Strode also had a brief career as a professional gridiron football player and was among the first African . He said, "Well, they're not tough enough to do what I want Sergeant Rutledge to be. He was interred with military honors at Riverside National Cemetery, east of his hometown. 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.. I had the greatest Glory Hallelujah ride across the Pecos River that any black man ever had on the screen. Played college football and broke color barrier at the same time as Kenny Washington. Then he asked Stewart to come over. It was the first UCLAUSC rivalry football game with national implications.[9]. He films mostly on sets, but we're not particularly aware. The 5/6/70 issue of "Variety", in the Italian Films Shooting column, lists the movie "Violence" filming in Morocco, director. Farmers want statehood. I'd play a Viking with blue contact lenses and a blond wig.". As James Stewart explained it, Woody Strode, the actor who was playing Waynes characters best friend, was part of the scene. According to Disneyland Vice President Tony Baxter, "In 1954. His composition is classical. Permissions beyond the scope of this license may be available from thestaff@tvtropes.org. '"[12] He also said, "On the Pacific Coast there wasn't anything we couldn't do. 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. 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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. Even when Ford later directed the passing drama Pinky in 1949 for Fox, which told the story of a blackwoman passing for white, Fox studio head Darryl Zanuck replaced Ford with director Elia Kazan after the first week of shooting, because Zanuck, in seeing the footage that Ford shot, felt his depiction of the black characters in the film was so offensive that he couldnt allow him to continue directing the rest of the film. 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? You can unsubscribe at any time. 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. "They suffered on the field. 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. He was also in Key West (1973), Loaded Guns (1975), The Manhunter (1975), We Are No Angels (1975), Winterhawk (1975), Keoma (1976), episodes of The Quest (1976) and How the West Was Won (1977), Oil (1977), Martinelli, Outside Man (1977), Kingdom of the Spiders (1977), Cowboy-San! 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. "Stagecoach" and his cavalry trilogy, "Rio Grande" "She Wore A Yellow Ribbon" and "Fort Apache" - were as bloodthirsty savages. He arranges his characters within the frame to reflect power dynamics--or sometimes to suggest a balance is changing. Acting wasn't his first passion, however, as football at Jefferson High School and UCLA brought him initial fame. I've done everything but play an Anglo-Saxon. 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. Had a longtime affair with troubled actress. I couldn't do it. His regular portrayal of Native Americansin most of his western films like The Searchers, Stagecoach and his cavalry trilogy, Rio Grande She Wore A Yellow Ribbon and Fort Apache were as bloodthirsty savages. 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. Strode moved north and won the Grey Cup with the 1948 Calgary Stampeders, Canadian pro football's only undefeated team. "We were unconscious of color. (1979), and an episode of Buck Rogers in the 25th Century (1979). The tall, confident Woody Strode appeared in five Ford pictures, all the way from "Stagecoach" to Ford's final film, "7 Women" (1966). Cuenta con una puntuacin bastante buena en IMDb: 7.8 estrellas de 10. Yes, but there's more to it than that, and in John Ford's mind, gun ownership is very much an open question. Woodrow Wilson Strode, known as Woody, was a big man on campus. (1969) and supported Terence Hill and Bud Spencer in Boot Hill (1969) shot in Italy. The way Ford employs the African-American Pompey is observant. He wasan outstanding athlete before his entry into movies. Woody Strode spent decades in Hollywood working with larger-than-life names, including John Wayne, Elvis Presley and Kirk Douglas. [20], He based himself in Europe from 1968 to 1971.[7]. Strode brought the best out of his castmates while stealing scenes, sometimes before he spoke a line. In 1940, UCLA and USC battled in what is believed to be the first cross-town rivalry game with championship implications. Strode was a prolific performer, starring in his first . 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 In movies and life, Strode's range was remarkable. He did 1,000 push-ups, sit-ups, and knee bends daily. 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. 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. Once dubbed "the Jackie Robinson of cinema" by Jet Magazine, Strode shared a backfield with Robinson and Washington in 1939. Woody lived in a modest home overlooking Glendora and the San Gabriel Valley, north east of Los Angeles about 25 miles. Never billed as a leading man in Hollywood, Strode moved to Rome in the late '60s to pick up prominent and lucrative roles in Spaghetti Westerns. This is fascism against democracy: the tyranny of the strongman over the ordinary people. 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. The closing credits dedicate the film to Strode, who died shortly before its release. The Pompey actor assessed: What a miserable film to make.. 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. [25], His first wife was Princess Luukialuana Kalaeloa (a.k.a. His magnificent Western landscapes are always there, but as environment, not travelogue. Not until 1946 did the two suit up for the . "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." Files are available under licenses specified on their description page. Kalaeloa, 19462014), and a daughter, June. My dream is to play a Mexican bandit in the international market."[20]. This past August in Canton, Ohio, family members accepted the Ralph Hay Pioneer Award on the players' behalf at the enshrinement gala that precedes the NFL season. 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. Indeed Hallie and Nora Ericson (Jeanette Nolan) are the only two noticeable women in town; little wonder Tom's love for Hallie is intense. He was usually unbilled in films like Sundown (1941), Star-Spangled Rhythm (1942) and No Time for Love (1943). Acting wasnt his first passion, however, as football at Jefferson High School and UCLA brought him initial fame. There are different takes over why, including that he thought it was a better medium. 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. I don't know if they ever will be. [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. Ford passed away in 1974. "Race is not a factor in the world market," he said in 1981. He served in the U.S. Army Air Corps during World War II, unloading bombs in the Pacific. [3], "I got a cultural educationmajored in history and education," he said in a 1971 interview. He Wasn't the Star But He Stole the Movie", "Teammates Recall Jackie Robinson's Legacy", "The man who made the stars shine brighter: An interview with Woody Strode", "Woody Strode, Ace Negro Player, Has No Axe to Grind", "Isle families trace ties to '39 Pineapple Bowl", "Woody Strode; Ex-Athlete, Character Actor in Movies", "Like the series, 'Psych' movie a comedic romp", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Woody_Strode&oldid=1141910544, This page was last edited on 27 February 2023, at 14:07. He was also a professional wrestler, wrestling the likes of Gorgeous George. In the twilight of his film career, Woody Strode reflected on the opportunities he was denied and others he seized. "[7], "That was a classic," he later said. He signed with the Los Angeles Rams in 1946 alongside Kenny Washington, an electrifying rusher and college teammate at UCLA. Ford discovered Wayne, then Marion Morrison, when the latter was a University of Southern California student with a summer job on a studio lot. 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. Red Haircrow, Other Works "You'd have thought I was marrying Lana Turner, the way the whites in Hollywood acted," he later said. Strode was born in Los Angeles on July 25, 1914, the son . - IMDb Mini Biography By: Bob Rea <bobnray@concentric.net> Supplied by UCLA, Corbis Historical / Sunset Boulevard / Getty Images. But Strode (who started his career in the early 1940s after a legendary athletic record at UCLA as a decathlete and a football star, and who died in 1994) is perfectly cast in the lead role as Rutledge and gives a powerful performance in one of the very few lead roles he ever played, among the 90+ films he appeared in, playing mostly supporting roles, sometimes even uncredited, during the early years of his film career. All structured data from the file namespace is available under the. And according to the actor, Ford froze, then walked away. Ray Hamel. 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). Strodes filmography lists 68 appearances. I wanted to crawl into a mouse hole, Stewart recalled. As James Stewart explained it, Woody Strode, the actor who was playing Wayne's character's best friend, was part of the scene. His big break came in 1960. In 1959 he portrayed the conflicted, some would say cowardly, Private Franklin in Pork Chop Hill, which brought him critical acclaim. 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. I'm glad you made it.. 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. 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. Woody Strode Height, Weight & Measurements At 80 years old, Woody Strode height is 6' 4" (1.93 m) . He attended UCLA, where he played multiple sports and starred for the track and field team. Reveling in the win postgame, Strode rode a horse into the lobby of the team hotel. In 1980, Strode was inducted into the Black Filmmakers Hall of Fame. 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. Inducted into the National Multicultural Western Heritage Museum and Hall of Fame in 2012-13. 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. 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]. It's clear they loved him. 1943: No Time for Love. Your donation is fully tax-deductible. 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". After that I said thats all I needed. The film made Strode a major star in European cinema, increasing his salary to a minimum $150,000 per movie. However Warners obviously thought that, though a black man was the lead in their film, the audience wouldnt be able to handle it. The pioneering Black character actor relocated from the United States to Europe for a while to pursue bigger and more interesting roles. Broken ribs and an ailing shoulder spurred Strode to retire in 1949. 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. Is Woody Strode in the Hall of Fame? Strode had difficulty maintaining the momentum of these roles. 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. When a meeting is held to vote on statehood, Pompey sits outside on the porch. [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. He enabled the Stamps to score twice in the title game. Strode racked up 91 acting credits in six different decades, according to IMDb. Thankfully, the show never subjected Woody - or viewers - to that possibility. 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). [23], He did The Italian Connection (1972), for which he was paid $150,000. "And this is not being facetious, but Mr. Ford defended me; and I don't know that this is going on. Ford isn't making an anachronistic statement on racism, but he's being sure we notice it. 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. As a showdown between Stoddard and Valance Ford begins to seem inevitable, Ford creates considerable tension. Youd have thought I was marrying Lana Turner, they way Whites in Hollywood acted, he recalled. In the trailer below, Strode is given third billing, though hes the lead. But hes eventually taken in by his own men to face trial. 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. In a long flashback involving most of the film, Ford recalls the events leading up to that day. He could beat Glenn Morris, the 1936 Olympic gold-medal decathlete, in all of his events except sprints. It's clear they loved him. Ford gave Strode the title role in Sergeant Rutledge (1960) as a member of the Ninth Cavalry, who is greatly admired by the other black soldiers in the unit and is falsely accused of the rape and murder of a white woman. 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 was based upon the 1959 novel Comanche Captives by Will Cook . 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]. "I have the world market on my side even if I don't have the American market.". Pas : USA "La diligencia" pelcula de pelculas de vaqueros y accin producida en USA. 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. Then, when the steeds had halted, he tried to pick a punch up with his younger co-star. | 109 minutes. John Ford's "Apology" Western 'Sergeant Rutledge' Starring Woody Strode Returning to DVD. He was also a professional wrestler, wrestling the likes of Gorgeous George. Strode encountered racism in the NFL. [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). The drunken marshal won't protect him. 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. 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." But Stewart, an Oscar winner known for such timeless hits as The Philadelphia Story, Vertigo and Mr. In a long flashback involving most of the film, Ford recalls the events leading up to that day. 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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. 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. 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. At the time Ford yelled: Dont hit him Woody! Nationality: American. 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. Forego a bottle of soda and donate its cost to us for the information you just learned, and feel good about helping to make it available to everyone. Pompey/Strode physically carries and thereby saves a drunken, suicidal John Wayne from his burning home. Bit of a game changer." Though Woody usually means well, he's not always the . He is a member of famous Actor with the age 80 years old group. Strode was in City Beneath the Sea (1953) directed by Budd Boetticher, and The Royal African Rifles. Strode landed a major starring role as an expert archer and soldier of fortune in the 1966 Western The Professionals. And Ford, who was usually straightforward when it came to the visual aspects of his films, shows some real visual and dramatic creativity. When World War II broke out, Strode was playing for the Hollywood Bears in the Pacific Coast Professional Football League. 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. Nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor for his. 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Strode's Associated Press obituary praised his work in Westerns and period dramas, but didn't mention the trail he blazed on the gridiron. Producers approached him in 1950 to portray a Maasai warrior in a "Bomba, the Jungle Boy" adventure flick. Inducted into the UCLA Athletic Hall of Fame in 1992. 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). Respected Black cavalry Sergeant Brax Rutledge stands court-martial for raping and killing a white woman and murdering her father, his superior officer. On a road game in Chicago, hotel management gave he and Washington $100 each to find another hotel in the Black section of town. Following Cat Ballou (Oscar) this is one of 4 Westerns . As they were preparing to shoot, Ford came up to Stewart and asked, What do you think of Woodys costume?. Woody Strode was born on the 25th of July, 2014. Stagecoach (1939 trailer screenshots) (11 F) Media in category "Stagecoach (1939 film)" The following 4 files are in this category, out of 4 total. 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. Strode worked in B-movies through the '70s and '80s and acted as the narrator for Mario Van Peebles' Black Western Posse in 1993. At UCLA he was a track star, a football phenomenon and a performer on the Royce stage. Draba wins the contest, but instead of killing Spartacus, he attacks the Roman military commander who paid for the fight. Woody lived in a modest home overlooking Glendora and the San Gabriel Valley, north east of Los Angeles about 25 miles. Smith Goes to Washington, did not escape Fords sadism unscathed. "The big studios wanted an actor like Sidney [Poitier] or [Harry] Belafonte," recalled Strode. I said, All right, where are the pluckers?" Then Strode realised, I was out in the world market with a bald head. In 1967 he attempted to produce his own film, The Story of the Tenth Cavalry but it was not made. I'd play a Viking with blue contact lenses and a blond wig if I could. 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. The picture was about, oh, more than halfway finished. It is made clear in "Liberty Valance" that segregation was the practice in the territory. 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