An athlete turned actor, Strode was a top-notch decathlete and a football star at UCLA. He became part of Hollywood lore after meeting director John Ford and becoming a part of the Ford family, appearing in almost a dozen Ford westerns. Strode also played the powerful gladiator who does battle with Kirk Douglas in Spartacus (1960). By: Ray Hamel Played college football and broke color barrier at the same time as Kenny Washington. Met his wife, a Hawaiian princess and stand-in for th ...[Read Story]
"Tarzan"The Prisoner
(1966)