as the Italo-Western, is a nickname for a broad sub-genre of Western His starring role as a thinly disguised Patrice Lumumba in Seduto alla sua destra (released in the U. Patrice Émery Lumumba ( 2 July, 1925 – 17 January, 1961) was an African anti-colonial leader and the first legally elected Prime S. as Black Jesus) garnered Strode a great deal of press at the time, but the film is largely forgotten now, despite his impressive performance. He remained a visible character actor throughout the '70s and '80s, and has become widely regarded (along with Sidney Poitier and Brock Peters) as one of the most important black film actors of his time. A character actor is an Actor who predominantly plays a particular type of role rather than leading ones Sir Sidney Poitier, KBE (ˈpwɑːtie born February 20, 1927) is an Oscar - Golden Globe - BAFTA - and Grammy Brock Peters ( July 2, 1927 – August 23, 2005) was an American Actor, best known for the role in the 1962 film To Kill His last film was The Quick and the Dead (1995). The Quick and the Dead is an English phrase and popular title for novels films and other popular culture entities

Personal life

Strode was the son of a Creek-Blackfoot-black father and a black-Cherokee mother. The Blackfoot Confederacy or Niitsítapi (meaning "original people" c The term black people usually refers to a racial group of Humans with dark Skin color, but the term has also been used to categorise a number of diverse The term black people usually refers to a racial group of Humans with dark Skin color, but the term has also been used to categorise a number of diverse The Cherokee (ᎠᏂᏴᏫᏯ a-ni-yv-wi-ya, in the Cherokee language) are a people native to North America, who at the time of European contact [4] His first wife was Princess Luukialuana "Luana" Kalaeloa, a descendant of Liliuokalani, the last queen of Hawaii. Liliuokalani ( September 2, 1838 – November 11, 1917) born Lydia Liliu Loloku Walania Wewehi Kamakaeha, was the last The State of Hawaii ( or həˈwaɪʔiː Hawaiian: Mokuāina o Hawaii) is a state in the United States located on an Archipelago in the [5] Strode was a dedicated martial artist under the direction of Frank Landers in the art of SeishinDo Kenpo. SeishinDo Kenpo is an American Martial art system of self defence [6]

Death

Strode died of lung cancer on December 31, 1994, in Glendora, California. Lung cancer is a Disease of uncontrolled Cell growth in tissues of the Lung. Glendora is a municipality in Los Angeles County, California, United States. He is buried at Riverside National Cemetery in Riverside, Calif. At, Riverside National Cemetery in Riverside California is the third-largest cemetery managed by the National Cemetery Administration, and since 2000 has been the

Pop culture references

Filmography

Author

References

  1. ^ Stowitts, Hubert Julian. American champions; fifty portraits of American athletes by Stowitts, Tiergartenstrasse 21a, Berlin, 9. -15. September 1936, unter dem Protektorat des Amerikanischen Botschafters und Mitwirkung der Vereinigung Carl Schurz, anlässlich der XI. Olympiade, special sport exhibition. Stowitts, 1936
  2. ^ B. J. VIOLETT - TEAMMATES RECALL JACKIE ROBINSON’S LEGACY. UCLA Today magazine, 1997
  3. ^ Encyclopeǣia Brittanica article on Kenny Washington
  4. ^ Woody Strode, Goal Dust, Madison Books, 1990, ISBN 0-8191-7680-X, pp. 1-3)
  5. ^ Woody Strode, Goal Dust, Madison Books, 1990, ISBN 0-8191-7680-X, p. 78
  6. ^ Fighting Stars Magazine - July 1978

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Persondata
NAME Strode, Woody
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Strode, Woodrow Wilson Woolwine (birth name)
SHORT DESCRIPTION American football player and actor
DATE OF BIRTH July 28, 1914
PLACE OF BIRTH Los Angeles, California
DATE OF DEATH December 31, 1994
PLACE OF DEATH Glendora, California
Events 1540 - Thomas Cromwell is executed at the order of Henry VIII of England on charges of Treason. Year 1914 ( MCMXIV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Los Angeles (lɑˈsændʒələs los ˈaŋxeles in Spanish) is the largest City in the state of California and the American West Events 406 – Vandals, Alans and Suebians cross the Rhine, beginning an invasion of Gallia. Year 1994 ( MCMXCIV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1994 Gregorian calendar) Glendora is a municipality in Los Angeles County, California, United States.
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