Broken ribs and an ailing shoulder spurred Strode to retire in 1949. 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. He decided to stay in Europe. 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. But they should be.". Then he asked Stewart to come over. He did 1,000 push-ups, sit-ups, and knee bends daily. The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance, How Green Was My Valley among his some 140 films he directed in his career. I had the greatest Glory Hallelujah ride across the Pecos River that any black man ever had on the screen. "I have the world market on my side even if I don't have the American market.". 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. "[13], In 1948 he signed with the Brooklyn Dodgers of the AAFC, but was released before the season started,[14] whereupon he joined the Calgary Stampeders of the Western Interprovincial Football Union in Canada, where he was a member of Calgary's 1948 Grey Cup Championship team[15] before retiring due to injury in 1949. I couldn't do it. He died the following year at age 80. He served in the United States Army during World War II. "They suffered on the field. This page was last edited on 28 July 2021, at 02:45. "[3], Strode posed for a nude portrait, part of Hubert Stowitts's acclaimed exhibition of athletic portraits shown at the 1936 Berlin Olympics (although the inclusion of black and Jewish athletes caused the Nazis to close the exhibit). In a long flashback involving most of the film, Ford recalls the events leading up to that day. "The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance," the New Yorker's Richard Brody writes, "is the greatest American political movie." Strode is perhaps best remembered as the stoic slave gladiator in Spartacus (1960) who tells Kirk Douglas: I dont want to be your friend. John Ford has gone down as one of the greatest directors ever in film history. The Cleveland Browns brought aboard Marion Motley and Bill Willis that same year. Tom has long considered Hallie "my girl," and is adding a room to his farmhouse that has a nice porch with a rocking chair, in preparation for the day he has no doubt she will marry him. Professional Football Player, Actor. He portrayed an assortment of African chiefs and guards until Cecil B. DeMille cast him in The Ten Commandments (1956), as the King of Ethiopia. Permissions beyond the scope of this license may be available from thestaff@tvtropes.org. Being married with two children, he needed steady work. That he does this by mixing in history, humorous supporting characters and a poignant romance is typical; his films were complete and self-contained in a way that approaches perfection. "Race is not a factor in the world market," he said in 1981. 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. It asks the question: Does a man need to carry a gun in order to disagree or state an opinion? It is made clear in "Liberty Valance" that segregation was the practice in the territory. United States. Strode had begun his association with Ford back in 1939, with an uncredited role in his classic western 'Stagecoach'. He could beat Glenn Morris, the 1936 Olympic gold-medal decathlete, in all of his events except sprints. 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. Kenny Washington passed away on June 24, 1971 in Los Angeles due to heart and lung issues. A Los Angeles native, he excelled in athletics at UCLA in the late 1930s, where he was explosive as a decathlete as well as part of the college football team that also included Jackie Robinson - he, Robinson, and future NFL star Kenny Washington made up . He could be seen in The Gambler from Natchez (1954), Jungle Gents (1954) a Bowery Boys movie set in Africa, and The Silver Chalice (1954). Is Woody Strode in the Hall of Fame? In 1975, he won the Pulitzer Prize for distinguished criticism. The film was based upon the 1959 novel Comanche Captives by Will Cook . However, cinematographer William H Clothier later said: There was one reason and one reason only Paramount was cutting costs. 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. Lee Marvin moves into full blown stardom - becoming a legitimate box office titan - in one of the greatest Westerns ever made (My Favorite) starring along side Western Film Greats Burt Lancaster, Jack Palance, Robert Ryan, Woody Strode, Claudia Cardinale, Ralph Belamy . He arranges his characters within the frame to reflect power dynamics--or sometimes to suggest a balance is changing. But by 1946, Strode was 32 and the oldest member of the Rams as a rookie. 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? But no pro team would draft African Americans. He was only 52. Producers approached him in 1950 to portray a Maasai warrior in a "Bomba, the Jungle Boy" adventure flick. He is killed and his death sparks a gladiator rebellion. 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. Strode's other television work included a role as the Grand Mogul in the Batman episodes "Marsha, Queen of Diamonds" and "Marsha's Scheme of Diamonds". The 6-foot, 4-inch Strode was a world-class decathlete with a body so toned that he posed nude for an exhibition of athletic portraits shown at the 1936 Berlin Olympics. He broke this barrier with his teammate Kenny Washington and Cleveland Browns players Bill Willis and Marion Motley. "Their actions on and off the field opened a door that allowed other people to follow.". Strodes filmography lists 68 appearances. I'd do that if I could. They reunited 20 years later when he played the title role in Ford's rather neglected 1960 western 'Sergeant Rutledge', as a black Cavalry officer unfairly tried for the rape and murder of a white women and her father. lcula de 1939 dirigida per John Ford; Film von John Ford (1939); filme de 1939 dirigido por John Ford; film; ; film t 1939 fan John Ford; film din 1939 regizat de John Ford; , 1939; film de John Ford; cinta de 1939 dirichita por John Ford; 1939; 1939 film by John Ford; 1939; film uit 1939; 1939 ; filme de 1939 dirigit per John Ford; pelcula de John Ford; vuoden 1939 elokuva; filme de 1939 dirixido por John Ford; 1939 ; 1939 ; film frn 1939 regisserad av John Ford; Stagecoach; Hllenfahrt nach Santa F; ; Stagecoach; Stagecoach; Chevauche fantastique; ; De fantastische Rit, Monument Valley, Arizona, US - panoramio (4).jpg, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Category:Stagecoach_(1939_film)&oldid=577190049, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Born in Los Angeles, he was an athlete and a football star in his youth. His 1968 starring role as a thinly-disguised Patrice Lumumba in Seduto alla sua destra (released in the U.S. as Black Jesus) garnered Strode a great deal of press at the time, but the film is largely forgotten now. The drunken marshal won't protect him. "I know Gus well." "Shawn." "Him too. Integrating the NFL was the low point of my life. Strode's performance in "Spartacus" as the gladiator Draba - who fells Douglas' titular character in a duel, but spares his life to defy the Roman elite - secured him a Golden Globe nomination for best supporting actor. 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. Keyshawn Johnson wrote a book about them. 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 German director Leni Riefenstahl called Strode the greatest physique of any athlete I have ever seen.. "Never used it, but I could walk into the White House with it now. 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. His mother was full-blooded Blackfoot, and he played often, Indians in John Ford's films. 1951: The Lion Hunters; Bride of the Gorilla. 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. We used to sit in the best seats at the Coconut Grove (a nightclub in the Ambassador Hotel) listening to Donald Novis sing. "It took skill to do that fight scene without actually hurting myself or hurting Douglas.". "Stagecoach" and his cavalry trilogy, "Rio Grande" "She Wore A Yellow Ribbon" and "Fort Apache" - were as bloodthirsty savages. Woody Strode has not been elected into the Hall of Fame. But hes eventually taken in by his own men to face trial. - IMDb Mini Biography By: Bob Rea <bobnray@concentric.net> John Ford put classic words in my mouth.". The character was named after Woody Strode, the legendary Spartacus actor who starred in numerous Westerns throughout the 1960s and 1970s. Indeed Hallie and Nora Ericson (Jeanette Nolan) are the only two noticeable women in town; little wonder Tom's love for Hallie is intense. "It had dignity. | 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. 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. Do you find this information helpful? 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. 1942: Star Spangled Rhythm. 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. 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 Spartacus in 1960. If someone said, 'there's a Negro over there,' I was just as apt as anyone to turn around and say 'Where? Acting wasnt his first passion, however, as football at Jefferson High School and UCLA brought him initial fame. 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. Coliseum. It's clear they loved him. Strode was born in Los Angeles on July 25, 1914, the son . Inducted into the National Multicultural Western Heritage Museum and Hall of Fame in 2012-13. He could beat Glenn Morris, the 1936 Olympic gold-medal decathlete, in . 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. - IMDb Mini Biography By: Racial discrimination slowed their progress in the game. Strode's later appearances included Cuba Crossing (1980),The Dukes of Hazzard (1980), Scream (1981), Fantasy Island (1981), Vigilante (1982), Invaders of the Lost Gold (1982), Angkor: Cambodia Express (1983), The Black Stallion Returns (1983), The Violent Breed (1984), Jungle Warriors (1984), The Cotton Club (1984), The Final Executioner (1984), Lust in the Dust (1985), On Fire (1987), and A Gathering of Old Men (1987). View agent, publicist, legal and company contact details on IMDbPro, Movie Images: My Favorite Film Characters of All-Time! Filmography - 1939: Stagecoach. Trapped for life. In 1959 he portrayed the conflicted, some would say cowardly, Private Franklin in Pork Chop Hill, which brought him critical acclaim. [23], He did The Italian Connection (1972), for which he was paid $150,000. Woody Strode spent decades in Hollywood working with larger-than-life names, including John Wayne, Elvis Presley and Kirk Douglas. 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. If the money was right, I'd play Mickey Mouse.[3], Strode went to Europe to make Scipio the African (1971) and did some more Westerns: The Last Rebel (1971), and The Revengers (1972) (a "regular knockdown, dragout western said Strode[3]). 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 . "We were unconscious of color. Supplied by UCLA, Corbis Historical / Sunset Boulevard / Getty Images. The film makes it clear that, though a black man was found innocent, racial tensions will always exist; so what is the use of pretending that all is suddenly well? A small donation would help us keep this available to all. 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. When the legend becomes fact, print the legend. 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]. 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. 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[24], In 2021, he was inducted into the Hall of Great Westerners of the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum. [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. 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). 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. Pas : USA "La diligencia" pelcula de pelculas de vaqueros y accin producida en USA. Finally, it became way of life.[3], He had roles in Bride of the Gorilla (1951), African Treasure (1951) (another Bomba film), an episode of Dangerous Assignment (1952), Caribbean (1952), and Androcles and the Lion (1952), playing the lion, "the toughest job I ever had" he said later.[20]. The newspaper editor prints the truth about Valance, and for his pains has his office trashed and is whipped nearly dead. 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. Otherwise, we would have been inMonument ValleyorBrackettvilleand we would have had colour stock. "It was like I had fought Joe Louis," he recalled. 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. Yes, but there's more to it than that, and in John Ford's mind, gun ownership is very much an open question. Pompey/Strode physically carries and thereby saves a drunken, suicidal John Wayne from his burning home. Woody lived in a modest home overlooking Glendora and the San Gabriel Valley, north east of Los Angeles about 25 miles. Strode moved north and won the Grey Cup with the 1948 Calgary Stampeders, Canadian pro football's only undefeated team. Strode, a member of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, died of lung cancer in Los Angeles in 1994 at the age of 80. There were of course a few black westerns made during the race film era of the 1940s, such as The Bronze Buckaroo and Harlem Rides the Range, but it took until 1960 for a Hollywood studio feature western that featuredblack cowboys in the old west, during the mid to late 19th century to early 20 the century. After his football career, he went on to . And late Hollywood legend James Stewart got to watch their dynamic up close. [8] They played eventual conference and national champion USC to a scoreless tie with the 1940 Rose Bowl on the line. I'd play a Viking with blue contact lenses and a blond wig.". However Warners obviously thought that, though a black man was the lead in their film, the audience wouldnt be able to handle it. Kalaeloa, 19462014), and a daughter, June. An athlete turned actor, Strode was a top-notch decathlete and a football star at UCLA. What is it whats the idea? And I said, I dont know!, And I didnt know, Stewart added. He was in The Sins of Rachel Cade (1961) and guest starred twice on Rawhide, playing an Australian aboriginal in one episode and a buffalo soldier in the other. Doubling as a defender, Strode scooped an errant lateral at midfield and returned the fumble to the opposing red zone, teeing up a TD rush. Inducted into the UCLA Athletic Hall of Fame in 1992. Shinbone is the only Western town I've seen in a movie with no prostitutes. He was also a professional wrestler, wrestling the likes of Gorgeous George. (One stylistic touch: In this film, he habitually calls Stoddard "Pilgrim," which expresses an insight into the lawyer's character.). "The big studios wanted an actor like Sidney [Poitier] or [Harry] Belafonte," recalled Strode. Woody Strode was 6-3 (190 cm) tall. 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. Valuing his toughness, Ford cast Strode as Rutledge over future Oscar winners Sidney Poitier and Harry Belafonte. "On every play, if you're a (skill player) like Motley, Washington, or Strode, you can get pounded on the ground and beaten up," Greenburg said. [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). Strode also had a brief career as a professional gridiron football player and was among the first African . [3], In 1941, Strode had dabbled for several months in professional wrestling. ), TCM Remembers 1995 in Chronological Order, American actors who appeared in spaghetti westerns. Keeping to one side, Tom Doniphon observes everything but is slow to act; his strength is silently coiled. "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. 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]. "And this is not being facetious, but Mr. Ford defended me; and I don't know that this is going on. More tributes followed. "To me, it's truly the beginning of more awareness of who they were, what they did, and why they were so important," Glauber told The New York Times ahead of the Canton ceremony in August. He simply does not have to say a word.". In a long flashback involving most of the film, Ford recalls the events leading up to that day. No sentimentality or hopeful message. 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. "I had a certain amount of crudeness that went back a hundred years, and that's what he liked. 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. 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. "I'll continue to work in Europe because I'm a star there," Strode said in 1982, per TCM. 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. 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. Woody Strode. Woody Strode was born in California. As they were preparing to shoot, Ford came up to Stewart and asked, What do you think of Woodys costume?. But with his ill health and advancing age, the project was dropped. 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. In town, he's nursed back to health by Nora and Peter Ericson, two recent Swedish immigrants who run the local chowhouse. Woodrow Wilson Strode, known as Woody, was a big man on campus. 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. "I once played a part written for an Irish prize fighter. [4][5], Strode, Kenny Washington, and Jackie Robinson starred on the 1939 UCLA Bruins football team, in which they made up three of the four backfield players. Roger Ebert was the film critic of the Chicago Sun-Times from 1967 until his death in 2013. Woody Strode was born on the 25th of July, 2014. Publicity Listings Additionally, the director kept mocking Wayne for not enlisting in World War II, which made the star feel guilty in his later years. With a strong presence in the screen, he. One day Sir Laurence Olivier remarked he was a big fan of his football days, with Strode replying: I dont know what Im doing here in your business. Olivier said, Woody, what youre about to do, I could never do in reference to his upcoming fight scene with Kirk Douglas. 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. He was interred with military honors at Riverside National Cemetery, east of his hometown. Two Rode Together is a 1961 American Western film directed by John Ford and starring James Stewart, Richard Widmark, and Shirley Jones. Robinson debuted in the majors with the Brooklyn Dodgers on April 15, 1947, breaking the color barrier in that sport several months after his Bruins teammates reached the NFL. He later said his salary in Italy went up to $10,000 a week. He guest starred on The Man from Blackhawk (1960). [21], He had a support role in Tarzan's Fight for Life (1958) and a small part in The Buccaneer (1958). Tom could stand up to Valance, but it would suit him to have Stoddard out of the way so that he could bring Hallie home to that porch with its rocking chair. Then came Lewis Milestones war film Pork Chop Hill (1959) and steady work would follow. This quartet struck a blow for racial inclusiveness in pro football as Black Americans sought it nationwide. Look instead at a debate that continues between the lawyer and the farmer about guns. But Ford had a cruel streak, PBS reports, and it emerged on the set of his movies. His composition is classical. [6] They became famous nationally as "the Gold Dust gang". Canton called this summer, feting Strode and the rest of the Forgotten Four at Johnson and Glauber's urging. I don't know if they ever will be. Theyre like father and son.. (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); Of course being a director from what is still called The Golden Age of Hollywood and despite the fact that Ford considered himself a political progressive (though he was close friends with actors he worked with who were often right wing reactionaries, like John Wayne and James Stewart), his films were not above dealing in negative racial stereotypes often. And one reason only Paramount was cutting costs is whipped nearly dead the Cup! 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