(One stylistic touch: In this film, he habitually calls Stoddard "Pilgrim," which expresses an insight into the lawyer's character.). Ford discovered Wayne, then Marion Morrison, when the latter was a University of Southern California student with a summer job on a studio lot. The Cleveland Browns brought aboard Marion Motley and Bill Willis that same year. My dream is to play a Mexican bandit in the international market."[20]. "They are not household names like Jackie Robinson. Valance and his two sidekicks hold up a stagecoach on the way to town, and when one of the passengers, Ransom, stands up to him Liberty nearly whips him to death. 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. Thankfully, the show never subjected Woody - or viewers - to that possibility. Publicity Listings "I have the world market on my side even if I don't have the American market.". It asks the question: Does a man need to carry a gun in order to disagree or state an opinion? "I'll continue to work in Europe because I'm a star there," Strode said in 1982, per TCM. This is fascism against democracy: the tyranny of the strongman over the ordinary people. (1969) and supported Terence Hill and Bud Spencer in Boot Hill (1969) shot in Italy. The others were Bill Willis and. After the war, he worked at serving subpoenas and escorting prisoners for the L.A. County District Attorney's Office. Producers approached him in 1950 to portray a Maasai warrior in a "Bomba, the Jungle Boy" adventure flick. Bob Rea
. Has appeared in four films that have been selected for the National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically or aesthetically" significant: The character Woody from the "Toy Story" films is named after Strode, who had appeared in a number of classic Western films. [10] Strode and Kenny Washington were two of the first African-Americans to play in major college programs and later the modern National Football League (along with Marion Motley and Bill Willis, who signed with the contemporary rival All-America Football Conference), playing for the Los Angeles Rams in 1946. The newspaper editor prints the truth about Valance, and for his pains has his office trashed and is whipped nearly dead. Hell, we thought we were white. Strodes riveting presence among a trio of hired gunslingers waiting at the train station in the spaghetti western, Once Upon a Time in the West (1968), is unforgettable. "It took skill to do that fight scene without actually hurting myself or hurting Douglas.". And it should be mentioned that Rutledge was also the first time in which a black man was seen as a cowboy, or an Army soldier, and not as a slave, a cook or a Pullman porter in aHollywood feature western. Strode and teammate Kenny Washington were among the best-known college football players in the nation. Inducted into the UCLA Athletic Hall of Fame in 1992. Someone's Got A Woody" Episode 804 -- Pictured: Kurt Fuller as Woody Strode, Peter Stormare as Cyrus Polk -- Ernest Borgnine with actor Woody Strode pose for the movie "The Revengers" in 1972. Woody Strode was 6-3 (190 cm) tall. I've done everything but play an Anglo-Saxon. | Cattlemen do not. Cuenta con una puntuacin bastante buena en IMDb: 7.8 estrellas de 10. As for Sergeant Rutledge, it was at one time, a few years ago, available on DVD on Warner Home Video; but it has been out circulation for years, although you could buy an used copy of it for $35 or more on Amazon or Ebay if you wanted it. M, Last edited on 27 February 2023, at 14:07, Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor, Pacific Coast Professional Football League, National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum, "Woody Strode (19141994) Find A Grave Memorial", "Woody Strode? John Ford's "Apology" Western 'Sergeant Rutledge' Starring Woody Strode Returning to DVD. When World War II began, Strode was playing for the Hollywood Bears football team, but soon joined the Air Force and spent much of the war unloading bombs in Guam and the Marianas, as well as playing on the Army football team at March Field in Riverside. They were unable to find anyone to play the Ethiopian king so Strode was given that role too. The two became friends, and Ford later gave Wayne his breakthrough role in Stagecoach, the film that launched Wayne to Hollywood stardom. Forego a bottle of soda and donate its cost to us for the information you just learned, and feel good about helping to make it available to everyone. There are different takes over why, including that he thought it was a better medium. 1942: Star Spangled Rhythm. Meanwhile, Motley ran rampant as a Browns halfback and Willis was an All-Pro defensive tackle, which landed them Hall of Fame nods as players. Woody Strode was a Black Indian (his grandmother was Black Cherokee and his grandfather was Black Muscogee) and an outstanding athlete. He and Kenny Washington integrated the National Football League (NFL), and Strode played for the Los Angeles Rams in 1946 before moving to the Canadian Football League in 1948. No sentimentality or hopeful message. 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." Strode racked up 91 acting credits in six different decades, according to IMDb. It takes place in the town of Shinbone, in an unnamed territory that is moving toward a vote on statehood. [33], Colo. It's been 15 years since Woody Strode's prime time in Hollywood ]: [4] "But the producers answered, 'Not necessary. If someone said, 'there's a Negro over there,' I was just as apt as anyone to turn around and say 'Where? His more modest and more successful western, also made for Warners, and released four years earlier, in 1960, Sergeant Rutledge is remarkable and pretty advanced for its period. Cecil B. DeMille cast him in The Ten Commandments (1956) as a slave at $500 a week for five weeks. Is Woody Strode in the Hall of Fame? 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 had a small role in Star Spangled Rhythm (1942), as a chauffeur of Rochester (Edward Anderson) and could be glimpsed in No Time for Love (1943). When out on the road with the team, Strode had his first experience with racism, something he wasn't aware of growing up in Los Angeles. Ford had to accept those terms or not make the film.. In a film with Lee Marvin's snarl, Andy Devine's squeaky voice and the accent of the Swedes, John Wayne as usual provides the calm center, never trying for an effect. The picture was about, oh, more than halfway finished. His world-class decathlon capabilities were spearheaded by a 50ft (15m) plus shot put (when the world record was 57ft (17m)) and a 6ft 5in (1.96m) high jump (the world record at time was 6ft 10in (2.08m)). Strode, Kenny Washington and Jackie Robinson in 1939 comprised one of the nations most potent backfields and, along with Ray Bartlett, there were four African Americans playing for one team when only a few dozen Blacks competed nationally. "Visually, he is a tower of strength and also a tower of endurance," film historian Donald Bogle said about Strode in a Turner Classic Movies segment a couple of years ago. Strode's Associated Press obituary praised his work in Westerns and period dramas, but didn't mention the trail he blazed on the gridiron. I'd do that if I could. As the film opens, U. S. Senator Ransom Stoddard (James Stewart) arrives in Shinbone by the new railroad with his wife Hallie (Vera Miles) to attend the funeral of a man named Tom Doniphon (John Wayne). But Stewart, an Oscar winner known for such timeless hits as The Philadelphia Story, Vertigo and Mr. Not until 1946 did the two suit up for the . Then he asked Stewart to come over. The result was a few films in which he seemed to be, in a way, making an apology for the wrongs he committed in terms ofhis distorted portrayals of people of color in his previous films. Two Rode Together is a 1961 American Western film directed by John Ford and starring James Stewart, Richard Widmark, and Shirley Jones. "Race is not a factor in the world market," he said in 1981. Strode made a successful transition from sports hero to the movie screen, though Hollywood seemed more predisposed to his magnificent physique and gallant stride than his acting ability. Then, when the steeds had halted, he tried to pick a punch up with his younger co-star. Woody Strode played 10 games over his career. He served in the United States Army during World War II. Red Haircrow, Other Works [2], He attended Thomas Jefferson High School in South East Los Angeles and college at UCLA, where he was a member of Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity. "It had dignity. At UCLA he was a track star, a football phenomenon and a performer on the Royce stage. At the time Ford yelled: Dont hit him Woody! He broke this barrier with his teammate Kenny Washington and Cleveland Browns players Bill Willis and Marion Motley. He wrestled professionally before rapt audiences. '"[12] He also said, "On the Pacific Coast there wasn't anything we couldn't do. Ford passed away in 1974. All three spend much of their time hanging out in the restaurant kitchen. ", 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.". Woodrow Wilson Woolwine Strode (July 25, 1914 December 31, 1994) was an American athlete and actor. What a cast! 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. His name was the only one of the four "professionals" that was left off of the movie poster; nevertheless, the film was a major box-office success that established him as a recognizable star. Not surprisingly, the film is considered one of Fords most overlooked and underrated films, and given the subject matter as well as the era in which it was made and released, it was not a box office success either. He shared a story from the set of The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance, Fords 1962 film about an attorney (Stewart) who, robbed and left for dead by a notorious outlaw, is saved by a rancher (Wayne) and has to start over from scratch. We need him!, In the end, Wayne told Strode: We gotta work together. Strode also played the powerful gladiator who does battle with Kirk Douglas in Spartacus (1960). There was nothing nice about it., It is believed that Strode made his film debut as early as 1939 as an unbilled extra in John Fords Stagecoach, but most work at the time saw him in blackface in jungle films. But they should be.". He was also in Key West (1973), Loaded Guns (1975), The Manhunter (1975), We Are No Angels (1975), Winterhawk (1975), Keoma (1976), episodes of The Quest (1976) and How the West Was Won (1977), Oil (1977), Martinelli, Outside Man (1977), Kingdom of the Spiders (1977), Cowboy-San! After his football career, he went on to . Strode was born in Los Angeles on July 25, 1914, the son . In fact Ford started out his film career as a actor and stuntman in silent films, including D.W. Griffiths notorious The Birth of Nation as one of the Klansmen who comes to the rescue to save the lives of white people under threat by violent renegade black men. Woody Strode has not been elected into the Hall of Fame. As a showdown between Stoddard and Valance Ford begins to seem inevitable, Ford creates considerable tension. The 5/6/70 issue of "Variety", in the Italian Films Shooting column, lists the movie "Violence" filming in Morocco, director. I wanted to crawl into a mouse hole, Stewart recalled. Who Is Woody Strode's Wife? Strode is perhaps best remembered as the stoic slave gladiator in Spartacus (1960) who tells Kirk Douglas: I dont want to be your friend. Ford gave Strode the title role in Sergeant Rutledge (1960) as a member of the Ninth Cavalry, who is greatly admired by the other black soldiers in the unit and is falsely accused of the rape and murder of a white woman. When Strode tried to help him, Duke knocked his co-star away. . Nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor for his. 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Strode was a college track and football star at UCLA, one of the first Blacks to integrate the NFL, a professional wrestler, a Golden Globe nominated actor, and a WWII veteran. [6] They became famous nationally as "the Gold Dust gang". Woody Strode weighed 205 lbs (92 kg) when playing. [16], In 1952, Strode wrestled almost every week from August 12, 1952, to December 10, 1952, in different cities in California. But hes eventually taken in by his own men to face trial. " [20], Strode was in Che! John Ford put classic words in my mouth.". Woody played for the Los Angeles Rams after their move from Cleveland. He is killed and his death sparks a gladiator rebellion. Strode last appeared on screen posthumously in 1995. There is a purity to the John Ford style. 1943: No Time for Love. Files are available under licenses specified on their description page. Woodrow Wilson Woolwine Strode (July 25, 1914 - December 31, 1994) was an American athlete and actor. Strodes best known role was the gladiator Draba in Stanley Kubricks Sparticus (1960). Strode appeared in at least 90 films, from Sunrise in 1941 to his last, The Quick and the Dead, released in 1995. Born July 28, 1914, in Los Angeles, California, Woody Strode (Woodrow Wilson Woolwine Strode) was first of the star football athletes to become a successful film actor. Being married with two children, he needed steady work. Woody Strode was born in 1914 in Los Angeles. In 1980, Strode was inducted into the Black Filmmakers Hall of Fame. An old black cowboy named Pompey (Woody Strode) takes Hallie on a buckboard ride into the countryside where they regard the burned-out remains of Doniphon's cottage. (1979), and an episode of Buck Rogers in the 25th Century (1979). Born in Los Angeles in 1914, Woodrow Wilson Woolwine Strode died at age 80 on New Year's Eve 1994. In the trailer below, Strode is given third billing, though hes the lead. According to Woody, he's even less in control of himself, and all of his faculties, when tickling is involved. Supplied by UCLA, Corbis Historical / Sunset Boulevard / Getty Images. And Duke came up to me one day and said, Hows it come that youve gone through this whole thing and youve never been at the bottom of the list? Donald Bogle, Toms, Coons, Mulattoes, Mammies & Bucks (New York: Continuum, 1992); Internet Movie Data Base (IMDB) title search by key word; Woody Strode,; The Timeout Film Guide, edited by Tom Milne, Penguin Books, 3rd Edition, 1992. In a later tribute to Strode, the 'Sheriff Woody' character in the Toy Story movies was named after him. The pioneering Black character actor relocated from the United States to Europe for a while to pursue bigger and more interesting roles. ", - IMDb Mini Biography By: In 1946, Woody Strode was one of the first four Black men to play in the NFL. Kenny Washington passed away on June 24, 1971 in Los Angeles due to heart and lung issues. Without ever seeming to hurry, he doesn't include a single gratuitous shot. He served in the United States Army Air Corps during World War II and later went on to have a successful career as an actor. You can unsubscribe at any time. Woodrow Wilson Woolwine Strode (July 25, 1914 - December 31, 1994) was an American athlete and actor. He also did professional wrestling and reportedly tussled with the renowned Gorgeous George. (1978), Ravagers (1979), Jaguar Lives! More tributes followed. Official Sites, Impeccable musculature and towering height, Often played quiet, dignified men of action, Was one of the first four blacks who integrated professional football in 1946. The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance, How Green Was My Valley among his some 140 films he directed in his career. In Liberty Valance, a picture I did with Duke, Stewart recounted. How many games did Woody Strode play? United States. 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. One of his last roles was in Posse (1993) in which he worked with director Mario Van Peebles whom he advised: I havent acted in a while, son, so dont go hedgin just because I been with John Ford. Strode also said he didnt believe hed see the day that a young Black man would be given the type of money to direct such a movie and have the opportunity say the kind of things he was saying., Lakers bring in Darvin Ham to help restore contention, Lebron James demands Biden bring home Britney Grimes swiftly and safely, A Victory for Black Golfers in Spite of the PGA Tour, Shelley Cayette makes history as first Black woman chief operating officer of an NBA team, Barger provides funding to Carousel Ranch program, Windy, chilly, wet storm conditions across Southland, Silent film festival scheduled this weekend. Once dubbed "the Jackie Robinson of cinema" by Jet Magazine, Strode shared a backfield with Robinson and Washington in 1939. I make westerns.. Race is not a factor in the world market," Strode said. Draba wins the contest, but instead of killing Spartacus, he attacks the Roman military commander who paid for the fight. "The big studios wanted an actor like Sidney [Poitier] or [Harry] Belafonte," recalled Strode. It was "one of the first mainstream Hollywood films to address racism frankly," the Hollywood Reporter's Seth Abramovitch wrote last year. Stagecoach (1939 trailer screenshots) (11 F) Media in category "Stagecoach (1939 film)" The following 4 files are in this category, out of 4 total. I said, All right, where are the pluckers?" Then Strode realised, I was out in the world market with a bald head. 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. Pompey/Strode physically carries and thereby saves a drunken, suicidal John Wayne from his burning home. Sheriff Woody, the beloved "Toy Story" protagonist, was said to be named after Strode. [11] UCLA teammate Jackie Robinson would go on to break the color barrier in Major League Baseball (in fact, Robinson, Strode, and Washington had all played in the semi-professional Pacific Coast Professional Football League earlier in the decade). We both gotta be professionals. "It was like I had fought Joe Louis," he recalled. "He is one of the most charismatic actors to work in American motion pictures. The way Ford employs the African-American Pompey is observant. Shinbone is the only Western town I've seen in a movie with no prostitutes. But with his ill health and advancing age, the project was dropped. All Rights Reserved. Farmers want statehood. "These four men created a foundation on which generations built," Lonnie Bunch, the founding director of the National Museum of African American History and Culture, once said. 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. "It had dignity. UsefulNotes/Notable Actors from Hollywood's Golden Age. In the 1940s, at the beginning of the "Golden Age" of professional wrestling on television, Strode entered the game, campaigning as a "Baby Face" (hero) as opposed to the "Heel" (villain). He appeared once on Johnny Weissmuller's 19551956 syndicated television series Jungle Jim and was in an episode of Private Secretary. On top of this, Reese actor Lee Van Clef who went on to star in Clint Eastwood Spaghetti Westerns said that Ford resented the meddling and so would take out his annoyance on Wayne, whose casting as Doniphon was demanded by the studio. 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