Kalai Strode
| Kalai Strode | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Woodrow Wilson Kalaeloa Strode December 16, 1946 Hollywood, California, United States |
| Died | November 27, 2014 (aged 67) Houston, Texas |
| Nationality | American |
| Other names | Kalaeloa Strode, W Kalaeloa Strode |
| Occupation | Assistant film director |
| Years active | 1970s – 2000s |
Kalai Strode (December 16, 1946 – November 27, 2014) was an assistant director of native Hawaiian descent who worked in film and television from the early 1970s to around 2010. In film he worked on North Dallas Forty. In television he worked regularly in the series Diagnosis Murder. He also was an actor, writer and composer.
He was born on December 16, 1946 in Hollywood, California. He was of African and Native American ancestry from his fathers side. On his mothers side he was of native Hawaiian descent. His father was professional football player and actor, Woody Strode. His mother was princess Luukialuana Kalaeloa who had done some work in films and was a hula dancer. She was also a descendant of Hawaii's last queen. He had a sister Junelehua (a.k.a. June) who was born in 1948. He also had two half-brothers. One was Hawaiian actor and entertainer, Lani Kai. The other was Hawaiian actor Lee Woodd.
He graduated from the Los Angeles Assistant Directors Training Program.
In 1971 he had a role in The Gatling Gun as the Indian Who Shoots Sneed. He was also in the credits as a stuntman in the film In the mid 1970s he was a co-writer for the western film Winterhawk. Later in the 1970s, he worked under director Richard Lang as second assistant director for the pilot episode of Fantasy Island that aired on January 1977.
In the early 1980s, he was assistant director in the John Schlesinger directed comedy film Honky Tonk Freeway which starred Beverly D'Angelo, Hume Cronyn, Jessica Tandy and Beau Bridges. In 1985, he was assistant director in the made for television drama, Challenge of a Lifetime which was directed by Russ Mayberry, and starred Penny Marshall and Richard Gilliland. In 1988, he worked on the set of the film For Keeps.
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