"He treated me like a son," said Strode. Stoddard has come to town with a satchel full of law books, and hangs out his shingle at the newspaper office. The screenplay by James Warner Bellah and Willis Goldbeck contains one of the best-known lines of dialogue in any Ford movie, spoken to Stoddard years later by the town's new newspaper editor: "This is the West, sir. And according to the actor, Ford froze, then walked away. They were married until her death in 1980 from Parkinson's disease. BlackPast.org is a 501(c)(3) non-profit and our EIN is 26-1625373. Valuing his toughness, Ford cast Strode as Rutledge over future Oscar winners Sidney Poitier and Harry Belafonte. [20], He based himself in Europe from 1968 to 1971.[7]. 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. I'm glad you made it.. 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. Strode also served in the United States Army Air Corps during World War II. 1943: No Time for Love. More tributes followed. Do you find this information helpful? The two became friends, and Ford later gave Wayne his breakthrough role in Stagecoach, the film that launched Wayne to Hollywood stardom. Besides, there is a complication. I said, All right, where are the pluckers?" Then Strode realised, I was out in the world market with a bald head. Valance gives him a choice: Leave town, or face him in a shootout on Main Street. Strode also had a brief career as a professional gridiron football player and was among the first African . 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." We also meet Link Appleyard (Andy Devine), the drunken town marshal; Doc Willoughby (Ken Murray), the drunken town doctor, and Dutton Peabody (Edmond O'Brien), the editor of the paper. Ford's view of women is interesting. Keeping to one side, Tom Doniphon observes everything but is slow to act; his strength is silently coiled. I wanted to crawl into a mouse hole, Stewart recalled. In the twilight of his film career, Woody Strode reflected on the opportunities he was denied and others he seized. We use your sign-up to provide content in ways you've consented to and to improve our understanding of you. He arranges his characters within the frame to reflect power dynamics--or sometimes to suggest a balance is changing. Your donation is fully tax-deductible. Race is not a factor in the world market," Strode said. "I've never gotten over 'Sergeant Rutledge,'" Strode told The New York Times years later. We need him!, In the end, Wayne told Strode: We gotta work together. He appeared once on Johnny Weissmuller's 19551956 syndicated television series Jungle Jim and was in an episode of Private Secretary. 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? Luana Strode), a distant relative of Liliuokalani, the last queen of Hawaii. There's a lot in the film if we care to notice. [17] He later teamed up with both Bobo Brazil[18] and Bearcat Wright. And I went on, and it went around the company: Stewart has never, hes always right up there., The day before the movie finished shooting, the cast was preparing to do the funeral scene. At UCLA he was a track star, a football phenomenon and a performer on the Royce stage. "They suffered on the field. 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. But no pro team would draft African Americans. In 1975, he won the Pulitzer Prize for distinguished criticism. In a long flashback involving most of the film, Ford recalls the events leading up to that day. Pompey actor Woody Strode remembered that Ford kept needling Duke about his failure to make it as afootballplayer, comparing him to Strode who was a former NFL player. We heard stories about Kenny Washington where he was just battered throughout the entire football game.". The tall, confident Woody Strode appeared in five Ford pictures, all the way from "Stagecoach" to Ford's final film, "7 Women" (1966). Is Woody Strode in the Hall of Fame? 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. Played for the Calgary Stampeders in the Canadian Football League from 1948-49 before moving back to the US and beginning his film career. Nationality: American. In director John Fords Sergeant Rutledge (1960), a western where he depicted a soldier on trial for two murders and the rape of a white woman, when Strode bared his chest to a white woman (actress Constance Towers), even the movie audiences gasped. As James Stewart explained it, Woody Strode, the actor who was playing Wayne's character's best friend, was part of the scene. But by 1946, Strode was 32 and the oldest member of the Rams as a rookie. "Never used it, but I could walk into the White House with it now. As we got out of the L.A. area we found these racial tensions. Woody Strode, byname of Woodrow Wilson Woolwine Strode, (born July 28, 1914, Los Angeles, California, U.S.died December 31, 1994, Glendora, California), American character actor who was part of director John Ford's "family" of actors, appearing in nearly a dozen of Ford's films. Farmers want statehood. He attended UCLA, where he played multiple sports and starred for the track and field team. 1952: African. [8] They played eventual conference and national champion USC to a scoreless tie with the 1940 Rose Bowl on the line. 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. In Liberty Valance, a picture I did with Duke, Stewart recounted. 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. View agent, publicist, legal and company contact details on IMDbPro, Movie Images: My Favorite Film Characters of All-Time! Perseverance. [21], He had a support role in Tarzan's Fight for Life (1958) and a small part in The Buccaneer (1958). "Stagecoach" and his cavalry trilogy, "Rio Grande" "She Wore A Yellow Ribbon" and "Fort Apache" - were as bloodthirsty savages. [30], Strode was a dedicated martial artist under the direction of Frank Landers in the art of Seishindo Kenpo. But Stewart, an Oscar winner known for such timeless hits as The Philadelphia Story, Vertigo and Mr. The Legend of Woody Strode. Stagecoach (1939 trailer screenshots) (11 F) Media in category "Stagecoach (1939 film)" The following 4 files are in this category, out of 4 total. He wrestled professionally before rapt audiences. ", - IMDb Mini Biography By: [25], His first wife was Princess Luukialuana Kalaeloa (a.k.a. Strode brought the best out of his castmates while stealing scenes, sometimes before he spoke a line. 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. [26][27][28] In 1982 at the age of 68, he wed 35-year-old Tina Tompson,[28] and they remained married until his death of lung cancer on December 31, 1994, in Glendora, California, aged 80. Filmography - 1939: Stagecoach. 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)). "It had dignity. "But the producers answered, 'Not necessary. The character was named after Woody Strode, the legendary Spartacus actor who starred in numerous Westerns throughout the 1960s and 1970s. Working in the restaurant is young Hallie. Strode takes it up from there: Bob Waterfield and some guys came looking for us because theyd made arrangements for us back at the hotel, he explained. 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). English. On top of that, in the early 1930's, Ford also made several films with long-lambasted black character . And I did it myself. Liberty Valance cannot abide anyone standing up to him, and the shingle is an affront. 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. The pioneering Black character actor relocated from the United States to Europe for a while to pursue bigger and more interesting roles. 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. Bert Glennon-John Ford in Stagecoach.jpg 806 620; 276 KB Monument Valley, Arizona, US - panoramio (4).jpg 5,184 3,456; 4.48 MB Stagecoach (1939 poster).jpg 1,970 2,937; 2.32 MB Producers approached him in 1950 to portray a Maasai warrior in a "Bomba, the Jungle Boy" adventure flick. Years ago Shinbone was held in a grip of terror by the sadistic Liberty Valance (played by Lee Marvin in a performance evoking savage cruelty). 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. Cecil B. DeMille cast him in The Ten Commandments (1956) as a slave at $500 a week for five weeks. He was also a professional wrestler, wrestling the likes of Gorgeous George. Shinbone is the only Western town I've seen in a movie with no prostitutes. It deals with a black U.S. Calvary sergeant of a regiment of black troops played by Woody Strode (who appeared in several later Ford films, including his last film Seven Woman playing a Chinese warlord) who is court-marshaled for raping and killing a white woman and her father as well. He is Tom's farmhand and seems to be his only confidant, a protective presence; he always has Tom's back. Waterfield laughs and says: You sons of bitches, youre living good., Strode by then was in his early 30s and his football days were numbered. In 1980, Strode was inducted into the Black Filmmakers Hall of Fame. Once dubbed "the Jackie Robinson of cinema" by Jet Magazine, Strode shared a backfield with Robinson and Washington in 1939. Inducted into the National Multicultural Western Heritage Museum and Hall of Fame in 2012-13. As played by Jimmy Stewart, Stoddard spends much of the film wearing an apron and washing dishes in the restaurant, sending a hardly ambiguous message about a man who doesn't wear a gun. Being married with two children, he needed steady work. - IMDb Mini Biography By: Bob Rea <bobnray@concentric.net> In a few characters and a gripping story, Ford dramatizes the debate about guns that still continues in many Western states. Woody Strode Height, Weight & Measurements At 80 years old, Woody Strode height is 6' 4" (1.93 m) . . We both gotta be professionals. Without ever seeming to hurry, he doesn't include a single gratuitous shot. Woody lived in a modest home overlooking Glendora and the San Gabriel Valley, north east of Los Angeles about 25 miles. Strode last appeared on screen posthumously in 1995. 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. 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. In the film, Strodes character recites the Declaration of Independence but apologizes for forgetting the phrase all men are created equal, a poignant line for the 1962 audience. Played college football and broke color barrier at the same time as Kenny Washington. Strode and teammate Kenny Washington were among the best-known college football players in the nation. And strangely enough, Duke Wayne who, over the years, you know, has made lots of pictures with Ford Duke Wayne has been at the bottom of the list, in the barrel, more than anybody else. He served in the U.S. Army Air Corps during World War II, unloading bombs in the Pacific. Strode was a gladiator in Demetrius and the Gladiators (1954) and was in Jungle Man-Eaters (1954), a Jungle Jim film. (1978), Ravagers (1979), Jaguar Lives! All three spend much of their time hanging out in the restaurant kitchen. Woody played for the Los Angeles Rams after their move from Cleveland. He was in a TV adaptation of Mandrake the Magician (1954), a pilot for a series that was not picked up, and had small parts in Son of Sinbad (1955), Soldiers of Fortune (1955), and Buruuba (1956) a Japanese film set in Africa. A small donation would help us keep this available to all. This story first appeared. 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. According to Woody, he's even less in control of himself, and all of his faculties, when tickling is involved. Indeed Hallie and Nora Ericson (Jeanette Nolan) are the only two noticeable women in town; little wonder Tom's love for Hallie is intense. Two Rode Together is a 1961 American Western film directed by John Ford and starring James Stewart, Richard Widmark, and Shirley Jones. I've done everything but play an Anglo-Saxon. [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. But the hotel we found was integratedand Count Basie was playing thereand we were fine. "I'll continue to work in Europe because I'm a star there," Strode said in 1982, per TCM. Woodrow Wilson Woolwine Strode (July 25, 1914 - December 31, 1994) was an American athlete and actor. Nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor for his. 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. by Merdies Hayes July 21, 2016 Woodrow Wilson "Woody" Strode (1914-1994) was one of the most prolific and reliable African American actors of a generation. (One stylistic touch: In this film, he habitually calls Stoddard "Pilgrim," which expresses an insight into the lawyer's character.). As an athlete, he helped integrate the NFL. He stayed in Europe to make another Western The Unholy Four (1970) and went back to Hollywood to do a TV movie Breakout (1970) and two Westerns The Deserter (also known as "The Devil's Backbone") (1971), and The Gatling Gun (1971). [3], "I got a cultural educationmajored in history and education," he said in a 1971 interview. - IMDb Mini Biography By: Woody Strode was born in California. 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. It's clear they loved him. In town, he's nursed back to health by Nora and Peter Ericson, two recent Swedish immigrants who run the local chowhouse. Country. Professional Football Player, Actor. He wasan outstanding athlete before his entry into movies. Born in Los Angeles in 1914, Woodrow Wilson Woolwine Strode died at age 80 on New Year's Eve 1994. "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. Strode had begun his association with Ford back in 1939, with an uncredited role in his classic western 'Stagecoach'. " [20], Strode was in Che! Pompey actor Woody Strode remembered that Ford "kept needling Duke about his failure to make it as a football player", comparing him to Strode who was a former NFL player. Woody Strode was born in 1914 in Los Angeles. Trapped for life. Additionally, the director kept mocking Wayne for not enlisting in World War II, which made the star feel guilty in his later years. 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]. Strode also played the powerful gladiator who does battle with Kirk Douglas in Spartacus (1960). Also, he appeared in several episodes of the 19521954 television series Ramar of the Jungle, where he portrayed an African warrior. However, cinematographer William H Clothier later said: There was one reason and one reason only Paramount was cutting costs. 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. Roger Ebert was the film critic of the Chicago Sun-Times from 1967 until his death in 2013. The film takes place at that turning point in the West when the rule of force gave way to the rule of law, and when literacy began to gain a foothold. My dream is to play a Mexican bandit in the international market."[20]. He served in the United States Army during World War II. It asks the question: Does a man need to carry a gun in order to disagree or state an opinion? The closing credits dedicate the film to Strode, who died shortly before its release. He could beat Glenn Morris, the 1936 Olympic gold-medal decathlete, in . 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. The newspaper editor prints the truth about Valance, and for his pains has his office trashed and is whipped nearly dead. He had many murders on his conscience, and much enjoyed using a leather bullwhip. Another well-known role was Pompey, John Waynes servant in The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962). He had a bigger role in The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962) for Ford, playing Pompey, John Wayne's hired hand. He guest starred on The Lieutenant, The Farmer's Daughter and Daniel Boone and had roles in the features Genghis Khan (1965) and 7 Women (1966), the latter the last film he made for Ford. 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. I will not go into details because the suspense should not be spoiled. In 1946 he was one of the first blacks to play in the National Football League. And he said loudly, We have an actor here who objects to the costume on Woody Strode. He then proceeded to suggest that Stewart was prejudiced Strode, who also has since died, was African-American and added that he just wanted to share Stewarts objection to Strodes costume with the whole cast. The retired NFL wideout, in tandem with his co-author Bob Glauber, persuaded the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2022 to recognize the so-called Forgotten Four as pathfinders. I'd play a Viking with blue contact lenses and a blond wig.". "[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]. 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. 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. Donation would help US keep this available to all books, and hangs out his shingle at the same as! 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