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Sterling Hayden

Acting · 1.3 popularity

Age

110

Movies

76

TV

9

Born: March 26, 1916 – May 23, 1986
From: 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."

Works

76 films

The Godfather

The Godfather

19728.7

Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb

Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb

19648.1

The Killing

The Killing

19567.6

Nine to Five

Nine to Five

19806.9

The Long Goodbye

The Long Goodbye

19737.4

1900

1900

19767.8

The Asphalt Jungle

The Asphalt Jungle

19507.5

Johnny Guitar

Johnny Guitar

19547.4

The Godfather: The Complete Epic 1901–1959

The Godfather: The Complete Epic 1901–1959

20169.0

The Godfather Trilogy: 1901-1980

The Godfather Trilogy: 1901-1980

19928.9

Prince Valiant

Prince Valiant

19546.1

Crime Wave

Crime Wave

19537.1

Naked Alibi

Naked Alibi

19546.1

Valerie

Valerie

19574.6

Kubrick by Kubrick

Kubrick by Kubrick

20207.3

King of the Gypsies

King of the Gypsies

19785.9

Winter Kills

Winter Kills

19795.8

Cry, Onion!

Cry, Onion!

19755.3

Venom

Venom

19815.7

Suddenly

Suddenly

19546.4

Zero Hour!

Zero Hour!

19576.7

Sweet Hunters

Sweet Hunters

19706.3

Johnny Guitar: A Western Like No Other

Johnny Guitar: A Western Like No Other

2016

Rat Pack

Rat Pack

20229.0

Tell Us She Was One of You: The Hollywood Blacklist and 'Johnny Guitar'

Tell Us She Was One of You: The Hollywood Blacklist and 'Johnny Guitar'

2016

The Last Command

The Last Command

19556.7

Shotgun

Shotgun

19555.6

Variety Girl

Variety Girl

19476.5

The Albatross

The Albatross

20166.3

Denver and Rio Grande

Denver and Rio Grande

19525.6

The Cinema According to Bertolucci

The Cinema According to Bertolucci

19767.0

Carol for Another Christmas

Carol for Another Christmas

19645.9

Crime of Passion

Crime of Passion

19566.1

5 Steps to Danger

5 Steps to Danger

19566.6

Hellgate

Hellgate

19526.7

El Paso

El Paso

19496.0

Gas

Gas

19813.7

The Final Programme

The Final Programme

19735.4

Flat Top

Flat Top

19524.6

The Big Departure

The Big Departure

19726.0

Manhandled

Manhandled

19495.2

Requiem for a Heavyweight

Requiem for a Heavyweight

19568.0

Flaming Feather

Flaming Feather

19526.2

Pharos of Chaos

Pharos of Chaos

19836.6

The Star

19527.2

Kansas Pacific

Kansas Pacific

19535.0

Terror in a Texas Town

Terror in a Texas Town

19586.7

Johnny Guitar: A Feminist Western?

Johnny Guitar: A Feminist Western?

2016

Bahama Passage

Bahama Passage

19417.5

Angel's Leap

Angel's Leap

19715.8

Hard Contract

Hard Contract

19695.1

The Iron Sheriff

The Iron Sheriff

19576.6

A Sound of Different Drummers

A Sound of Different Drummers

1957

Blaze of Noon

Blaze of Noon

19475.7

The Golden Hawk

The Golden Hawk

19525.3

Days of Wine and Roses

Days of Wine and Roses

19587.3

So Big

So Big

19535.5

The Eternal Sea

The Eternal Sea

19556.6

Journey Into Light

Journey Into Light

19516.5

Ten Days To Tulara

Ten Days To Tulara

19585.1

Top Gun

Top Gun

19556.6

Arrow In The Dust

Arrow In The Dust

19546.3

Old Man

Old Man

1958

The Come On

The Come On

19565.2

The Outsider

The Outsider

19795.8

Timberjack

Timberjack

19554.2

Virginia

Virginia

19419.0

Fighter Attack

Fighter Attack

19534.5

Take Me to Town

Take Me to Town

19536.5

Deadly Strangers

Deadly Strangers

19755.7

Loving

Loving

19706.0

The Starlost: The Beginning

The Starlost: The Beginning

19808.0

Gun Battle at Monterey

Gun Battle at Monterey

19575.2

Battle Taxi

Battle Taxi

19555.6

Irving Johnson High Seas Adventurer

Irving Johnson High Seas Adventurer

1985

At Anchor / Land Under: A Film With Sterling Hayden

At Anchor / Land Under: A Film With Sterling Hayden

1982