Then he asked someone to blow a whistle, which they did, and he called out, Everybody, would you please gather around? So they did. He served in the U.S. Army Air Corps during World War II, unloading bombs in the Pacific. Valance gives him a choice: Leave town, or face him in a shootout on Main Street. - IMDb Mini Biography By: Bob Rea <bobnray@concentric.net> United States. His composition is classical. Pompey/Strode physically carries and thereby saves a drunken, suicidal John Wayne from his burning home. 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. Working in the restaurant is young Hallie. At 6-foot-4 and 210 pounds, Strode was an athletic marvel in his prime. He served in the United States Army during World War II. Nationality: American. "We were unconscious of color. Also, he appeared in several episodes of the 19521954 television series Ramar of the Jungle, where he portrayed an African warrior. 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. 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. I will not go into details because the suspense should not be spoiled. He became part of Hollywood lore after meeting director John Ford and becoming a part of the Ford "family," appearing in four Ford motion pictures. 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. But they should be.". He went on to depict myriad gunslingers at home and abroad. 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. He was only 52. This page was last edited on 28 July 2021, at 02:45. Im glad you made it.. In a later tribute to Strode, the 'Sheriff Woody' character in the Toy Story movies was named after him. He had many murders on his conscience, and much enjoyed using a leather bullwhip. I never got a close up in Hollywood, and Sergio framed me on the screen for five minutes. The supporting cast includes Linda Cristal, Andy Devine, and John McIntire. After his football career, 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 Spartacus in 1960. His big break came in 1960. I'd do that if I could. 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. He did 1,000 push-ups, sit-ups, and knee bends daily. 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. I'm glad you made it.. By the mid 1960s Strode had become a respected craftsman and began to make his biggest imprint in Spaghetti Westerns, particularly in Sergio Leones Once Upon a Time in the West (1968). We use your sign-up to provide content in ways you've consented to and to improve our understanding of you. John Ford and John Wayne together created much of the mythology of the Old West we carry in our minds. Acting wasn't his first passion, however, as football at Jefferson High School and UCLA brought him initial fame. 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 . As a showdown between Stoddard and Valance Ford begins to seem inevitable, Ford creates considerable tension. In an interview given before he died, Stewart once described the toll that Fords meanness took on Wayne. At the time Ford yelled: Dont hit him Woody! Berlinale 2023 Highlights, Part Two: Reality, Manodrome, The Adults, Inside, Golda, Angela Bassett, Jamie Lee Curtis, Brendan Fraser, Cate Blanchett, Colin Farrell and Brendan Gleeson Feted at SBIFF 2023, Revisiting Martin Scorsese's Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore, Tragically Common: Jamie Dack, Lily McInerny and Jonathan Tucker on Palm Trees and Power Lines. Woodrow Wilson Woody Strode (1914-1994) was one of the most prolific and reliable African American actors of a generation. Ford had to accept those terms or not make the film.. Cattlemen do not. 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. Played college football and broke color barrier at the same time as Kenny Washington. He could beat Glenn Morris, the 1936 Olympic gold-medal decathlete, in . Strode landed a major starring role as an expert archer and soldier of fortune in the 1966 Western The Professionals. [20], He based himself in Europe from 1968 to 1971.[7]. The Pompey actor assessed: What a miserable film to make.. And according to the actor, Ford froze, then walked away. Sheriff Woody, the beloved "Toy Story" protagonist, was said to be named after Strode. Strodes filmography lists 68 appearances. . 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. According to Disneyland Vice President Tony Baxter, "In 1954. He was Cree and Blackfoot on his father's side and Cherokee on his mother's. In 1946 he was one of the first blacks to play in the National Football League. 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. 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]. Strode was a prolific performer, starring in his first . Four years Strode's junior, Washington scampered for a 92-yard touchdown in 1947 and spent three seasons with the Rams before retiring. The Legend of Woody Strode. But when it came to shooting 1962s The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance with Duke and Jimmy Stewart on the Paramount lot, the director opted for black and white instead. With a strong presence in the screen, he. "I have the world market on my side even if I don't have the American market.". And on occasion, he was even known to actually physically attack them when he was not playing his patented sadistic practical jokes on them, or when he wasnt on one of his regular drinking binges, which would last for days. He said, "Well, they're not tough enough to do what I want Sergeant Rutledge to be. Whistlin' Dan: 1932: Stagecoach Man in saloon : 1939: Sundown Tribal Policeman: 1941: Star Spangled Rhythm Rochester's motorcycle chauffeur: 1942: Bride of the Gorilla Nedo - Policeman: 1951: Lion Hunters Walu: 1951: He films mostly on sets, but we're not particularly aware. Perseverance. Nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor for his. This is fascism against democracy: the tyranny of the strongman over the ordinary people. Liberty Valance cannot abide anyone standing up to him, and the shingle is an affront. http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Creator/WoodyStrode. Strode also had a brief career as a professional gridiron football player and was among the first African . They were married until her death in 1980 from Parkinson's disease. 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. How many . 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. 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. Ford used him again in Two Rode Together (1962) but it was only a small part, as an Indian. Your donation is fully tax-deductible. "Never used it, but I could walk into the White House with it now. Born in Los Angeles in 1914, Woodrow Wilson Woolwine Strode died at age 80 on New Year's Eve 1994. This may include adverts from us and 3rd parties based on our understanding. If someone said, 'there's a Negro over there,' I was just as apt as anyone to turn around and say 'Where? 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? Valuing his toughness, Ford cast Strode as Rutledge over future Oscar winners Sidney Poitier and Harry Belafonte. The newspaper editor prints the truth about Valance, and for his pains has his office trashed and is whipped nearly dead. The character was named after Woody Strode, the legendary Spartacus actor who starred in numerous Westerns throughout the 1960s and 1970s. And I looked at Duke Wayne, and he was beaming like a cat that had just eaten the mouse And Duke came over, and said, Well, welcome to the club. "I'll continue to work in Europe because I'm a star there," Strode said in 1982, per TCM. Now Hallie has started to like this lawyer-man from the East, who starts up a one-room schoolhouse to teach people how to read. Ford discovered Wayne, then Marion Morrison, when the latter was a University of Southern California student with a summer job on a studio lot. Though he made films in every genre, from dramas to historical epics, romances and even comedies, Ford has been justifiably associated with the western film and is considered one of the greatest and most influential directors in that genre, directing so many that Ford once said of himself, My Name is John Ford. Subscribe to our newsletter for new stories, tips & events. 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. (Whats a brother got to do to get some respect around here?). 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. [7], With her he had two children, television director Kalai (a.k.a. Strode was next cast in Spartacus (1960) as the Ethiopian gladiator Draba, in which he has to fight Spartacus (played by Kirk Douglas) to the death. He was 80 years old. I'd play a Viking with blue contact lenses and a blond wig.". The one awkward movement in the film comes at the big climax when the real killer reveals himself during the trial, in a scene so overwrought and overacted that it produces more guffaws than shock. [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. While in college, Strode and Washington held summer jobs at Warner Bros. Studios in Burbank, mostly running errands on various sound stages; he noted that most days involved standing around and waiting for someone to order something. Strode would become an assistant to some of the studios biggest stars including Bette Davis, James Cagney, Ann Sheridan, Errol Flynn, Olivia De Havilland and Jane Wyman. "And this is not being facetious, but Mr. Ford defended me; and I don't know that this is going on. The expansion Browns, trying to build a winner in the upstart All-America Football Conference, added Motley and Willis and went on to claim four straight league championships before the AAFC and NFL merged. After his football career, he went on to . "It had dignity. In the twilight of his film career, Woody Strode reflected on the opportunities he was denied and others he seized. 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. ), TCM Remembers 1995 in Chronological Order, American actors who appeared in spaghetti westerns. 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. Integrating the NFL was the low point of my life. 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. There are different takes over why, including that he thought it was a better medium. UsefulNotes/Notable Actors from Hollywood's Golden Age. [24], In 2021, he was inducted into the Hall of Great Westerners of the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum. Tom Doniphon is a local farmer, who observes, "Liberty Valance's the toughest man south of the Picketwire--next to me." Race is not a factor in the world market," Strode said. [citation needed], Strode's acting career was re-activated when producer Walter Mirisch spotted him wrestling and cast him as an African warrior in The Lion Hunters (1951), one of the Bomba the Jungle Boy series. Woodrow Wilson Woolwine Strode (July 25, 1914 - December 31, 1994) was an American athlete and actor. [3], In 1941, Strode had dabbled for several months in professional wrestling. 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. 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. John Ford's "Apology" Western 'Sergeant Rutledge' Starring Woody Strode Returning to DVD. Who Is Woody Strode's Wife? Despite the lack of opportunities for actors of color in his era, Woody Strode left a legacy worth revisiting. Roger Ebert was the film critic of the Chicago Sun-Times from 1967 until his death in 2013. Woody Strode spent decades in Hollywood working with larger-than-life names, including John Wayne, Elvis Presley and Kirk Douglas. He died the following year at age 80. Respected Black cavalry Sergeant Brax Rutledge stands court-martial for raping and killing a white woman and murdering her father, his superior officer. 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 is perhaps best remembered as the stoic slave gladiator in Spartacus (1960) who tells Kirk Douglas: I dont want to be your friend. So why would actors put up with him? 20072023 Blackpast.org. Woody Strode (1914-1994) 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. 1942: Star Spangled Rhythm. Permissions beyond the scope of this license may be available from thestaff@tvtropes.org. Woody Strode was born in 1914 in Los Angeles. [6] They became famous nationally as "the Gold Dust gang". 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. 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. After the war, he worked at serving subpoenas and escorting prisoners for the L.A. County District Attorney's Office. Keyshawn Johnson wrote a book about them. English. The same thing will happen again to another black man, and he probably wont be as lucky as Rutledge was. "I would have lost that role if I hadn't been in shape, and if I hadn't had a lot of experience as a wrestler," Strode told the Pittsburgh Courier after the film's release, according to Slam Wrestling. He was interred with military honors at Riverside National Cemetery, east of his hometown. Strode brought the best out of his castmates while stealing scenes, sometimes before he spoke a line. It was "one of the first mainstream Hollywood films to address racism frankly," the Hollywood Reporter's Seth Abramovitch wrote last year. Strode last appeared on screen posthumously in 1995. But he also was described once as a tough, two-fisted, hard-drinking Irish sonofabitch who was known to treat actors on his films horribly, by bullying, yelling and even mocking them. But by 1946, Strode was 32 and the oldest member of the Rams as a rookie. It takes place in the town of Shinbone, in an unnamed territory that is moving toward a vote on statehood. [23], He did The Italian Connection (1972), for which he was paid $150,000. 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. Canton called this summer, feting Strode and the rest of the Forgotten Four at Johnson and Glauber's urging. The ban collapsed when the Rams, founded in Cleveland, uprooted to Los Angeles in 1946. Posed for one of two paintings commissioned by, Reportedly, his favorite film from his career was, Played college football for the UCLA Bruins, the most integrated collegiate team in the nation in 1939, which included future NFL running back. He is Tom's farmhand and seems to be his only confidant, a protective presence; he always has Tom's back. It asks the question: Does a man need to carry a gun in order to disagree or state an opinion? Strode had begun his association with Ford back in 1939, with an uncredited role in his classic western 'Stagecoach'. 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 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). He became part of Hollywood lore after meeting director John Ford and becoming a part of the Ford "family," appearing in four Ford motion pictures. He was the African antagonist in Tarzan Fights for Life (1958) and an Apache chief who took on Sean Connery in the western, Shalako (1968). All structured data from the file namespace is available under the. ", Strode blamed Ford for almost all the tension on The Man From Liberty Valances set. 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 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). 109 minutes. But hes eventually taken in by his own men to face trial. 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. He was always magnificent with a no-nonsense style and quiet intellect that no athlete-turned actor has ever surpassed. [3] He called it "the first dramatic thing that I had done."[7]. Reveling in the win postgame, Strode rode a horse into the lobby of the team hotel. (1960's edition! Look instead at a debate that continues between the lawyer and the farmer about guns. The closing credits dedicate the film to Strode, who died shortly before its release. He decided to stay in Europe. But I must say I got a little smug about it. Broken ribs and an ailing shoulder spurred Strode to retire in 1949. His magnificent Western landscapes are always there, but as environment, not travelogue. Woody Strode. Otherwise, we would have been inMonument ValleyorBrackettvilleand we would have had colour stock. He was also a professional wrestler, wrestling the likes of Gorgeous George. John Ford put classic words in my mouth.". [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). 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. My dream is to play a Mexican bandit in the international market."[20]. If you're a nice guy, you can walk into a room anywhere in the world. Youd have thought I was marrying Lana Turner, they way Whites in Hollywood acted, he recalled. All three spend much of their time hanging out in the restaurant kitchen. He guest starred on The Man from Blackhawk (1960). Woodrow Wilson Woolwine Strode (July 25, 1914 December 31, 1994) was an American athlete and actor. Everyone in Shinbone hates Liberty Valance, but they're powerless against him and his two sidekicks, one of them a giggling fool. Additionally, the. Woody played for the Los Angeles Rams after their move from Cleveland. 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. An offensive end, Strode caught four passes for 37 yards and bowed out of the NFL after 10 games. Supplied by UCLA, Corbis Historical / Sunset Boulevard / Getty Images. "The ban mirrored the status of Black Americans at the time: separate, unequal, and living in a de facto apartheid state via Jim Crow in the South and a patchwork of exclusionary laws and customs everywhere else," Patrick Hruby has written at The Guardian. But with his ill health and advancing age, the project was dropped. Luana Strode), a distant relative of Liliuokalani, the last queen of Hawaii. As the two actors filmed an exterior shot on a horse-drawn cart, Wayne was close to losing control of the horses. Calgary beat the Ottawa Rough Riders 12-7 in Toronto. In a few characters and a gripping story, Ford dramatizes the debate about guns that still continues in many Western states. It's clear they loved him. Woody Strode Height, Weight & Measurements At 80 years old, Woody Strode height is 6' 4" (1.93 m) . We both gotta be professionals. But Pompey won't drink. German director Leni Riefenstahl called Strode the greatest physique of any athlete I have ever seen.. (1978), Ravagers (1979), Jaguar Lives! ", 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.". Do you find this information helpful? In the article below independent historian Clarence Spigner analyzes Sergeant Rutledge and the other major films of the college football star, early National Football League player, and actor Woody Strode.. He appeared once on Johnny Weissmuller's 19551956 syndicated television series Jungle Jim and was in an episode of Private Secretary. Strode was born in Los Angeles on July 25, 1914, the son . Strode racked up 91 acting credits in six different decades, according to IMDb. He broke this barrier with his teammate Kenny Washington and Cleveland Browns players Bill Willis and Marion Motley. Stewart said that he didnt like it. Who was Woody Strode, Hollywood star who broke the NFL color barrier? Met his wife, a Hawaiian princess and stand-in for the swim sequences for Dorothy Lamour. The others were Bill Willis and. [30], Strode was a dedicated martial artist under the direction of Frank Landers in the art of Seishindo Kenpo. 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). Strode hauled in a pass while a teammate lay on the grass at the far sideline, which left that receiver wide open on the next snap. 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. 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. 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. There is a purity to the John Ford style. And so the studio actually tried to trick audiences into thinking that the film was about the white characters. He attended UCLA, where he played multiple sports and starred for the track and field team. | John Ford has gone down as one of the greatest directors ever in film history. This is all to be seen: The role of a free press, the function of a town meeting, the debate about statehood, the civilizing influence of education. Prueba a ver si Netflix, iTunes, Amazon o cualquier otro servicio te deja reproducirlo en streaming, alquilarlo o comprarlo! 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. 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