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