Sterling Hayden
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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."
Known for
Credits
The Godfather (1972)
as Captain McCluskey
Nine to Five (1980)
as Russell Tinsworthy
Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)
as Brigadier General Jack D. Ripper
The Long Goodbye (1973)
as Roger Wade
The Killing (1956)
as Johnny Clay
1900 (1976)
as Leo Dalcò
The Asphalt Jungle (1950)
as Dix Handley
Johnny Guitar (1954)
as Johnny 'Guitar' Logan
The Godfather: The Complete Epic 1901–1959 (2016)
as Capt. Mark McCluskey
Prince Valiant (1954)
as Sir Gawain
Naked Alibi (1954)
as Joe E. Conroy
Suddenly (1954)
as Sheriff Tod Shaw
The Godfather Trilogy: 1901-1980 (1992)
as Captain Mark McCluskey
Kubrick by Kubrick (2020)
as Self (archive footage)
Winter Kills (1979)
as Z.K. Dawson
Crime Wave (1953)
as Det. Lt. Sims
The Last Command (1955)
as Jim Bowie
Tell Us She Was One of You: The Hollywood Blacklist and 'Johnny Guitar' (2016)
as Self (archive footage)
King of the Gypsies (1978)
as King Zharko Stepanowicz
Venom (1981)
as Howard Anderson
Cry, Onion! (1975)
as Henry 'Jack' Pullitzer
Variety Girl (1947)
as Sterling Hayden
Crime of Passion (1956)
as Lt. William Doyle
The Albatross (2016)
as Glass Man (voice) (archive footage)
Rat Pack (2022)
as Self (archive footage)
Denver and Rio Grande (1952)
as McCabe
Valerie (1957)
as John Garth
Johnny Guitar: A Western Like No Other (2016)
as Self (archive footage)
Hellgate (1952)
as Lt. Tod Voorhees
Sweet Hunters (1970)
as Allan
Kansas Pacific (1953)
as Capt. John Nelson
Terror in a Texas Town (1958)
as George Hansen
El Paso (1949)
as Bert Donner
Manhandled (1949)
as Joe Cooper
Carol for Another Christmas (1964)
as Daniel Grudge
Flaming Feather (1952)
as Tex McCloud
Gas (1981)
as Duke Stuyvesant
5 Steps to Danger (1956)
as John Emmett
Shotgun (1955)
as Clay Hardin
The Star (1952)
as Jim Johannsen aka Barry Lester
Zero Hour! (1957)
as Captain Martin Treleaven
Hard Contract (1969)
as Michael Carlson
The Cinema According to Bertolucci (1976)
as Self
The Eternal Sea (1955)
as Rear-Adm. John Madison Hoskins
The Final Programme (1973)
as Maj. Wrongway Lindbergh
Arrow In The Dust (1954)
as Bart Laish
The Golden Hawk (1952)
as Kit 'The Hawk' Gerardo
The Outsider (1979)
as Seamus Flaherty
Top Gun (1955)
as Rick Martin
Days of Wine and Roses (1958)
as Self (introduction)
The Come On (1956)
as Dave Arnold
Gun Battle at Monterey (1957)
as Jay Turner / John York
The Iron Sheriff (1957)
as Sheriff Samuel Galt
So Big (1953)
as Pervis De Jong
Angel's Leap (1971)
as Mason / Custer
Pharos of Chaos (1983)
as Self - Actor
Blaze of Noon (1947)
as Tad McDonald
Johnny Guitar: A Feminist Western? (2016)
as Self (archive footage)
Deadly Strangers (1975)
as Malcolm Robarts
Old Man (1958)
as Tall Convict
Journey Into Light (1951)
as Rev, John Burrows
Take Me to Town (1953)
as Will Hall
Flat Top (1952)
as Commander Dan Collier
Requiem for a Heavyweight (1956)
as Self (intro/outro)
Loving (1970)
as Lepridon
Timberjack (1955)
as Tim Chipman
Fighter Attack (1953)
as Steve
A Sound of Different Drummers (1957)
as Gordon Miller
The Big Departure (1972)
as M. Nature / The Leader
Ten Days To Tulara (1958)
as Scotty
Bahama Passage (1941)
as Adrian Ainsworth
The Starlost: The Beginning (1980)
as Jeremiah
At Anchor / Land Under: A Film With Sterling Hayden (1982)
as Himself
Virginia (1941)
as Norman Williams
Battle Taxi (1955)
as Capt. Russ Edwards
Irving Johnson High Seas Adventurer (1985)
as Himself