Actors Of Colour Flashcards
1
Q
Woodrow Wilson Woolwine Strode (July 25, 1914 – December 31, 1994) was an American athlete and actor.
Aka Woody Strode.
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.
After football, he went on to become a film actor, where he was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role in **** in 1960.
Strode also served in the United States Army Air Corps during World War II.
A
Spartacus
2
Q
Strode was born in Los Angeles.
His parents were from New Orleans; his grandmother was African-American and “part ****” and his grandfather was an African-American who claimed his own grandmother was Creek
A
Cherokee
