Sterling Hayden
Born March 26, 1916 (Age: 109)
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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
Nine to Five
1980
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as Russell Tinsworthy
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Age: 64
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 Long Goodbye
1973
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as Roger Wade
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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
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
Days of Wine and Roses
1958
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as Self (introduction)
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Age: 42
Requiem for a Heavyweight
1956
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as Self (intro/outro)
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Age: 40
Top Gun
1955
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as Rick Martin
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Age: 39
Timberjack
1955
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as Tim Chipman
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Age: 38
Prince Valiant
1954
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as Sir Gawain
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Age: 38
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