Woodrow Wilson Woolwine Strode (July 25, 1914 December 31, 1994) was an American athlete and actor. I don't know if they ever will be. . And according to the actor, Ford froze, then walked away. Even the final scene has an unexpected dramatic impact when, after Rutledge has been cleared of the crime, barely thanks his defense lawyer and goes straight back to leading his Buffalo Soldiers out for another tour of duty. Strode brought the best out of his castmates while stealing scenes, sometimes before he spoke a line. In the late 1960s, he appeared in several episodes of the Ron Ely Tarzan television series. Sam Raimi's Western "The Quick and The Dead," starring Sharon Stone, Gene Hackman, Russell Crowe, and Leonardo DiCaprio, is dedicated to him. An athlete turned actor, Strode was a top-notch decathlete and a football star at UCLA. Played for the Calgary Stampeders in the Canadian Football League from 1948-49 before moving back to the US and beginning his film career. He was also a professional wrestler, wrestling the likes of Gorgeous George. ", Also online in my Great Movies Collection: John Ford's "The Grapes of Wrath," "Stagecoach," "The Searchers," "Rio Bravo" and "My Darling Clementine," and John Wayne in Howard Hawk's "Red River.". - IMDb Mini Biography By: Bob Rea <bobnray@concentric.net> [30], Strode was a dedicated martial artist under the direction of Frank Landers in the art of Seishindo Kenpo. It's not saying too much to note that Ransom Stoddard is elected to the U. S. Senate because he is "The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance." Stewart said that he didnt like it. Supplied by UCLA, Corbis Historical / Sunset Boulevard / Getty Images. When World War II broke out, Strode was playing for the Hollywood Bears in the Pacific Coast Professional Football League. 1941:Sundown. Opponents from the Deep South resented having to share the field with Black men, the producer of a documentary film about the Forgotten Four, Ross Greenburg, told the UCLA newsroom in 2014. And Ford, who was usually straightforward when it came to the visual aspects of his films, shows some real visual and dramatic creativity. "I've never gotten over 'Sergeant Rutledge,'" Strode told The New York Times years later. He explains: "The Western is intrinsically the most political movie genre, because, like Plato's 'Republic,' it is concerned with the founding of cities, and because it depicts the various abstract functions of government as direct, physical actions." Nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor for his. Get the latest trending sports news daily in your inbox, UCLA hires D'Anton Lynn as defensive coordinator, Harbaugh: Michigan good place to be despite challenges, Georgia's Dumas-Johnson charged with reckless driving. As James Stewart explained it, Woody Strode, the actor who was playing Waynes characters best friend, was part of the scene. [20], He based himself in Europe from 1968 to 1971.[7]. German director Leni Riefenstahl called Strode the greatest physique of any athlete I have ever seen.. He was both successful and a popular draw, but he gave up wrestling due to his popularity in motion pictures. However, by the early 1960s, when Ford was in his late 60s and nearing the end of his long career, the director seemed to have mellowed with age, discovering and exploring a more humanist side to himself. Woody Strode was born on the 25th of July, 2014. 1943: No Time for Love. Woodrow Wilson Strode, known as Woody, was a big man on campus. Woody Strode was born in California. Strode was a gladiator in Demetrius and the Gladiators (1954) and was in Jungle Man-Eaters (1954), a Jungle Jim film. He is Tom's farmhand and seems to be his only confidant, a protective presence; he always has Tom's back. Never billed as a leading man in Hollywood, Strode moved to Rome in the late '60s to pick up prominent and lucrative roles in Spaghetti Westerns. He is a member of famous Actor with the age 80 years old group. Strode appeared in at least 90 films, from Sunrise in 1941 to his last, The Quick and the Dead, released in 1995. The character was named after Woody Strode, the legendary Spartacus actor who starred in numerous Westerns throughout the 1960s and 1970s. In comparison, Ford had made combat documentaries for the Office of Strategic Services and had been wounded at the Battle of Midway, while Ranse star Stewart had been a bomber pilot who served with distinction. "It took skill to do that fight scene without actually hurting myself or hurting Douglas.". Liberty Valance cannot abide anyone standing up to him, and the shingle is an affront. Because, in his very long career as a film director, starting in the silent era in 1917, until Seven Women (his final film in 1965), he made more than his fair share of classics which still stand the test of time, like The Informer, The Grapes of Wrath, The Quiet Man. Dnde ver La diligencia? In a long flashback involving most of the film, Ford recalls the events leading up to that day. I couldn't do it. But Strode (who started his career in the early 1940s after a legendary athletic record at UCLA as a decathlete and a football star, and who died in 1994) is perfectly cast in the lead role as Rutledge and gives a powerful performance in one of the very few lead roles he ever played, among the 90+ films he appeared in, playing mostly supporting roles, sometimes even uncredited, during the early years of his film career. It may not be the greatest film that Ford ever made, but it sure is one of his interesting and powerful films and definitely worth discovering. He enabled the Stamps to score twice in the title game. They were unable to find anyone to play the Ethiopian king so Strode was given that role too. An offensive end, Strode caught four passes for 37 yards and bowed out of the NFL after 10 games. I might have to kill you. He appeared in any number of other films, among them The Ten Commandments (1956). DON'T MISSJohn Wayne: The Searchers set revelation that saw John Ford speechless[THE SEARCHERS]How the West Was Won: Idiot drunk producer, near-death and more[HOW THE WEST WAS WON]John Wayne: Why Elvis turned down Dukes offer to co-star in Western[ELVIS]. Canton called this summer, feting Strode and the rest of the Forgotten Four at Johnson and Glauber's urging. Strode made his first appearance in Sundown (1941) playing a native policeman. Of these "Liberty Valance" was the most pensive and thoughtful. A handful of Black players suited up in the NFL in the league's earliest seasons, but franchise owners at the behest of George Preston Marshall, the segregationist founder of the Washington team, conspired to exclude them from 1934 to 1946. Director John Ford Writers James Warner Bellah (novel) Willis Goldbeck Stars Jeffrey Hunter Woody Strode Constance Towers See production, box office & company info Watch on Prime Video " [20], Strode was in Che! Subscribe to our newsletter for new stories, tips & events. Country. "[20], During Ford's declining years Strode spent four months sleeping on the director's floor as his caregiver, and he was later present at Ford's death.[22]. ", Strode blamed Ford for almost all the tension on The Man From Liberty Valances set. What is it whats the idea? And I said, I dont know!, And I didnt know, Stewart added. 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Four years Strode's junior, Washington scampered for a 92-yard touchdown in 1947 and spent three seasons with the Rams before retiring. But then, towards the end of filming, the director asked the Ranse star what he made of Strodes costume for the beginning and the end of the film when their characters were portrayed as 25 years older. That same year, Strode played the eponymous soldier in "Sergeant Rutledge" - director John Ford's Technicolor Western - who is falsely accused of murder and rape. He was drafted at age 27 and soon joined the United States Army Air Corps and spent the war unloading bombs in Guam and the Marianas, as well as playing on the Army football team at March Field in Riverside, California.[10]. Being married with two children, he needed steady work. The corpse is being held in a plain pine box, and when he views it Stoddard is angered to see the boots have been stolen. Acting wasnt his first passion, however, as football at Jefferson High School and UCLA brought him initial fame. Beginning with "Stagecoach" (1939), continuing from 1948 through 1950 with the Cavalry Trilogy ("Fort Apache," "She Wore a Yellow Ribbon" and "Rio Grande"), and finally to 1962 and "The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance," together in 10 features they largely formed the templates of the Hollywood Western. Ford's view of women is interesting. But Ford also effectively takes advantage of the physical, broad-shouldered, overpowering presence of Strode, shooting him often from a low angle to let him dominate the frame and the audience. Draba wins the contest, but instead of killing Spartacus, he attacks the Roman military commander who paid for the fight. "I have the world market on my side even if I don't have the American market.". Cuenta con una puntuacin bastante buena en IMDb: 7.8 estrellas de 10. But Rutledge faces it heroically and is not passive either, even breaking ranks and official orders to try to track down the evidence and the real killer who will clear him. Strode was a prolific performer, starring in his first . In movies and life, Strode's range was remarkable. Tom Doniphon tells him that without a gun in his hand and the experience to use it, he will sooner or later certainly be killed by Valance. Then he asked Stewart to come over. How much did Woody Strode weigh when playing? He served in the United States Army during World War II. [7], Along with Ray Bartlett, there were four Black Americans playing for the Bruins, when only a few dozen at all played on other college football teams. Often typecast as a physical specimen, commentators tended to dwell on Strode's athleticism and chiseled figure, ignoring his acting prowess, the film scholar Frank Manchel once wrote in the Journal of Black Studies. His parents were from New Orleans; his grandmother was African-American and "part Cherokee" and his grandfather was an African-American who claimed his own grandmother was Creek. Ford passed away in 1974. His wife is Tina Ellawee (10 May 1982 - 31 December 1994) ( his death), Luana Strode (14 October 1940 - 17 September 1980) ( her death) ( 2 children) After the war, he worked at serving subpoenas and escorting prisoners for the L.A. County District Attorney's Office. As they were preparing to shoot, Ford came up to Stewart and asked, "What do you think of Woody's costume?" Stewart said that he didn't like it. And so the studio actually tried to trick audiences into thinking that the film was about the white characters. Thankfully, the show never subjected Woody - or viewers - to that possibility. But hes eventually taken in by his own men to face trial. He wrestled professionally before rapt audiences. In 1975, he won the Pulitzer Prize for distinguished criticism. Additionally, the director kept mocking Wayne for not enlisting in World War II, which made the star feel guilty in his later years. After that I said thats all I needed. The film made Strode a major star in European cinema, increasing his salary to a minimum $150,000 per movie. Decathlete who also played football professionally in the CFL, and enjoyed a successful acting career. He was usually unbilled in films like Sundown (1941), Star-Spangled Rhythm (1942) and No Time for Love (1943). Ford used him again in Two Rode Together (1962) but it was only a small part, as an Indian. But Ford had a cruel streak, PBS reports, and it emerged on the set of his movies. Strode had an excellent support part in The Last Voyage (1960) playing a heroic stoker, though he was only billed fifth. I'd do that if I could. "And this is not being facetious, but Mr. Ford defended me; and I don't know that this is going on. He guest starred on The Man from Blackhawk (1960). Strode and Washington, an All-American in 1939, linked up the following year with the Hollywood Bears of the minor Pacific Coast Professional Football League. He was a decathlete and football star who was one of the first African American players in the National Football League in the postwar era. Strode also served in the United States Army Air Corps during World War II. This page was last edited on 28 July 2021, at 02:45. The scripts for these were variable but Strode later said "Me, I didn't care. He is killed and his death sparks a gladiator rebellion. Strode was very close to the director. Not until 1946 did the two suit up for the . But I must say I got a little smug about it. He was a decathlete and football star who was one of the first Black American players in the National Football League in the postwar era. 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