1916-03-26 Upper Montclair, New Jersey, USA
Sterling Walter Hayden (born Sterling Relyea Walter; March 26, 1916 – May 23, 1986) was an American actor and author. He dropped out of high school at the age of 16 and hired on as mate on a schooner. He was a ship's captain at 22, and in need of cash to buy his own boat, established himself as a model in New York, discovered by Paramount Studios talent scouts and offered a contract. Sterling Hayden, the handsome tall blond actor who played wholesome leading-man movie roles in the 1940's and 1950's and later weathered into a rough-hewn solid character actor in films such as "Dr. Strangelove", "The Godfather," "Nine to Five" and "King of the Gypsies". He appeared in 71 feature films and tv-productions from the debut in "Virginia" 1941 to the tv mini-series "The Blue and the Gray" in 1982. He wrote of his obsessive fascination with the sea in a 1963 autobiography, "Wanderer," and in 1970 his 700-page epic novel of the sea, "Voyage," was a main selection of the Book-of-the-Month Club. Sterling Hayden appeared in the German documentary, "Pharos of Chaos," (1983) filmed aboard his barge in Europe, and seemed to be in an alcoholic stupor much of the time, supplementing his wine intake with hashish. On camera he said: "What confuses me is I ain't all that unhappy. So why do I drink, I don't know."
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Rat Pack | Self (archive footage) | 2022-01-11 |
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Kubrick by Kubrick | Self (archive footage) | 2020-10-22 |
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Johnny Guitar: A Feminist Western? | Self (archive footage) | 2016-09-20 |
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Tell Us She Was One of You: The Hollywood Blacklist and 'Johnny Guitar' | Self (archive footage) | 2016-09-20 |
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Johnny Guitar: A Western Like No Other | Self (archive footage) | 2016-09-20 |
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The Albatross | Glass Man (voice) (archive footage) | 2016-12-01 |
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The Godfather: The Complete Epic 1901–1959 | Capt. Mark McCluskey | 2016-01-17 |
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Irving Johnson High Seas Adventurer | Himself | 1985-03-28 |
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Leuchtturm des Chaos | Self - Actor | 1983-10-13 |
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Vor Anker, Land unter - Ein Film mit Sterling Hayden | Himself | 1982-04-13 |
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Venom | Howard Anderson | 1981-11-28 |
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Gas | Duke Stuyvesant | 1981-07-24 |
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The Starlost: The Beginning | Jeremiah | 1980-01-01 |
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Nine to Five | Russell Tinsworthy | 1980-12-18 |
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Winter Kills | Z.K. Dawson | 1979-05-11 |
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The Outsider | Seamus Flaherty | 1979-11-26 |
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King of the Gypsies | King Zharko Stepanowicz | 1978-12-20 |
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Novecento | Leo Dalcò | 1976-08-28 |
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Bertolucci secondo il cinema | Self | 1976-02-28 |
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Cipolla Colt | Henry 'Jack' Pullitzer | 1975-08-25 |
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Deadly Strangers | Malcolm Robarts | 1975-04-01 |
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The Long Goodbye | Roger Wade | 1973-03-08 |
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The Final Programme | Maj. Wrongway Lindbergh | 1973-10-04 |
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The Godfather | Captain McCluskey | 1972-03-14 |
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Le Grand Départ | M. Nature / The Leader | 1972-11-15 |
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Le saut de l'ange | Mason / Custer | 1971-09-21 |
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Ternos Caçadores | Allan | 1970-03-22 |
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Loving | Lepridon | 1970-03-04 |
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Hard Contract | Michael Carlson | 1969-04-30 |
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Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb | Brigadier General Jack D. Ripper | 1964-01-29 |
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Carol for Another Christmas | Daniel Grudge | 1964-12-28 |
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Ten Days To Tulara | Scotty | 1958-10-29 |
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Days of Wine and Roses | Self (introduction) | 1958-10-02 |
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Terror in a Texas Town | George Hansen | 1958-09-01 |
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Old Man | Tall Convict | 1958-11-20 |
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Gun Battle at Monterey | Jay Turner / John York | 1957-10-27 |
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The Iron Sheriff | Sheriff Samuel Galt | 1957-04-01 |
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Zero Hour! | Captain Martin Treleaven | 1957-11-13 |
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Valerie | John Garth | 1957-08-01 |
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A Sound of Different Drummers | Gordon Miller | 1957-10-03 |
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Requiem for a Heavyweight | Self (intro/outro) | 1956-10-11 |
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The Killing | Johnny Clay | 1956-06-06 |
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The Come On | Dave Arnold | 1956-04-16 |
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Crime of Passion | Lt. William Doyle | 1956-12-28 |
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5 Steps to Danger | John Emmett | 1956-11-05 |
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The Last Command | Jim Bowie | 1955-08-03 |
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The Eternal Sea | Rear-Adm. John Madison Hoskins | 1955-04-19 |
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Timberjack | Tim Chipman | 1955-02-18 |
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Battle Taxi | Capt. Russ Edwards | 1955-01-03 |
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Shotgun | Clay Hardin | 1955-04-23 |
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Top Gun | Rick Martin | 1955-12-01 |
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Arrow In The Dust | Bart Laish | 1954-04-25 |
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Johnny Guitar | Johnny 'Guitar' Logan | 1954-05-26 |
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Suddenly | Sheriff Tod Shaw | 1954-09-17 |
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Naked Alibi | Joe E. Conroy | 1954-10-01 |
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Prince Valiant | Sir Gawain | 1954-04-05 |
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So Big | Pervis De Jong | 1953-10-31 |
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Crime Wave | Det. Lt. Sims | 1953-10-22 |
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Take Me to Town | Will Hall | 1953-06-19 |
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Kansas Pacific | Capt. John Nelson | 1953-02-22 |
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Fighter Attack | Steve | 1953-11-29 |
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Flat Top | Commander Dan Collier | 1952-10-26 |
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The Star | Jim Johannsen aka Barry Lester | 1952-12-11 |
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Hellgate | Lt. Tod Voorhees | 1952-09-04 |
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Denver and Rio Grande | McCabe | 1952-05-16 |
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The Golden Hawk | Kit 'The Hawk' Gerardo | 1952-10-08 |
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Flaming Feather | Tex McCloud | 1952-02-01 |
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Journey Into Light | Rev, John Burrows | 1951-09-28 |
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The Asphalt Jungle | Dix Handley | 1950-05-12 |
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El Paso | Bert Donner | 1949-03-22 |
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Manhandled | Joe Cooper | 1949-07-21 |
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Variety Girl | Sterling Hayden | 1947-08-29 |
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Blaze of Noon | Tad McDonald | 1947-05-02 |
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Bahama Passage | Adrian Ainsworth | 1941-12-10 |
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Virginia | Norman Williams | 1941-01-28 |
