Sterling Hayden
Born March 26, 1916 (Age: 110)
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Upper Montclair, New Jersey, USA
Biography
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."
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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Filmography
Kubrick by Kubrick
2020
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as Self
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Age: 104
No Image
Irving Johnson High Seas Adventurer
1985
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as Himself
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Age: 69
Venom
1981
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as Howard Anderson
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Age: 65
Gas
1981
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as Duke Stuyvesant
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Age: 65
Nine to Five
1980
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as Russell Tinsworthy
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Age: 64
The Starlost: The Beginning
1980
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as Jeremiah
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Age: 63
King of the Gypsies
1978
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as King Zharko Stepanowicz
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Age: 62
Cry, Onion!
1975
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as Henry 'Jack' Pullitzer
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Age: 59
The Final Programme
1973
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as Maj. Wrongway Lindbergh
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Age: 57
The Long Goodbye
1973
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as Roger Wade
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Age: 56
The Big Departure
1972
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as M. Nature / The Leader
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Age: 56
The Godfather
1972
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as Captain McCluskey
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Age: 55
Hard Contract
1969
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as Michael Carlson
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Age: 53
Carol for Another Christmas
1964
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as Daniel Grudge
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Age: 48
Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
1964
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as Brigadier General Jack D. Ripper
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Age: 47
Old Man
1958
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as Tall Convict
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Age: 42
Ten Days To Tulara
1958
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as Scotty
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Age: 42
Days of Wine and Roses
1958
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as Self (introduction)
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Age: 42
Terror in a Texas Town
1958
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as George Hansen
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Age: 42
Crime of Passion
1956
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as Lt. William Doyle
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Age: 40
5 Steps to Danger
1956
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as John Emmett
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Age: 40
Requiem for a Heavyweight
1956
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as Self (intro/outro)
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Age: 40
The Killing
1956
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as Johnny Clay
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Age: 40
The Come On
1956
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as Dave Arnold
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Age: 40
Top Gun
1955
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as Rick Martin
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Age: 39
The Last Command
1955
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as Jim Bowie
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Age: 39
Shotgun
1955
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as Clay Hardin
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Age: 39
The Eternal Sea
1955
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as Rear-Adm. John Madison Hoskins
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Age: 39
Timberjack
1955
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as Tim Chipman
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Age: 38
Battle Taxi
1955
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as Capt. Russ Edwards
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Age: 38
Naked Alibi
1954
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as Joe E. Conroy
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Age: 38
Suddenly
1954
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as Sheriff Tod Shaw
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Age: 38
Johnny Guitar
1954
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as Johnny 'Guitar' Logan
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Age: 38
Arrow In The Dust
1954
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as Bart Laish
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Age: 38
Prince Valiant
1954
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as Sir Gawain
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Age: 38
Fighter Attack
1953
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as Steve
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Age: 37
So Big
1953
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as Pervis De Jong
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Age: 37
Crime Wave
1953
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as Det. Lt. Sims
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Age: 37
Take Me to Town
1953
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as Will Hall
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Age: 37
Kansas Pacific
1953
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as Capt. John Nelson
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Age: 36
The Asphalt Jungle
1950
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as Dix Handley
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Age: 34
Bahama Passage
1941
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as Adrian Ainsworth
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Age: 25
Virginia
1941
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as Norman Williams
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Age: 24