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