Woody Strode

Woody Strode

  • Born: 1914-7-25
  • Birthplace: Los Angeles
  • Height: 6' 4" (1.93 m)
  • Profession: actor
  • Nationality: America
  • Representative Works: Once Upon a Time in the West, "Spartacus"
  • Woody Strode (1914-1994), an American actor, has played roles in many famous films such as " Spartacus ", "Pork Chop Mountain", "Ten Commandments", "Two Tigers Slaying a Dragon", " Once Upon a Time in the West ".
    Extended Reading
    • Pedro 2021-12-30 17:21:45

      Farewell to the West

      Civilization and barbarism have always been the propositions in John Ford's Western films.

      The film tells this unknown past through Stewart's memories.

      The lawyer represented by Stewart is a symbol of civilization. He brought his legal documents to a small town in the west to spread the awareness of...

    • Joana 2021-12-30 17:21:45

      Let the times fly

      At the time of this filming, John Ford was sixty-eight years old, with one eye completely blind, and he had entered a state where problems could be justified. Is the American theme? Rather, it is ironic. When the wheel of history ran over the heads of "pure men" like Wayne, a noisy democratic...

    • Laurianne 2022-04-22 07:01:32

      Lee Marvin was more charismatic than John Wayne or Jimmy Stewart.

    • Muriel 2022-04-21 09:02:29

      Having Jimmy and Wayne play roles younger than them is indeed a bit of a contradiction, but such casting is clearly the director's deep intention. A western story that builds civilization in chaos is probably the American conscience replacing the western soul, but it's just that In some places, the main theme cannot be seen directly, and the lawyer is sometimes cowardly and unpleasant. On the contrary, Wayne has always been a man. The black and white light and shadow of the night scenes are very beautiful, and the lawyer carries a legend with mixed flavors, 3.5 stars.

    The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance quotes

    • Dutton Peabody: [Peabody has just been nominated as a delegate to statehood] No! No! No you don't! No! I... I'm a newspaperman, not a politician! No, politicians are my meat - I build 'em up and I tear 'em down but I wouldn't be one I couldn't be one - it'd destroy me... gimme a

      Tom Doniphon: Bar's closed.

      Dutton Peabody: Huh? Good people of Shinbone, I... I... I'm you conscience - I'm the still, small voice that thunders in the night. I'm your watchdog that howls against the wolves! I'm - I'm your father confessor! I... I... I'm... I'm... what else am I?

      Tom Doniphon: Town drunk?

      [uproarious laughter]

    • Maj. Cassius Starbuckle: What kind of lawyer is he? He takes the law into his own hands. He has blood on his hands. The mark of Cain is on this man.