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. He was 80 years old. We both gotta be professionals. According to Woody, he's even less in control of himself, and all of his faculties, when tickling is involved. Kalaeloa, 19462014), and a daughter, June. 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. | In fact Ford started out his film career as a actor and stuntman in silent films, including D.W. Griffiths notorious The Birth of Nation as one of the Klansmen who comes to the rescue to save the lives of white people under threat by violent renegade black men. If someone said, 'there's a Negro over there,' I was just as apt as anyone to turn around and say 'Where? Strode and teammate Kenny Washington were among the best-known college football players in the nation. [1], Strode was born in Los Angeles. 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. 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. He appeared once on Johnny Weissmuller's 19551956 syndicated television series Jungle Jim and was in an episode of Private Secretary. They were unable to find anyone to play the Ethiopian king so Strode was given that role too. Decathlete who also played football professionally in the CFL, and enjoyed a successful acting career. Inducted into the National Multicultural Western Heritage Museum and Hall of Fame in 2012-13. How many games did Woody Strode play? Coliseum. This page was last edited on 28 July 2021, at 02:45. As they were preparing to shoot, Ford came up to Stewart and asked, What do you think of Woodys costume?. United States. "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. 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. He was also a professional wrestler, wrestling the likes of Gorgeous George. We used to sit in the best seats at the Coconut Grove (a nightclub in the Ambassador Hotel) listening to Donald Novis sing. In a long flashback involving most of the film, Ford recalls the events leading up to that day. 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 Woodrow Wilson Woolwine Strode (July 25, 1914 December 31, 1994) was an American athlete and actor. While some reviewers and historians claim he could have been a more well-known and cast minority actor if not for his size and physically strong appearance, more along the lines of Sidney Poitier, a near contemporary, Hollywood of the past and present still has few positive roles outside of the stereotypical for ethnic males. Filmography - 1939: Stagecoach. Otherwise, we would have been inMonument ValleyorBrackettvilleand we would have had colour stock. "I once played a part written for an Irish prize fighter. The Legend of Woody Strode. He served in the United States Army Air Corps during World War II and later went on to have a successful career as an actor. In the twilight of his film career, Woody Strode reflected on the opportunities he was denied and others he seized. My dream is to play a Mexican bandit in the international market."[20]. Country. 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. 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. It's clear they loved him. He wrestled intermittently, once defeating Gorgeous George. All structured data from the file namespace is available under the. Even the final scene has an unexpected dramatic impact when, after Rutledge has been cleared of the crime, barely thanks his defense lawyer and goes straight back to leading his Buffalo Soldiers out for another tour of duty. Supplied by UCLA, Corbis Historical / Sunset Boulevard / Getty Images. 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)). I'd do that if I could. Woody Strode weighed 205 lbs (92 kg) when playing. 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? Woodrow Wilson Woolwine Strode (July 25, 1914 - December 31, 1994) was an American athlete and actor. "And this is not being facetious, but Mr. Ford defended me; and I don't know that this is going on. Strode moved north and won the Grey Cup with the 1948 Calgary Stampeders, Canadian pro football's only undefeated team. 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." 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. Then he asked someone to blow a whistle, which they did, and he called out, Everybody, would you please gather around? So they did. Tom Doniphon is a local farmer, who observes, "Liberty Valance's the toughest man south of the Picketwire--next to me." "I know Gus well." "Shawn." "Him too. The narrative structure is told mainly in a series of flashbacks in which information is revealedin bits, leaving us guessing as to what really happened. 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. [23], He did The Italian Connection (1972), for which he was paid $150,000. Sheriff Woody, the beloved "Toy Story" protagonist, was said to be named after Strode. ", 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.". Respected Black cavalry Sergeant Brax Rutledge stands court-martial for raping and killing a white woman and murdering her father, his superior officer. As an athlete, he helped integrate the NFL. Indeed Hallie and Nora Ericson (Jeanette Nolan) are the only two noticeable women in town; little wonder Tom's love for Hallie is intense. The ban collapsed when the Rams, founded in Cleveland, uprooted to Los Angeles in 1946. Ford's view of women is interesting. The pioneering Black character actor relocated from the United States to Europe for a while to pursue bigger and more interesting roles. Despite the lack of opportunities for actors of color in his era, Woody Strode left a legacy worth revisiting. . So why would actors put up with him? Who was Woody Strode, Hollywood star who broke the NFL color barrier? 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. [21], He had a support role in Tarzan's Fight for Life (1958) and a small part in The Buccaneer (1958). "You'd have thought I was marrying Lana Turner, the way the whites in Hollywood acted," he later said. According to Disneyland Vice President Tony Baxter, "In 1954. ", - IMDb Mini Biography By: In movies and life, Strode's range was remarkable. On top of that, in the early 1930s, Ford also made several films with long-lambasted black character actor Stephin Fetchit, likeJudge Priest and Steamboat Around the Bend, in which he played degrading and embarrassing supporting roles, often as a slow-witted, lazy buffoon. Strode was a gladiator in Demetrius and the Gladiators (1954) and was in Jungle Man-Eaters (1954), a Jungle Jim film. [6] They became famous nationally as "the Gold Dust gang". 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He was also a professional wrestler, wrestling the likes of Gorgeous George. African American History: Research Guides & Websites, Global African History: Research Guides & Websites, African American Scientists and Technicians of the Manhattan Project, Envoys, Diplomatic Ministers, & Ambassadors, Education - Historically Black Colleges (HBCU), Political Activists - Radicals and Marxists, Foundation, Organization, and Corporate Supporters. [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. Cecil B. DeMille cast him in The Ten Commandments (1956) as a slave at $500 a week for five weeks. (1979), and an episode of Buck Rogers in the 25th Century (1979). The National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum in Oklahoma City last year enshrined him in the Hall of Great Western Performers. More info, The cantankerous and eccentric John Ford had filmed other Westerns with John Wayne in colour from The Searchers to She Wore a Yellow Ribbon. The scripts for these were variable but Strode later said "Me, I didn't care. 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. As James Stewart explained it, Woody Strode, the actor who was playing Waynes characters best friend, was part of the scene. That same year, Strode played the eponymous soldier in "Sergeant Rutledge" - director John Ford's Technicolor Western - who is falsely accused of murder and rape. Strodes best known role was the gladiator Draba in Stanley Kubricks Sparticus (1960). The character was named after Woody Strode, the legendary Spartacus actor who starred in numerous Westerns throughout the 1960s and 1970s. He was Cree and Blackfoot on his father's side and Cherokee on his mother's. More tributes followed. It featured African American athlete turned actor Woodrow Wilson "Woody" Strode in his major . But it says a lot about them to be able to do what I would call something for the greater good," Johnson, reflecting on the Forgotten Four's feat, told CBS News this year. [3] He called it "the first dramatic thing that I had done."[7]. "They are not household names like Jackie Robinson. "[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]. As the two actors filmed an exterior shot on a horse-drawn cart, Wayne was close to losing control of the horses. 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. 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]). Ford discovered Wayne, then Marion Morrison, when the latter was a University of Southern California student with a summer job on a studio lot. Prior to 1946, he played semi-pro football. 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. He served in the United States Army during World War II. Stewart said: It looks a bit Uncle Remussy to me. This was a reference to the controversial fictional narrator of 19th century African-American folktales, who was later the main character in Disneys 1946 movie Song of the South a film that Disney does not make available today due to its racist stereotyping. He simply does not have to say a word.". The way Ford employs the African-American Pompey is observant. With a strong presence in the screen, he. He had many murders on his conscience, and much enjoyed using a leather bullwhip. "It had dignity. Nick Faris is a features writer at theScore. Strode also played the powerful gladiator who does battle with Kirk Douglas in Spartacus (1960) ." Born July 25, 1914 Died December 31, 1994 (80) Add to list Awards 2 wins & 3 nominations Photos 37 What is it whats the idea? And I said, I dont know!, And I didnt know, Stewart added. As a showdown between Stoddard and Valance Ford begins to seem inevitable, Ford creates considerable tension. Being married with two children, he needed steady work. 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. UsefulNotes/Notable Actors from Hollywood's Golden Age. It was the first UCLAUSC rivalry football game with national implications.[9]. Boston Globe December 20, 1981: 1. He was billed as the Pacific Coast Heavyweight Wrestling Champion and the Pacific Coast Negro Heavyweight Wrestling Champion in 1962. Strode, a member of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, died of lung cancer in Los Angeles in 1994 at the age of 80. - IMDb Mini Biography By: Bob Rea <bobnray@concentric.net> An athlete turned actor, Strode was a top-notch decathlete and a football star at UCLA. 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. 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. It's clear they loved him. And according to the actor, Ford froze, then walked away. 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: Sam Raimi's Western "The Quick and The Dead," starring Sharon Stone, Gene Hackman, Russell Crowe, and Leonardo DiCaprio, is dedicated to him. However Warners obviously thought that, though a black man was the lead in their film, the audience wouldnt be able to handle it. And late Hollywood legend James Stewart got to watch their dynamic up close. At 6-foot-4 and 210 pounds, Strode was an athletic marvel in his prime. He graced the screen alongside Sean Connery, Kirk Douglas, Burt Lancaster, and John Wayne, plus Joe Namath when the Jets quarterback toyed with acting in the afterglow of his Super Bowl triumph. In the trailer below, Strode is given third billing, though hes the lead. He was usually unbilled in films like Sundown (1941), Star-Spangled Rhythm (1942) and No Time for Love (1943). In a long flashback involving most of the film, Ford recalls the events leading up to that day. But I must say I got a little smug about it. Stagecoach (1939 trailer screenshots) (11 F) Media in category "Stagecoach (1939 film)" The following 4 files are in this category, out of 4 total. [29] He is buried at Riverside National Cemetery in Riverside, California. However, cinematographer William H Clothier later said: There was one reason and one reason only Paramount was cutting costs. 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[2] Following the end of his football career in 1949, he returned to wrestling part-time between acting jobs until 1962, wrestling the likes of Gorgeous George. On top of that, in the early 1930's, Ford also made several films with long-lambasted black character . But even worse is the poster for the film (above) on which Strode appears, although his name is listed fourth and in tiny letters even smaller that the third person billed actress Billie Burke, who has a small supporting role with just a few lines. He is Tom's farmhand and seems to be his only confidant, a protective presence; he always has Tom's back. In a later tribute to Strode, the 'Sheriff Woody' character in the Toy Story movies was named after him. No black men had played in the NFL from 1933 to 1946. Smith Goes to Washington, did not escape Fords sadism unscathed. I'd play a Viking with blue contact lenses and a blond wig if I could. Played for the Calgary Stampeders in the Canadian Football League from 1948-49 before moving back to the US and beginning his film career. An able stuntman, Strode shot fire arrows and went so far as to bring his own 80-pound bows to set, he told The New York Times in 1971. Nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor for his. Permissions beyond the scope of this license may be available from thestaff@tvtropes.org. [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. Strode was a prolific performer, starring in his first . Woody Strode. But Ford also effectively takes advantage of the physical, broad-shouldered, overpowering presence of Strode, shooting him often from a low angle to let him dominate the frame and the audience. Dnde ver La diligencia? Strode also served in the United States Army Air Corps during World War II. In 1964, there was his penultimate work, the nearly three-hour-long roadshow western epic Cheyenne Autumn, complete with an intermission, a70MM Super Panavision print, released by Warners, which told the true story of a Cheyenne tribe who travel by foot across 1,500 miles back to their ancestral hunting grounds, while US Army troops are ordered to send them back by force if necessary. Canton called this summer, feting Strode and the rest of the Forgotten Four at Johnson and Glauber's urging. [8] They played eventual conference and national champion USC to a scoreless tie with the 1940 Rose Bowl on the line. This may include adverts from us and 3rd parties based on our understanding. "But the producers answered, 'Not necessary. 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. If you're a nice guy, you can walk into a room anywhere in the world. Reveling in the win postgame, Strode rode a horse into the lobby of the team hotel. "I have the world market on my side even if I don't have the American market.". Local sportswriter Halley Harding, a retired Negro Leagues shortstop, led a civic campaign that pressured the Rams to integrate as a condition of playing in the publicly funded L.A. [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. How many . At UCLA he was a track star, a football phenomenon and a performer on the Royce stage. He was always magnificent with a no-nonsense style and quiet intellect that no athlete-turned actor has ever surpassed. "It's heart and guts. The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance, How Green Was My Valley among his some 140 films he directed in his career. He attended UCLA, where he played multiple sports and starred for the track and field team. Every day, someone was at the bottom of the list in the barrel, as you say, Stewart said of Fords tendency to take his frustrations out on his underlings. What a cast! [30], Strode was a dedicated martial artist under the direction of Frank Landers in the art of Seishindo Kenpo. "It had dignity. Valance gives him a choice: Leave town, or face him in a shootout on Main Street. - IMDb Mini Biography By: His wife is Tina Ellawee (10 May 1982 - 31 December 1994) ( his death), Luana Strode (14 October 1940 - 17 September 1980) ( her death) ( 2 children) 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. 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. When Strode tried to help him, Duke knocked his co-star away. They reunited 20 years later when he played the title role in Ford's rather neglected 1960 western . Professional Football Player, Actor. In 1963, he was cast opposite Jock Mahoney's Tarzan as both the dying leader of an unnamed Asian country and that leader's unsavory brother, Khan, in Tarzan's Three Challenges. He was popular for being a Football Player. It asks the question: Does a man need to carry a gun in order to disagree or state an opinion? Robinson played college football at UCLA before he shifted to baseball full time and made history. 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 once said his interracial marriage (to an Hawaiian princess)and integrating the NFLwere the few times that racism caused him concern. 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). Four years Strode's junior, Washington scampered for a 92-yard touchdown in 1947 and spent three seasons with the Rams before retiring. Everyone in Shinbone hates Liberty Valance, but they're powerless against him and his two sidekicks, one of them a giggling fool. 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 also did professional wrestling and reportedly tussled with the renowned Gorgeous George. This man was the definition of a renaissance man, keep reading this article and you will understand exactly why. All Rights Reserved. The 5/6/70 issue of "Variety", in the Italian Films Shooting column, lists the movie "Violence" filming in Morocco, director. Strode was in Storyville (1992), and Posse (1992), working with director Mario Van Peebles. Stoddard believes so firmly in the law that he is willing to lose his life for his principles. When he walks into a bar to fetch Tom, the bartender won't serve him, and Tom slams hard on the bar: "Give him a drink." Strodes filmography lists 68 appearances. "Never used it, but I could walk into the White House with it now. "He is one of the most charismatic actors to work in American motion pictures. The drunken marshal won't protect him. (1978), Ravagers (1979), Jaguar Lives! He films mostly on sets, but we're not particularly aware. 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). "Sergeant Rutledge" boosted Strode's profile but didn't catapult him to superstardom, the Times wrote in 1971, surmising "he and the film, with its sympathies strongly on the side of the Black man, were ahead of their time." Cattlemen do not. Stoddard has come to town with a satchel full of law books, and hangs out his shingle at the newspaper office. As we got out of the L.A. area we found these racial tensions. BlackPast.org is a 501(c)(3) non-profit and our EIN is 26-1625373. Roger Ebert was the film critic of the Chicago Sun-Times from 1967 until his death in 2013. 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. I wanted to crawl into a mouse hole, Stewart recalled. The filmmaker would ask his Western star: How rich did you get while Jimmy was risking his life?, According to Michael Munns John Wayne The Man Behind The Myth, Strode said that the directors constant ridiculing really p***ed Wayne off, but he would never take it out on Ford., The reason being that the filmmakers movies had made him a Hollywood star and the Pompey actor claimed: He ended up taking it out on me.. 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