The Woody Strode thread

I was talking to a friend the other day about Westerns. I asked him if he would consider "The Unforgiven" to be in the top ten of all time greatest westerns and he scoffed and said, "Not even in the top fifty"

I then asked him what he considered to be the greatest western ever made and he said, "Shane"

I told him I've never seen it and he started berating me and telling me that I must see it. (I really have no desire to do so)

But then I mentioned "Once Upon a Time in the West" and he said, "Ah, yes... Charles Bronson and Jimmy Stewart"

"No", I said, "Not Jimmy Stewart, but Henry Fonda and Charles Bronson"

But he insisted that Jimmy Stewart was in the movie and wanted to make a wager. I suggested a thousand dollars but he decided five dollars would be a more prudent amount, even though he was absolutely convinced he was correct.

Well, I just did the research and found out that I was correct. I pulled up the cast from "Once Upon a Time in the West" and found that it was indeed Bronson and Fonda. Also Jason Robards and others.

Then I did a search for Jimmy Stewart and the only movie that he ever did that would have an even remotely similiar title was, "How the West was Won" I continued digging around the Stewart movies and looked at the cast from "The Man who shot Libery Valance" I noticed the name Woody Strode. I rubbed my chin thoughtfully and said aloud, "Hmmmm, didn't I see that name on the cast of "Once upon a Time in the West?"

I quickly scurried back to that site and found out that I was correct. "Who the hell is Woody Strode?", I mused.

I did a Google image search.

Here he is.....





So, this will be a place where readers can share their Woody Strode stories.

A place for friends to gather round, pull up a chair, and discuss the acting of Woody Strode.

Go ahead and start in, someone. I'm gonna go grab a cup of cider.