Sterling Walter Hayden, born Sterling Relyea Walter, was an American actor and author. He didn't really harbor any aspirations of being an actor, 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 Walter Hayden, born Sterling Relyea Walter, was an American actor and author. He didn't really harbor any aspirations of being an actor, 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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Wikipedia: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q323166
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Filmography (Movies)
Rat Pack
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:11/01/2022
Kubrick by Kubrick
Character:Self
Release Date:22/10/2020
The Albatross
Character:Glass Man (voice) (archive footage)
Release Date:01/12/2016
Johnny Guitar: A Feminist Western?
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:20/09/2016
Tell Us She Was One of You: The Hollywood Blacklist and 'Johnny Guitar'
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:20/09/2016
Johnny Guitar: A Western Like No Other
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:20/09/2016
Irving Johnson High Seas Adventurer
Character:Himself
Release Date:28/03/1985
Pharos of Chaos
Character:Self - Actor
Release Date:13/10/1983
At Anchor / Land Under: A Film With Sterling Hayden
Character:Himself
Release Date:13/04/1982
Venom
Character:Howard Anderson
Release Date:28/11/1981
Gas
Character:Duke Stuyvesant
Release Date:24/07/1981
The Godfather: The Complete Epic 1901–1959
Character:Capt. Mark McCluskey
Release Date:24/03/1981
Nine to Five
Character:Russell Tinsworthy
Release Date:18/12/1980
The Starlost: The Beginning
Character:Jeremiah
Release Date:01/01/1980
The Outsider
Character:Seamus Flaherty
Release Date:26/11/1979
Winter Kills
Character:Z.K. Dawson
Release Date:11/05/1979
King of the Gypsies
Character:King Zharko Stepanowicz
Release Date:20/12/1978
1900
Character:Leo Dalcò
Release Date:28/08/1976
The Cinema According to Bertolucci
Character:Self
Release Date:28/02/1976
Cry, Onion!
Character:Henry 'Jack' Pullitzer
Release Date:25/08/1975
Deadly Strangers
Character:Malcolm Robarts
Release Date:01/04/1975
The Final Programme
Character:Maj. Wrongway Lindbergh
Release Date:04/10/1973
The Long Goodbye
Character:Roger Wade
Release Date:08/03/1973
The Big Departure
Character:M. Nature / The Leader
Release Date:15/11/1972
The Godfather
Character:Captain McCluskey
Release Date:14/03/1972
Angel's Leap
Character:Mason / Custer
Release Date:21/09/1971
Sweet Hunters
Character:Allan
Release Date:22/03/1970
Loving
Character:Lepridon
Release Date:04/03/1970
Hard Contract
Character:Michael Carlson
Release Date:30/04/1969
Carol for Another Christmas
Character:Daniel Grudge
Release Date:28/12/1964
Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
Character:Brigadier General Jack D. Ripper
Release Date:29/01/1964
Old Man
Character:Tall Convict
Release Date:20/11/1958
Ten Days To Tulara
Character:Scotty
Release Date:29/10/1958
Days of Wine and Roses
Character:Self (introduction)
Release Date:02/10/1958
Terror in a Texas Town
Character:George Hansen
Release Date:01/09/1958
Zero Hour!
Character:Captain Martin Treleaven
Release Date:13/11/1957
Gun Battle at Monterey
Character:Jay Turner / John York
Release Date:27/10/1957
A Sound of Different Drummers
Character:Gordon Miller
Release Date:03/10/1957
Valerie
Character:John Garth
Release Date:01/08/1957
The Iron Sheriff
Character:Sheriff Samuel Galt
Release Date:01/04/1957
Crime of Passion
Character:Lt. William Doyle
Release Date:28/12/1956
5 Steps to Danger
Character:John Emmett
Release Date:05/11/1956
Requiem for a Heavyweight
Character:Self (intro/outro)
Release Date:11/10/1956
The Killing
Character:Johnny Clay
Release Date:06/06/1956
The Come On
Character:Dave Arnold
Release Date:16/04/1956
Top Gun
Character:Rick Martin
Release Date:01/12/1955
The Last Command
Character:Jim Bowie
Release Date:03/08/1955
Shotgun
Character:Clay Hardin
Release Date:23/04/1955
The Eternal Sea
Character:Rear-Adm. John Madison Hoskins
Release Date:19/04/1955
Timberjack
Character:Tim Chipman
Release Date:18/02/1955
Battle Taxi
Character:Capt. Russ Edwards
Release Date:03/01/1955
Naked Alibi
Character:Joe E. Conroy
Release Date:01/10/1954
Suddenly
Character:Sheriff Tod Shaw
Release Date:17/09/1954
Johnny Guitar
Character:Johnny 'Guitar' Logan
Release Date:26/05/1954
Arrow In The Dust
Character:Bart Laish
Release Date:25/04/1954
Prince Valiant
Character:Sir Gawain
Release Date:05/04/1954
Fighter Attack
Character:Steve
Release Date:29/11/1953
So Big
Character:Pervis De Jong
Release Date:31/10/1953
Crime Wave
Character:Det. Lt. Sims
Release Date:22/10/1953
Take Me to Town
Character:Will Hall
Release Date:19/06/1953
Kansas Pacific
Character:Capt. John Nelson
Release Date:22/02/1953
The Star
Character:Jim Johannsen aka Barry Lester
Release Date:11/12/1952
Flat Top
Character:Commander Dan Collier
Release Date:26/10/1952
The Golden Hawk
Character:Kit 'The Hawk' Gerardo
Release Date:08/10/1952
Hellgate
Character:Lt. Tod Voorhees
Release Date:04/09/1952
Denver and Rio Grande
Character:McCabe
Release Date:16/05/1952
Flaming Feather
Character:Tex McCloud
Release Date:01/02/1952
Journey Into Light
Character:Rev, John Burrows
Release Date:28/09/1951
The Asphalt Jungle
Character:Dix Handley
Release Date:12/05/1950
Manhandled
Character:Joe Cooper
Release Date:21/07/1949
El Paso
Character:Bert Donner
Release Date:22/03/1949
Variety Girl
Character:Sterling Hayden
Release Date:29/08/1947
Blaze of Noon
Character:Tad McDonald
Release Date:02/05/1947
Bahama Passage
Character:Adrian Ainsworth
Release Date:10/12/1941
Virginia
Character:Norman Williams
Release Date:28/01/1941
Television Appearances
The Blue and the Gray
Character:John Brown
Mario Puzo's The Godfather: The Complete Novel for Television
Character:Capt. Mark McCluskey
The Starlost
Character:Old Jeremiah
Banacek
Character:Tony Fowler
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Character:Self
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
Character:Link Stevens
Playhouse 90
Character:
General Electric Theater
Character:Joe Turner
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
Character:Maj. Jim Curtis
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
Character:
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