In an interview given before he died, Stewart once described the toll that Fords meanness took on Wayne. 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. He could beat Glenn Morris, the 1936 Olympic gold-medal decathlete, in all of his events except sprints. 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. In a long flashback involving most of the film, Ford recalls the events leading up to that day. After his football career, he went on to . His parents were from New Orleans; his grandmother was African-American and "part Cherokee" and his grandfather was an African-American who claimed his own grandmother was Creek. There's a lot in the film if we care to notice. 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. 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. "These four men created a foundation on which generations built," Lonnie Bunch, the founding director of the National Museum of African American History and Culture, once said. Besides, there is a complication. 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. In the twilight of his film career, Woody Strode reflected on the opportunities he was denied and others he seized. In response, Ford said: Whats wrong with Uncle Remus? The director then called the crews attention and shouted: One of ourplayersdoesn't like Woody's costume. "[7], "That was a classic," he later said. Strode hauled in a pass while a teammate lay on the grass at the far sideline, which left that receiver wide open on the next snap. Meanwhile, Motley ran rampant as a Browns halfback and Willis was an All-Pro defensive tackle, which landed them Hall of Fame nods as players. [23], He did The Italian Connection (1972), for which he was paid $150,000. He served in the U.S. Army Air Corps during World War II, unloading bombs in the Pacific. "[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]. He attended UCLA, where he played multiple sports and starred for the track and field team. 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). 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? Now, I don't know if Mr Stewart has a prejudice against Negroes, but I just wanted you all to know about it., Stewart later said he wanted to crawl into a mouse hole after that and Wayne told him: Well, welcome to the club. 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. John Ford's "Apology" Western 'Sergeant Rutledge' Starring Woody Strode Returning to DVD. He arranges his characters within the frame to reflect power dynamics--or sometimes to suggest a balance is changing. (1979), and an episode of Buck Rogers in the 25th Century (1979). After the war, he worked at serving subpoenas and escorting prisoners for the L.A. County District Attorney's Office. As we got out of the L.A. area we found these racial tensions. (1969) and supported Terence Hill and Bud Spencer in Boot Hill (1969) shot in Italy. But Rutledge faces it heroically and is not passive either, even breaking ranks and official orders to try to track down the evidence and the real killer who will clear him. In 1946, Woody Strode was one of the first four Black men to play in the NFL. 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 had a bigger role in The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962) for Ford, playing Pompey, John Wayne's hired hand. Once dubbed "the Jackie Robinson of cinema" by Jet Magazine, Strode shared a backfield with Robinson and Washington in 1939. The role set his Hollywood career in motion. Strode, the six-foot-four pioneering athlete turned movie star, was born in 1914, in South Central Los Angeles, to Black and Native American parents. He also did professional wrestling and reportedly tussled with the renowned Gorgeous George. The picture was about, oh, more than halfway finished. But the hotel we found was integratedand Count Basie was playing thereand we were fine. 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? Race is not a factor in the world market," Strode said. Without ever seeming to hurry, he doesn't include a single gratuitous shot. 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 His more modest and more successful western, also made for Warners, and released four years earlier, in 1960, Sergeant Rutledge is remarkable and pretty advanced for its period. John Ford has gone down as one of the greatest directors ever in film history. He guest starred on The Man from Blackhawk (1960). 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. Ray Hamel. [25], His first wife was Princess Luukialuana Kalaeloa (a.k.a. On a road game in Chicago, hotel management gave he and Washington $100 each to find another hotel in the Black section of town. This is fascism against democracy: the tyranny of the strongman over the ordinary people. All Rights Reserved. He was also a professional wrestler, wrestling the likes of Gorgeous George. Strode was born in Los Angeles on July 25, 1914, the son . 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. The pioneering Black character actor relocated from the United States to Europe for a while to pursue bigger and more interesting roles. 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. Dnde ver La diligencia? TVTropes is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License. But Pompey won't drink. After the war, Strode played briefly with the Los Angeles Rams and along with Washington became the first African Americans to play in the National Football League. Robinson played college football at UCLA before he shifted to baseball full time and made history. UsefulNotes/Notable Actors from Hollywood's Golden Age. "And this is not being facetious, but Mr. Ford defended me; and I don't know that this is going on. Perseverance. All three spend much of their time hanging out in the restaurant kitchen. Calgary beat the Ottawa Rough Riders 12-7 in Toronto. 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. 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: - IMDb Mini Biography By: Bob Rea <bobnray@concentric.net> I've done everything but play an Anglo-Saxon. Valance and his two sidekicks hold up a stagecoach on the way to town, and when one of the passengers, Ransom, stands up to him Liberty nearly whips him to death. Stewart said that he didnt like it. 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. Prior to 1946, he played semi-pro football. 109 minutes. There are different takes over why, including that he thought it was a better medium. Woody Strode, byname of Woodrow Wilson Woolwine Strode, (born July 28, 1914, Los Angeles, California, U.S.died December 31, 1994, Glendora, California), American character actor who was part of director John Ford's "family" of actors, appearing in nearly a dozen of Ford's films. How many . Farmers want statehood. Sam Raimi's Western "The Quick and The Dead," starring Sharon Stone, Gene Hackman, Russell Crowe, and Leonardo DiCaprio, is dedicated to him. Look instead at a debate that continues between the lawyer and the farmer about guns. Which is sort of remarkable, because they love each other. John Ford put classic words in my mouth.". 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]. You ride horses.' In a long flashback involving most of the film, Ford recalls the events leading up to that day. 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. Despite the lack of opportunities for actors of color in his era, Woody Strode left a legacy worth revisiting. He went on to depict myriad gunslingers at home and abroad. 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. He could beat Glenn Morris, the 1936 Olympic gold-medal decathlete, in . It is made clear in "Liberty Valance" that segregation was the practice in the territory. If you're a nice guy, you can walk into a room anywhere in the world. Acting wasn't his first passion, however, as football at Jefferson High School and UCLA brought him initial fame. 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. "I once played a part written for an Irish prize fighter. Ransom Stoddard believes in the U. S. Constitution, the rule by law, the trust in government. 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." - IMDb Mini Biography By: Posed for one of two paintings commissioned by, Reportedly, his favorite film from his career was, Played college football for the UCLA Bruins, the most integrated collegiate team in the nation in 1939, which included future NFL running back. 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 . [19], They wanted him to shave his head. 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. But it must have made a real impact on Ford himself, since, in the early 1970s, he planned to come out of retirement with a new film about the life of the first black graduate of West Point, Henry Flipper. Woody played for the Los Angeles Rams after their move from Cleveland. Then he asked Stewart to come over. Strode takes it up from there: Bob Waterfield and some guys came looking for us because theyd made arrangements for us back at the hotel, he explained. Has appeared in four films that have been selected for the National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically or aesthetically" significant: The character Woody from the "Toy Story" films is named after Strode, who had appeared in a number of classic Western films. Nick Faris is a features writer at theScore. 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. [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). In movies and life, Strode's range was remarkable. Cattlemen do not. 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. "You'd have thought I was marrying Lana Turner, the way the whites in Hollywood acted," he later said. Woodrow Wilson Woolwine Strode (July 25, 1914 December 31, 1994) was an American athlete and actor. He is killed and his death sparks a gladiator rebellion. John Ford and John Wayne together created much of the mythology of the Old West we carry in our minds. 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. Woody played for the Los Angeles Rams after their move from Cleveland. 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. 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.. Woody Strode Height, Weight & Measurements At 80 years old, Woody Strode height is 6' 4" (1.93 m) . Coliseum. Ford isn't making an anachronistic statement on racism, but he's being sure we notice it. Pas : USA "La diligencia" pelcula de pelculas de vaqueros y accin producida en USA. 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. A small donation would help us keep this available to all. [8] They played eventual conference and national champion USC to a scoreless tie with the 1940 Rose Bowl on the line. German director Leni Riefenstahl called Strode the greatest physique of any athlete I have ever seen.. However, by the early 1960s, when Ford was in his late 60s and nearing the end of his long career, the director seemed to have mellowed with age, discovering and exploring a more humanist side to himself. 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. Strodes best known role was the gladiator Draba in Stanley Kubricks Sparticus (1960). ", 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.". I wanted to crawl into a mouse hole, Stewart recalled. He was in 87 movies over the length of his career, though Strode . It was "one of the first mainstream Hollywood films to address racism frankly," the Hollywood Reporter's Seth Abramovitch wrote last year. Woody Strode was a respected actor with strong African and Native American ancestry. 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. Another well-known role was Pompey, John Waynes servant in The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962). Met his wife, a Hawaiian princess and stand-in for the swim sequences for Dorothy Lamour. 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. An athlete turned actor, Strode was a top-notch decathlete and a football star at UCLA. This story first appeared. I've done everything but play an Anglo-Saxon. 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]). The Legend of Woody Strode. The club signed Washington and Strode that spring. [16], In 1952, Strode wrestled almost every week from August 12, 1952, to December 10, 1952, in different cities in California. 1943: No Time for Love. [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. The National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum in Oklahoma City last year enshrined him in the Hall of Great Western Performers. Supplied by UCLA, Corbis Historical / Sunset Boulevard / Getty Images. Strode had an excellent support part in The Last Voyage (1960) playing a heroic stoker, though he was only billed fifth. 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. Strode worked in B-movies through the '70s and '80s and acted as the narrator for Mario Van Peebles' Black Western Posse in 1993. As they were preparing to shoot, Ford came up to Stewart and asked, What do you think of Woodys costume?. [7], With her he had two children, television director Kalai (a.k.a. As James Stewart explained it, Woody Strode, the actor who was playing Wayne's character's best friend, was part of the scene. 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. Who was Woody Strode, Hollywood star who broke the NFL color barrier? I'd do that if I could. This page was last edited on 28 July 2021, at 02:45. As the two actors filmed an exterior shot on a horse-drawn cart, Wayne was close to losing control of the horses. 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. The Pompey actor assessed: What a miserable film to make.. As an athlete, he helped integrate the NFL. In the trailer below, Strode is given third billing, though hes the lead. Woody Strode Tuesday, 28th July 1914 - Saturday, 31st December 1994 Los Angeles CA USA. "[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). I couldn't do it. We used to sit in the best seats at the Coconut Grove (a nightclub in the Ambassador Hotel) listening to Donald Novis sing. He broke this barrier with his teammate Kenny Washington and Cleveland Browns players Bill Willis and Marion Motley. Keeping to one side, Tom Doniphon observes everything but is slow to act; his strength is silently coiled. [6] They became famous nationally as "the Gold Dust gang". How tall was Woody Strode? Strode and Washington, an All-American in 1939, linked up the following year with the Hollywood Bears of the minor Pacific Coast Professional Football League. He is Tom's farmhand and seems to be his only confidant, a protective presence; he always has Tom's back. In 1975, he won the Pulitzer Prize for distinguished criticism. When the legend becomes fact, print the legend. According to Woody, he's even less in control of himself, and all of his faculties, when tickling is involved. Do you find this information helpful? Racial discrimination slowed their progress in the game. 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." 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. He served in the United States Army during World War II. 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. Producers approached him in 1950 to portray a Maasai warrior in a "Bomba, the Jungle Boy" adventure flick. Woodrow Wilson Woolwine Strode (July 25, 1914 - December 31, 1994) was an American athlete and actor. Woody Strode weighed 205 lbs (92 kg) when playing. 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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. 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On top of this, Reese actor Lee Van Clef who went on to star in Clint Eastwood Spaghetti Westerns said that Ford resented the meddling and so would take out his annoyance on Wayne, whose casting as Doniphon was demanded by the studio. I said, All right, where are the pluckers?" Then Strode realised, I was out in the world market with a bald head. "I had five pairs of blue jeans, I was lonely, and I didn't speak the language," he said. Two Rode Together is a 1961 American Western film directed by John Ford and starring James Stewart, Richard Widmark, and Shirley Jones. In a few characters and a gripping story, Ford dramatizes the debate about guns that still continues in many Western states. "I once played a part written for an Irish prize fighter. In 1959 he portrayed the conflicted, some would say cowardly, Private Franklin in Pork Chop Hill, which brought him critical acclaim. Strode was next cast in Spartacus (1960) as the Ethiopian gladiator Draba, in which he has to fight Spartacus (played by Kirk Douglas) to the death. 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. He served in the United States Army during World War II. http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Creator/WoodyStrode. "Their actions on and off the field opened a door that allowed other people to follow.". 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. He was only 52. In 1946 he was one of the first blacks to play in the National Football League. 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 . [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. Played college football and broke color barrier at the same time as Kenny Washington. Strode was very close to the director. Ford used him again in Two Rode Together (1962) but it was only a small part, as an Indian. It featured African American athlete turned actor Woodrow Wilson "Woody" Strode in his major . "I've never gotten over 'Sergeant Rutledge,'" Strode told The New York Times years later. Stoddard has come to town with a satchel full of law books, and hangs out his shingle at the newspaper office. Years later S. 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